Short report today of Transient Orca. Guess those Dolphins left the area for a reason. Sounds like thins are quite everywhere. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that it is a big ocean.Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC June 22:2 pm The same Three Transient Orca including T002C were found in Whale Pass by Rendezvous Island …
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Today’s Sightings include Pacific White Sided Dolphins (see photos below) in front of Powell River, J and K Pods of Resident Orca in the San Juans, and Transient Orca and a Humpback Whale off Tofino. Good start to the Summer!Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC June 21:6 pm During a quick scan of the waters…
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The Transients made their reappearance again today. Still running around the same are and not quite down to Powell River – but almost! Then the Pacific White Sided Dolphins came to the South end of Powell River, but didn’t go by. Perhaps they heard the Orca and decided that discretion is the better part of…
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The Transient (meat eating) Killer Whales reappeared today. Although the reports below just say Orca, it is assumed that these are the same Transient Orca that were around over the past while. The only other Cetacean sightings report was of Dall’s Porpoise. And some very interesting Orca information from the D-Tagging project by NOAA and…
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Due to the Stanley cup Hockey game and minimal sightings yesterday, today’s sightings report includes both June 15 and 16, 2011. Transient (meat eating) Orca are making themselves visible again. They seem to be running a pattern of alternating days of being visible and disappearing up one of the many inlets. Also, if you’d like…
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Today and yesterday we had a Humpback Whale by Campbell River, but not sure if it’s the same one. Dall’s Porpoises including one Hybrid was spotted today as well as Pacific White Sided Dolphins. There’s one or two Common Dolphins (see report and photo below) in the San Juans and hundreds of Pacific White Sided…
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Today’s sightings reports are minimal. The Transients seem to be either farther down South, as in the ones that headed that way last evening, or farther up North. It appears we have a very busy day followed by a quiet one then back to busy. Unusual cycle, but there are a few photos of the…
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As I started typing this there were Transient Orca right out in front with their blows highlighted by the sun as the head towards Grief Point. A great end to a great day on the water with eleven people from the Malaspina Naturalist Group out on a “Whale Seeking” tour that found two groups of…
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There were Orca this morning and this afternoon, but they are very good at hiding. Dall’s Porpoises again were spotted a few times as well as Pacific White Sided Dolphins. The reports are below. I’m most excited to report that the Gray Whale that was spotted yesterday (see photos below) by Brown’s Bay is “Dusty”…
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Out in front of Powell River there have been no confirmed sightings of any whales or dolphins yesterday or today. I did however see what I thought was possibly a larger blow and back (Humpback?) between the mill and Harwood Island around mid-day today. Unfortunately, not seeing it again, leaves it off the “official” list.…
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It was a good day for the tours that were on the water today with Garry finding the Transient Orca that had evaded them for days. Thanks also to him for the consistent reports and current photos shared with everyone. In front of Powell River things were quiet till this evening when the Dolphins showed…
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It was a bit windy today on the water making sightings a bit tough. The tours out from Campbell River today could not locate the group of 5 Transient Orca that are sporadically seen around the Sutil Channel to Bute Inlet area. See report below. Recent sightings report a Gray Whale, nicknamed Dusty, that was…
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Today was a day of Dolphins and Porpoises again. There were no Orca sightings reports from anywhere today (that is from Washington State to Queen Charlotte Strait). A couple or three Humpback Whales at the top of Johnstone Strait, one in Washington State. And some Minke Whales around the Seattle area. US information thanks to…
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June 4: 8:45 pm Around 60 or more Pacific White Sided Dolphins were in a foraging / feeding pattern with the occasional leap thrown in at the top end of Texada. They headed into the Strait noses pointed towards Comox. Thanks to the heads up from Steve G. June 4: Email received at 8 pm:…
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It’s been quiet around these parts. The Transient Orca went South and some North-West. The last ones reported haven’t been found in the various channels and inlets. There have been more sightings of the smaller cetaceans such as, Harbour and Dalls Porpoises, and Pacific White Sided Dolphins. Though I understand that there were quite a…
