J27 Breach
Photo by Dave Ellifrit


Cartwheel
Photo by Erin Heydenreich

J28 belly flop
Photo by Emma Foster

Encounter # 55 • August 12 • J,K,L pods

Departed Snug Harbor: 11:00 a.m.
Begin Encounter: 1:00 p.m.
Start Lat: 48° 42.990 N
Start Long: 123° 08.887 W
End Encounter: 5:03 p.m.
End Lat: 48° 28.601 N
End Long: 123° 07.740 W
Returned to Snug Harbor: 6:12 p.m.

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

Both Center vessels departed Snug Harbor at 11:00 a.m. We headed south in search for L's reported off Eagle Point, but got turned around bby the fog coming up island. We turned north and headed for Boundary Pass where we encountered J's K's and a few L's heading southwest from East Point. We stayed with the whales until just north of Battleship and the went south looking for the rest of the L's. After doing a loop from Iceberg Point to Hein Bank and then back to the west side we caught up with the J's and K's again off Hannah Heights. The encounter ended there with the whales still heading south.

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