Encounter #019 • May 15, 2009 • Transients

Platform: Orca
Departed Snug Harbor: 9:30 a.m.
Begin Encounter: 1:24 p.m.
Start Lat: 48° 44 329N
Start Long: 123° 22 990W
End Encounter: 3:23 p.m.
End Lat: 48° 45 350N
End Long: 123° 34 163W
Returned to Snug Harbor: 5:25 p.m.
Observers: Dave Ellifrit and Erin Heydenreich

After leaving J pod and the K13's off Mitchell Bay, we recieved a report of 20 plus transients off Beaver Point on Saltspring Island B.C.
At approximately 1:30 p.m., the T18's, T20's, T101's, T90's, T100's and the T124's were encountered traveling in a tight group up Satellite Channel. The encounter ended with the whales split up into groups heading toward the Samson Narrows.