This evening we departed on Five Star Charter's Supercat at 1830, headed from the Victoria Harbour, into the Strait of Juan De Fuca toward San Juan Island, Washington in Haro Strait. The evening started out sunny and quite windy but by the time we reached South Beach off the south end of San Juan Island the sea state had come down and it turned into a lovely evening. We had a great sighting of the K12 matrilineal members of K pod, one of the Southern Resident 'fish eating' killer whale (Orcinus orca) pods (Center For Whale Research ID and matrilines, Friday Harbour Whale Museum Orca Adoption.
We had our best look at K22, Sekiu, a 22 year old female who was travelling with her mom K12, Sequim (~37 years old) and K12s fourth (K22's younger sibling) K37, Rainshadow. They were milling and slowly making their way north along the west side of San Juan Island. After a nice sighting we left them around 2024, off Eagle Point, San Juan Island, and headed back to the Victoria Harbour.
Captain Bill at the helm of the Supercat
Above 2 photos: cruise ship passengers keeping warm on the way to the whales
K22, Sekiu, doing an inverted tail lob!
Above 3 photos: K22, Sekiu, a 22 year old female
K12, Sequim, an ~37 year old female and the mother of K22
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