August 11th - Humpbacks all day!

On August 11th, we had a great day on the water filled with humpback whales. First in the morning, we found BCX0870 “Scoop” near Porlier Pass. After spending some time with Scoop, our marine naturalist Cheyenne spotted three humpback whales east of Gabriola Island. We identified these whales to be KEY0002 “Cassiopeia”, BCYuk2015#1 “Smiley”, and BCYuk2016#10 “Pepper”. We got some good action from them as they were seen to be breaching and tail-slapping. For the evening tour, we found Cassiopeia, Smiley and Pepper again east of Valdes Island.

Check out below for some of the amazing photos we took from this trip.

Scoop fluke. Photo by Cheyenne Brewster (10:30).

Scoop going for a dive. Photo by Cheyenne Brewster (10:30).

Photo by Rebeka Pirker (10:30).

Humpback breach! Photo by Cheyenne Brewster (10:30).

Smiley fluke. Photo by Cheyenne Brewster (10:30).

Smiley (left) and Pepper (right). Photo by Cheyenne Brewster (10:30).

Smiley (left) and Cassiopeia (right). Photo by Cheyenne Brewster (10:30).

Pepper fluke. Photo by Cheyenne Brewster (10:30).

Cassiopeia fluke. Photo by Rebeka Pirker (3:30).

Mother and pup. Photo by Rebeka Pirker (3:30).

Turkey vultures looking for something to scavenge. Photo by Rebeka Pirker (3:30).

Cormorants perched on a tree. Photo by Rebeka Pirker (3:30).