J47 and J35
Photo by Debbie Sharpe


K21, K40, K16, and K35
Photo by Debbie Sharpe

Encounter #3 • January 23 • J's and K's in Haro Strait

Departed Snug Harbor: 12:25
Begin Enc: 13:30
Start Lat: 48 25.49
Start Long: 123 11.30
End Enc: 14:40
End Lat: 48 25.92
End Long: 123 08.41
Returned to Snug Harbor: 15:05

Observers: Debbie Sharpe

After getting a tip that there were Residents inbound by Trial Island, Debbie boarded the Peregrine and headed out to observe the pod. The group of 19 whales was a mixture of J's and K's, which included J11's, J17' s and J22's, as well as K21,K40,K16 and K35. These were the same whales that had been observed the day before off San Juan Island. As the whales headed in, crossing Haro Strait, they were initially headed east, in two separate groups, but eventually joined and started traveling NE at a slow rate toward False Bay.

These photos were taken under whale watch guidelines.