Cetacean Activity is up!

A lot of Cetacean activity! The two A36 brothers have returned to forage up and down Nodales Channel, while A23’s and A25’s stay farther up Johnstone Strait. Transient Bigg’s Killer Whales have returned via Seymour Narrows to Savary Island and up into the Desolation Sound area. Humpback Whales are moving through and one staying around the Lang Bay to Powell River area. Pacific White Sided Dolphins are grouping up in numbers around Chatham Point – Nodales and splitting into smaller groups in the inlets. Only a couple of reports of Dall’s and Harbour Porpoise.

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9:12 am Sounds like the A36 boys are up in Nodales Channel by Sonora Point, Easting towards Frederick Arm. Good start to the day.

11:48 am A36 brothers Westing in Nodales Channel now; just past Sonora Point.

5:35 pm Dolphins playing along side the A36 brothers at Rock Point.

6:20 pm One brother turned and is Easting into Nodales again.

12:40 pm The A36’s are at Davis Point in Nodales Channel.

2:15 pm Two Orca by Harding Island in Nodales Channel.

10:41 am I’m headed to check out report of Orca at Ripple Point.

11:28 am We have the 2 A36 brothers now at Rock Point heading East towards Nodales Channel moving quickly at 6 knots.

11 am Fisherman report 2 Orca at Ripple Point.

5:20 pm A36 boys are now in Frederick Arm.

9:15 am NRKWs are just West of the Robson Bight Ecological Reserve.

10:50 am A23’s and A25’s are Eastbound in the Robson Bight Ecological Reserve.

12:08 pm A23’s and A25’s are finally out of the Bight and Eastbound.

1:18 pm Leaving them at Adam River, Kelsey Bay area.

1 pm NRKWs are Eastbound by Naka Creek, Johnstone Strait.

3:51 pm The NRKWs have turned back to the West.

9:13 am at least 4 Orca including one big male just back and forth just North of Dinner Rock. They finally left towards Lund after about 30 minutes.

10 am Orca now by Copeland Islands – from a friend.

10:26 am Sounds like 8 Orca including 2 big males just North of Major Rock.

11:49 am What a day! Out with T101/102’s by the Powell Islets/Copeland Islands. Left them by Kinghorn Island still Northbound.

1:19 pm Found the Transient Bigg’s by Teakerne Arm in Lewis Channel. They’re Northbound.

2:41 pm Leaving the T’s spread out in a hunting line, Northbound from Lewis to Calm Channel. Definitely T101/102’s.

6:18 pm 4 T’s at Raza Island, heading North around Raza into Deer Passage.

9:04 am Transient Orca Southbound at Steep Island.

9:29 am Transient Orca including at least 2 big males in front of Discovery Marina, Campbell River.

10:46 am Left the Orca headed towards Mitlenatch Isl.

9:54 am T101’s and T102 are at Cape Mudge 🙂

11:50 am Found the T101/102’s SW of Mitlenatch Island. I can see T102, and I’m hearing the others, but not seeing them. He’s doing sleepy long dives. He’s angling towards Grant’s Reef between Savary and Harwood Islands.

12:30 pm I still haven’t seen the T101’s, but hear them puffing….and there’s a big Humpback! T102 has taken a direct line towards Rebecca Rocks, in front of Powell River from Mitlenatch Island. (None of them showed up close to Powell River – SM)

10:50 am Transient Orca (6 or so) are off the bottom of Hanson Island, top of Johnstone Strait.

Kurt Staples, Campbell River Whale Watching

7:26 pm The Killer Whales at Hanson Island that killed a Porpoise today were the T101/T102 gang.

9:25 am Humpback spotted at 9:25 this am approximately 1 1/2 miles off Myrtle rocks. Might be the same seen near Texada about 5 days ago

1:45 pm Humpback Whale heading north past Grief Pt. 1:45 one third of the way out from shore.

3:15 pm Large Humpback just off of Grief Point, Powell River. I went to see if it was the same one as yesterday, but never found it….could be.

10:46 am A Humpback Whale is Westbound half mile west of Ripple Point – from a boater.

