AUGUST 2, 2009 1230 DEPARTURE Humpback whale

Departure time: 1225

Vessel: Five Star Charter's Fastcat

Sightings: Humpback whale (Balaenopter acutorostrata)
Time: 1250 and 1446

Location: In the Strait of Juan De Fuca, south of Victoria, Vancouver Island
Behaviour: probably foraging, no direction

Links
American Cetacean Society humpback whale fact sheet
Center for Whale Research online humpback catalogue of humpbacks seen in the Salish Sea
Department of Fisheries and Oceans humpback catalogue

Diving...if you can get a good photo of the underside of the tail fluke it can be compared to Photo ID catalogues

Humpback whale blowholes

and going down...

a better shot for photo-ID comparison

Sometimes individuals can be recognized by markings on the dorsal surface