Encounter # 37 • July 18 • J and K pods

Platform: Orca

Departed Snug Harbor: 1:12 p.m.
Begin Encounter: 7:46 p.m.
Start Lat: 48° 40.468N
Start Long: 123° 13.810 W
End Encounter: 8:26 p.m.
End Lat: 48° 40.090 N
End Long: 123° 13.540 W
Returned to Snug Harbor: 9:10 p.m.

Observers: Dave Ellifrit and Erin Heydenreich

On the return trip from Pender Island B.C. for the first annual "Orca Day", we encountered J's and K's spread out traveling north past Turn Point. The whales seen were: K27, K36, J14, J30, J37, J40, J45, J16, J26 and J42. The encounter ended at 8:26 p.m. west of Spieden Channel.