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To start I’d like to mention that I did test the link from yesterday to the nautical charts from NOAA and they only work for US waters. The rest are as blotchy and blocky as they’ve always been, I do not know if downloading it would interfere with the actual CHS charts for Canadian waters,…
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May 30:Another active day today ending with great lighting and a group of Pacific White Sided Dolphins I can still barely see heading West out between Rebecca Rocks and Harwood Island in front of Powell River.Listening to the marine radio today I was quite envious of the whale watchers. The Transient (meat eating) Orca put…
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The big excitement yesterday were the Southern Resident Orca in our area – not a common sight. They were last seen still Southbound aroun 6 pm off Cape Mudge, but nothing today. Today, we’re back to Transient Orca with a couple Dalls Porpises keeping out of their way. Photos for yesterday’s Southern Resident Orca below.Susan…
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The morning started with white caps in the Strait, so spotting anything was difficult. The tours out of Campbell River headed up inlets and into Johnstone Strait in search of the unidentified Orca from late yesterday or the reported Eastbound Orca from 3 am or so this morning. The big surprise was that they found…
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At least some Orca are around our area. Since the report came in late, no-one was left out on the water to identify them. The Superpod of Transients were by the US/Canada border yesterday (see reports below) but could have made it back up here. In addition, there were some Dalls Porpoises, a Humpback Whale,…
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May 25:Hi. I am not sure how to report a sighting.I saw a group of 6 to 8 dolphins in front of Beach Gardens at 6:05 pm today. They were slowly heading south along the mainland coast. They were swimming in various directions as if they were feeding.Bob May 25: 4:45 pm around 12 Pacific…
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May 23: 10 am The 8 to 10 Transient Orca were slowly working their way between Powell River and Texada Island – still on a slow roll Southward. So, headed out with neighbour Steve G. to locate them. They did a number of long dives and continued their slow travel Southward in a zig zag pattern.…
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All day long, the same group of Transient Orca which included T019B T018 and T023 were almost down to Powell River. Although I scanned during the day, not a blow, splash or dorsal was spotted off Powell Rive. The closest they got was around Grant’s Reef, just South of Sentry Shoal. This morning the Whale…
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Today was incredibly quiet after yesterday’s excitement of Transient Orcas and Pacific White Sided Dolphins within minutes of each other. It was certainly not through lack of looking by all the whale watching boats out there. There was an unconfirmed report that the Orca went into Desolation Sound last night, and the Dolphins were headed…
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This report is not last to first but covers today. It’s in time sequence, so do read on: What a perfect day to be on the water! Flat calm and sunny….and whales and dolphins and porpoises to boot! 9 am I heard a report of a “couple” of Dalls Porpoises at the bottom of Cape…
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Here’s a link to some awesome Transient Orca vocalization and video provided by Jen from Campbell River Whale Watching that was recorded on Tuesday, May 17 evening when the whales were just behind Harwood Island, close to Sentry Shoal. Well worth the watch and listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxnJhUOuAQ4 The water was like glass today and around 7…
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The large Super Pod of Transient Killer Whales didn’t stay very long at the top of Johnstone Strait! All 30 + Orca returned early this morning and stayed all day. Keep your eyes on the look out – they are around. I kept looking today, but they never came as far as Powell River….but almost.…
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For us along the Sunshine Coast, things were certainly quiet today, especially after all the excitement of the huge numbers in the Transient Super Pod. May 16:All 30 + Transient Orca were up at Robson Bight around 9 am. They continued in a Westerly direction then around 3 pm they turned East again heading towards…
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Another day with even more Transient (meat eating) Killer Whales grouping up. Today’s finally tally was Over 30 whales together. Absolutely Amazing! There are still large groups of Transients in Washington State too. Then there’s the debate of the identified whales T20 and T23 that were in two places at once! Many nicks look very…
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htWow! The Transient (meat eating) Killer Whales are everywhere – and in large numbers. From the large group cruising the outskirts of Desolation Sound to the one that were in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet the other day making an appearance in the Washington State San Juan Islands. Not many reports of anything else though.Susan MacKay –…
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