It was another day of humpback soup for us in the Salish Sea! We left the harbour with a report of some humpbacks close by, just east of Gabriola Island so we headed that direction right away. Once we got there we found a Cow-calf pair: KEY0034 Sherwina and her 2021 calf! These two seemed to be staying in almost the same spot as they were diving, like to feed on a nice bunch of food deep below the surface! After spending some time with these two we left to see what else there was to find out in the strait and came across our next humpback whale: KEX0020 Uluka! When we found them they were lunge feeding at the surface taking huge mouthfuls of water! We also got to see a couple tail lobs and some backwards swimming out of Uluka. After a few minutes of watching her feeding and playing another humpback joined in the party! This humpback was a little shy so we didn’t manage to get a good enough photo of them to figure out who it was.

Soon we left these two as well and headed to another set of blows visible in the distance who was BCX1210 Slate and her 2021 calf Marble! These two were a little bit sleepy as we were watching them, although marble did do a little spy hop to check us out as they passed by the boat! This year these two have been a favourite of our staff so it was great to see them during the trip!

Soon we headed back towards home, but as luck had it we came across ANOTHER HUMPBACK!! This humpback BCZ0342 was also doing some interesting behaviour when we saw them. They did a nice backward swim at the surface and showed off its tail flukes very nicely for us. After that it was a long dive and we decided to move on to the next set of wildlife.

We saw some harbour seals who were having an argument, a sea lion having salmon dinner outside of Dodds Narrows, bald eagles, river otters, and a bunch more sea lions hauled out on the log booms!

It was an amazing trip! All the best photos from the day taken by our marine naturalist Rebecca are below; be sure to check them out!