L26 breach
Photo by Dave Ellifrit


L72
Photo by Dave Ellifrit


L55 breach
Photo by Emma Foster


J's and L's off Kellett Bluff
Photo by ERin Heydenreich

L95 and J34
Photo by Ken Balcomb

Encounter # 45 • July 23• J's and L's

Departed Snug Harbor: 3:45 p.m.
Begin Encounter: 4:01 p.m.
Start Lat: 48°57.836 N
Start Long: 123° 18.124 W
End Encounter: 7:01 p.m.
End Lat: 48° 63.064 N
End Long: 123° 22.261 W
Returned to Snug Harbor: 8:00 p.m.

Observers:
Vessel Shachi: Ken Balcomb, Emma Foster and Erin Heydenreich

Vessel Orca: Dave Ellifrit, Rob Lott and Courtney Smith

Both Center vessels departed Snug Harbor and encountered J's and L's traveling slowly south off Mitchell Bay. The whales were spread out in mixed groups. The whales later turned north and the encounter ended a few miles off Battleship Rock.

These photos were taken under MMPA permit #532-1822and/or DFO license #2006-08/SARA-34.