T19
Photo by Dave Ellifrit


T18
Photo by Dave Ellifrit


T19B
Photo by Emma Foster


T19B
Photo by Stewart Macintyre

Encounter # 59 • August 16 • T18's

Departed Snug Harbor: 10:50 a.m.
Begin Encounter: 11:36 a.m.
Start Lat: 48° 43.623 N
Start Long: 123° 09.929 W
End Encounter: 2:07 p.m.
End Lat: 48° 48.49 N
End Long: 123° 00.009 W
Returned to Snug Harbor: 6:20 p.m.

Observers:
Vessel Orca: Dave Ellifrit, Emma Foster, Stewart Macintyre, and Kathy Babiak
Vessel Shachi: Ken Balcomb

Both vessels encountered T18, T19, T19B, and T19C off the Java Islets shoreline at 11:36 a.m. We arrived on scene to witness the end of T19B attacking a harbor porpoise. He made several big lunges before he rejoined T19, T19C and T18. We followed them up Boundary Pass and observed them actively hunting around the Java Islets, before leaving them heading NE off East Point.

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