Orca seemed to pop up all over the
place, but not today. Report from the North Coast may have been
Northern Resident Orca that were known to be up that way. Minke
Whales, Pacific White Sided Dolphins and possible Porpoise round out
this report instalment.
Susan MacKay, Whales
and Dolphins BC
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Bigg's Killer Whales
Orca Spy Hop
June 18, 2013
Garry Henkel,
Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours
June 21:
2:50 pm 4 Orca just popped up heading
to Grief Point, Powell River Southbound. Definitely 1 big male.
Liz and Ted Douglas, Powell River
June 21:
Around 2:45 - 3 pm 8 or more Orca were
heading Southbound towards Grief Point in two groups. There were two
big males. We were walking along the Powell River Sea Wall and didn't
take binoculars or camera. They were moving at a steady pace.
Steve Grover, Powell River
June 21:
3:25 pm Sounds like it might be the
T018's/T019's off Grief Point, Powell River. Brother-in-law said
Southbound.
Nick Templeman, Campbell River Whale
and Bear Excursions
June 20:
Around 9:45 am Report of small fin Orca
at Gypsy Shoal in Okisollo Channel Westbound from water taxi.
Apparently 1 large fin in group.
1241 pm Found Orca at Brown's Bay
Southbound mid-channel.
1:50 pm Orca now at April Point,
Discovery Passage doing 9.25 knots by Quathiaski Cove.
2:41 pm They did a split with T019B
heading towards Shelter Point and T018's by the red can buoy (bottom
of Cape Mudge area). Left T019B 2 miles off the beach by Shelter
Point at 2:58 pm still Southbound.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours
June 20:
12:39 pm T018's/T019's Southbound by
Brown's Bay mid-channel.
Nick Templeman, Campbell River Whale
and Bear Excursions
June 20:
11:22 am 3 Orca inside Okeover Inlet
(behind Lund- SM) 1 big fin, two smaller. They've been in Okeover
Inlet for around 1 hour so far. They've gone all the way to the head
of the inlet. Not the same ones as Monday, 17th (see
report below).
Susan Hanson, Okeover Inlet
June 20:
1:28 pm Orca now by mill, Discovery
Passage
Kurt Staples, Campbell River
Whale Watching
June 20:
3 pm Leaving the T018's still
Southbound still angling towards Mitlenatch.
Jack Springer, Campbell River Whale
Watching
June 20:
3:54 pm Orca in Tenedos Bay, Desolation
Sound
Gordie Coles, Savary/Lund
June 19:
10 am Orca just rounding Grief Point
from sport fishing boats on radio.
10:42 am Orca Northbound towards Powell
River mill doing long dives. Only saw them a couple more times closer
to Atrevida Reef.
Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC
Transient Bigg's Orca
off Harwood
June 18, 2013
Steve Grover, Powell
River
June 19:
10:30 am 2 or more Orca; 1 big male in
front of Westview, Powell River Northbound.
Steve Grover, Powell River
June 19:
1:14 pm Just spotted 2 Orca west of
Vivian Island off Harwood Island heading west, didn't look like they
were in a hurry, just cruising along.
Robin Buckley, Prawn Boat, Lora Jan
June 18:
9:30 am 6 Orca Southbound by Harwood
spit, off Powell River. I've attached one image from this morning'
sightings. The rest were too blurry because the boat was bouncing
around quite a bit. I'm pretty sure there were 6 Orca in total but
they cruised by my boat fairly quickly and I was scrambling to find
the camera. Looked like 2 males and I didn't see any small ones. No
salmon today, not even a bite, I guess jelly fish don't count.
Steve Grover, Powell River
June 18:
9:45 am Why do Orca always stop behind
a tree that's in my line of sight? Once they cleared the tree, I saw
them hug the Harwood Island shore angling towards Rebecca Rocks, then
cut across to Texada after the ferries had cleared. I lost track of
them by the Blubber Bay light where they were resting for a while. I
counted 6 Orca too.
Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC
June 18:
11:10 am 5 – 6 Orca Whale Channel
side of Penn Islands Southbound.
11:41 am Orca by the center top Penn
Islands.
Radio
June 18:
12 pm Orca still Southbound and hunting
at the bottom of Penn Islands. 10 Orca confirmed including 3 big
fins.
12:43 pm Hill Island, Sutil Channel
resting, travelling and some hunting. They turned North. T018's,
T019B, T019C and others.
Shaun & Mark, Discovery Marine
Safaris
June 18:
3:16 pm Orca close to Baker Pass
heading towards Mitlenatch about 5 knots.
Radio
June 18:
4:28 pm Left Orca 3.5 miles North of
Mitlenatch slowly Southbound.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours
June 17:
8 pm 5+ Orca came into Okeover Inlet.
One big male had a curved fin. They were in the Inlet till dark.
Susan Hanson, Okeover Inlet
June 17:
ID's from yesterday are the
T018's/19's/23's and T121A (same as May 31st off Storries
Beach)
Nick Templeman, Campbell River Whale
and Bear Excursions
Believed to be the Northern
Resident Orca spotted
up that way, but unconfirmed - SM
June 16:
6:30 am Orcas near Bella Bella. While
trolling, I observed a small group of Orcas in Lama Pass, 6km south
of Bella Bella, at about 6:30 am on June 16. Two were close together
and had small dorsal fins and the third, with a very distinctive,
tall, inverted V shaped dorsal fin, stayed quite apart from them.
They came up Lama Pass from the southeast and appeared to retreat
back in the same direction.
I heard from two other sources that
large pods of Orcas were sighted in Seaforth Channel, west of Bella
Bella, on the 16th and 17th - from 10 in one sighting to 25 in
another)
Vic Gladish, Bella Bella
Minke
Whales
Minke Whale with some critter attached
June 15, 2013
Marie O'Shaughnessy,
Orca Magic
June 15: (rec'd 18th)
We had two Minke whales Saturday June
15, around 2pm, off Salmon Bank off San Juan Island.
Marie O'Shaughnessy, Orca Magic
Pacific
White Sided Dolphins
June 22:
11:40 am 20 PWS Dolphins in Okisollo
Channel heading to Discovery Passage.
2:45 pm 15-20 Dolphins by Kanish Bay.
3:30 pm Large group of playful PWS
Dolphins by Walcan (Campbell River)
4:15 pm 30 about PWS Dolphins off mill
(Campbell River)
Radio
June 22:
12:09 pm Just leaving 10 PWS Dolphins
milling by Elk Bay.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours
June 22:
4:30 pm 30 PWS Dolphins at Orange
Point, Seymour Narrows. Quite playful, just left them.
Mark, Discovery Marine Safaris
June 21:
3 pm 20 Dolphins in Nodales Channel.
Radio
June 21:
4:25 pm 40 to 45 PWS Dolphins between
Rock Bay and Chatham Point foraging. They had come out of Nodales
Channel about 45 min prior.
Nick Templeman, Campbell River Whale
and Bear Excursions
June 20:
3:44 pm 8 PWS Dolphins Southbound
slowly at Whiskey Point, just South of Quathiaski Cove. They're
running about 200 meters off the beach.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours
June 18:
10:10 am 6 PWS Dolphins by Denham
Island.
Radio
June 18:
12:44 pm 6 Pacific White Sided Dolphins
at Subtle Islands, Sutil Channel by Whaletown, Cortez Island.
Mark, Discovery Marine Safaris
Pacific White Sided
Dolphins
June 20, 2013
Garry Henkel,
Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours
Porpoise
?
June 21:
10 am Some Porpoise at Sonora Point,
Nodales Channel.
Radio
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