Humpback Whales, Pacific White Sided Dolphins, NRKWs and Dall’s Porpoise

Humpback Whales by Powell River and the top of Johnstone Strait, Pacific White Sided Dolphins in numbers in the inlets, the Northern Resident Orca A36 brothers headed well out past Port Hardy, and Dall’s Porpoise are in the reports. Southern Resident Orca were not reported to us, but we understand that they were in Puget Sound. A couple of Links in the News round out this update.

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12:36 pm 6 Humpback Whales from Blackfish Sound, just at the top of Johnstone Strait, to Whitecliffe Islets by Wedge Island, entrance to Knight Inlet. Some awesome lunge feeding!

1:50 pm 5 to 6 Humpbacks in Blackfish Sound; top of Johnstone Strait.

6:51 pm Humpback Whale just below and heading Northward towards VanAnda, Texada Island. With the calm water, the blows are really noticable. It’s tight to the Texada shore.

7 pm After the call came in from Jim Southern, I headed out to see if I could get an Identification photo of this Humpback. After sitting for quite a while, she finally surfaced at a distance, but I did manage a couple of photos around 8 pm from which I was able to identify a whale I hadn’t seen for a couple of years known as ‘Houdini’ or officially as BCX0022. She has a bit of a fresh gash on the underside and below her tail fluke. It looks similar to a line of some sort having cut into her tail, but there was no other evidence of entanglement from what I could see. There were no sightings reports of her today, the 17^th.

4:00 -4:30 observed a whale blowing aprox 1 km nw of Pocahontas bay, close to Texada. Whale stayed on location, several blows then down for 5+ mins. obviously feeding. Pocohontas bay is approx 1/3 of the way between NE point and Vananda on Texada. The tugs pull in there with their booms to get out of SE storms. The whale would have been due south of Myrtle rocks, close to Texada.

7 pm Large Humpback by Albion Point half to three-quarters of the way across to Texada. Looks like it’s headed North; doing long dives. (I went out to see if I could locate it for ID, but he/she eluded me – SM)

7 pm on Sunday 14th I came across what I think was a Minke (identified as a Humpback Whale from the photos – SM) whale at approximately 2 nautical miles SW of a line between Coho Pt on Texada and Harwood. Pics attached. ps Love your updates Susan.

Our son saw a Humpback Whale on July 13th off of Texada Island near Lang Bay. The whale was feeding and heading up the coast. Sorry no photo taken.

12:38 pm The 2 A36 brothers are foraging by Cracroft Point, top of Johnstone Strait.

Jack Springer, Campbell River Whale Watching

9:30 am 50+ PWS Dolphins are Northbound at Horn Point, just above the Yuculta Rapids.

11:04 am 50+ PWS Dolphins Eastbound by Sonora Point, Nodales Channel.

11:47 am 150-200 PWS Dolphins by Harding Island Westbound towards Chatham Point.

12 pm They’re moving right by Howe Island – unsure if going to turn left into Discovery Passage or right into Johnstone Strait.

12:55 pm There was a split in the whole group with close to half heading into Johnstone Strait and the other just North of Elk Bay, who have just turned up towards Johnstone Strait.

4:55 pm 100+ PWS Dolphins are by Separation Head / Deepwater Bay in Discovery Passage leaping and flipping. Quite a show!

4:40 pm large group of PWS Dolphins at Deepwater Bay, Discovery Passage.

9:12 am Large group of PWS Dolphins heading towards Denham Island from Nodales Channel.

Around 9:15 am Elvis had around 12 PWS Dolphins by Copper Bluffs.

11:37 am The PWS Dolphins are still off off Copper Bluffs in Seymour Narrows.

12:43 pm 50 PWS Dolphins at Davis Point, by Thurston Bay Marine Park, Eastbound.

1:45 pm 20-25 PWS Dolphins including numerous small calves foraging around Race Point, Seymour Narrows.

1:45 pm Around 50 PWS Dolphins between Hall and Sonora Point in Nodales Channel.

2:34 pm PWS Dolphins still by Race Point.

3 pm 150-200 PWS Dolphins on the Sonora side spread out from Denham Island to Denham Bay, just below Frederick Arm. We left them at 3:45 all in the NW corner of Frederick Arm.

10 am 50 PWS Dolphins reported at Denham Bay by Oak Bay Hurricane boat.

1:20 pm 50 PWS Dolphins frolicking at the South end of Denham Bay.

2:07 pm These Dolphins are very playful mid-Denham Bay.

10:40 am 70+ PWS Dolphins at Camp Point Westbound up Johnstone Strait.

1:30 pm PWS Dolphins foraging between Jimmy Judd and Dent Islands in Yuculta Rapids.

2:30 pm PWS Dolphins are at Hall Point Southbound.

2:30 pm 6 of PWS Dolphins are playfully bow and wake riding by Cinq Islands Southbound. There’s another 40-50 PWS Dolphins spread out between Cinq Islands and Chatham Point.

2:49 pm 40-50 PWS Dolphins Northbound at Sonora Point.

7:20 pm 60-70 PWS Dolphins really spread out foraging by Brown’s Bay, above Campbell River.

9:35 am Sounded like, over the radio, there are PWS Dolphins around Hall Point in Nodales Channel. No number or direction.

12:55 pm Large group of PWS Dolphins Northbound at Hall Point at 11 am from Fisherman.

2:57 pm 60 PWS Dolphins at Sonora Point slowly heading East; left them at Hall Point, Nodales Channel.

9:02 am 50+ PWS Dolphins at Sonora Point to Hall Point, Nodales Channel and some others by Jimmy Judd Island – relayed from Aaron at Sonora.

10:28 am PWS Dolphins foraging between Jimmy Judd and Dent Islands in Yuculta Rapids.

12:31 pm Large group of PWS Dolphins reported at Hall Point around 11:30 am.

1:44 pm 100+ PWS Dolphins lazily going West by Davis Point.

3:15 pm A schwack of PWS Dolphins off the removed fish farm in Nodales Channel. Milling – some with new calves.

4:05 pm Looks like all the PWS Dolphins are near Howe Island, Eastbound into Nodales Channel.

Leif, Campbell River Whale Watching

2:04 pm 10+ Dall’s Porpoise milling around Menzies Bay.

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