Date: 16-September-18

Sequence: 3

Encounter Number: 80

Enc Start Time: 17:04

Enc End Time: 17:25

Vessel: Mike 1

Observers: Mark Malleson, Joe Zelweitro

Pods or ecotype: Bigg's Transient killer whales

Location: Church Rock

Begin Lat/Long: 48 17.9/123 36.2

End Lat/Long: 48 18.6/123 35.4

 

Encounter Summary:

We got to Whirl Bay at 1704 as the T041's were working their way west along the shoreline.
I spotted more blows slightly offshore to the west (mouth of Becher Bay). They were the T137's traveling quickly east with the flood current towards Race Passage. They were spread out and passed within a quarter mile of the T041's. We got shots of T137 and T137A but short on time and concerned we could lose track of the T041's we let the T137's continue on without getting proof of presence of T137B and T137D.
We followed the T041's as far as the Bedford Islands and ended the encounter at 1725. They grabbed a seal in the kelp bed in the bay to the north-west of Church Rock (48 18.9/123 35.5) and divided it up amongst each other on the move.