Whale Watching Report

Our whale watching today started when we ventured out to Hein Bank, and while watching a flock of birds feeding on a bait ball a minke whale came lunge feeding out of the water scattering all the birds. Eventually we realized that there were two minke whales in the same area, and we watched them for quite a while. The biggest of the two whales lunge fed twice more for us scattering birds on both occasions! We also spotted a Steller sea lion while we were watching the whales. Later we headed further west and found two humpback whales swimming side by side south of Constance Bank. These two whales were spending a lot of time at the surface and giving us some great views. Just before we departed the biggest of the two whales raised his tail flukes in the air for a great view. On our way back toward the dock we were surprised to find another minke whale in Rosario Strait. We had just enough time to stop and watch this whale for a few minutes. As I write this our three pods of resident orcas are swimming in from the west so things look good for tomorrow. Naturalist Bart Rulon