Transients encountered March 25, 2008
westbound along southern coast
of Vancouver Island, B.C.

T21 (left) and T20 (right).

A Prince of Whales whale watch boat is partially hidden by ocean swell.

T20 rises to take a breath partially hidden by ocean swell.

Report and photographs by Mark Malleson

I first spotted the T20's from shore at 12:30 p.m. just 1.5 nautical miles south of Beacon Hill west bound. I picked them up at 2:40 p.m. one half nautical mile south of Becher Bay slowly traveling against the flood current in a large ground swell. I left them at 3:41 p.m. at 48° 19.1 N, 123° 43.1 W (.75 nm south of Secretary Island).