11:15 am Humpback Whale Northbound by Myrtle Rocks, Powell River.

till Dark the same very large Humpback Whale travelled between Albion Point to Myrtle Rocks on the mainland side of Malaspina Strait. It was back and forth showing it’s tail before staying down for a number of minutes resurfacing only about ten feet from where it went down. It was a wonderful show.

11:20 am Humpback Between Black Point and Myrtle Point at approx. 11:20 am was close in to mainland.

The humpback reappeared this evening at about 6:00 pm. in the Stager Road area. It was heading up the coast towards Myrtle Rocks. It returned at about 9:00 pm heading down the coast. It would be on the surface for a while and then the tail would come up and the whale would dive for an extended period before appearing again. It was circling around and occasionally breaching.

Liz Kennedy, Powell River

12:39 pm Managed to locate the Humpback with hopes of getting a couple photos for identification with a borrowed point and shoot camera. The photos were inconclusive, but could still be ‘Houdini’ BCX022 who was ID’d a couple of days before. She was taking long dives, but not going far. Left her doing circles off Myrtle Rocks around 3 pm.

12:30 pm While looking for the Transient Bigg’s T101’s, a big Humpback Whale popped up! It’s off Savary Island around Manson Pass area just doing circles.

1:15 pm (approx) Humpback Whale headed straight towards Manson Pass, West side. Left him still doing circles at 2:15pm.

1:20 pm Spotted Humpback Whale. West of Savary Island between Grants Ref. I think a large male about 40 feet. Breached twice out of water and tail finned 4 times. So we left the location.
Barry Properzi boat (Lo Stress) Pender Harbour

2:29 pm Left the Humpback Whale – tail fluke indicated that he is turning South again.

6:53 pm Humpback still off Manson Passage between Savary and Hernando Islands.

12:59 pm Small group of PWS Dolphins going into Frederick Arm, which is where I’m leaving them to forage.

5:35 pm Some Dolphins playing along side the NRKW A36 brothers at Rock Point.

6 pm 50+ PWS Dolphins in Brown’s Bay, above Campbell River.

2:15 pm 100 or so PWS Dolphins foraging at Brown’s Bay and spread across the pass.

4 pm I’m with the Dolphins at Deepwater Bay.

8:40 am PWS Dolphins heading into Nodales from boater.

12:31 pm 75 PWS Dolphins between Davis Point and Sonora Point, Nodales Channel Eastbound.

9 am Bunch of Dolphins at Hall Point, Nodales Channel heading West from fisherman.

10:40 am Those PWS Dolphins just found at Howe Island headed for Johnstone Strait.

9:25 am Very Large group of PWS Dolphins in Nodales Channel spread out between Davis and Hall Point. Spoke to the Yellowfin.

1:45 pm 30 PWS Dolphins in Deepwater Bay, Campbell River.

2:14 pm It’s 40-50 PWS Dolphins!

4:51 pm Leaving the Dolphins at Deepwater Bay, mid channel, Southbound.

5:13 pm Dolphins now at Plumper Bay still Southbound.

7:30 am Small number of PWS Dolphins Southbound Yuculta Rapids.

9 am Heard Oak Bay Titan/Richard on radio: group of PWS Dolphins east of Howe Island in Nodales Channel.

8:28 am 12 PWS Dolphins foraging at Race Point, Discovery Passage.

10:24 am Couple Hundred Dolphins by Howe Island spread out to Chatham Point.

10:30 am 300+ PWS Dolphins spread out from Howe Island just inside Nodales Channel to Chatham Point with some starting up into Johnstone Strait.

1 pm Around 100 PWS Dolphins Eastbound into Nodales Channel.

3:38 pm Leaving the Dolphins crossing over to the Vancouver Island side just below Chatham Point.

3:48 pm Left the PWS Dolphins around the Howe Island area.

5:35 pm 8 Harbour Porpoise by Aran Rapids, Bute Inlet.

11:18 am 12 Dall’s Porpoise by Horn Point, above Gillard Pass.

Hi Susan – We are up near Prince Rupert and just got to watch a lone male killer whale near the Lawyer Islands. He was moving slowly. His dorsal fin was very wavy. We’ll be in Ketchikan tomorrow. I’ll send photos of him and a couple of humpbacks we saw in Fitzgerald Hugh Sound. (photos not received yet – SM)
Christine, M/V David B

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