Date: 30-November-2018

Sequence: 1

Encounter Number: 104

Enc Start Time: 12:38

Enc End Time: 14:38

Vessel: Mike 1

Observers: Mark Malleson

Pods or ecotype: CA's/U's (Bigg's)

Location: north east of Dungeness Light

Begin Lat/Long: 48 13.6/123 04.5

End Lat/Long: 48 12.0/122 50.6

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Encounter Summary:

I left Victoria harbour at 1130 to go look for the killer whales I had seen come in from the west off of Sheringham Point the evening before (CA's/U's along with T046B's) I pushed off to the south towards Dungeness when I heard that Jane and Tom Cogan along with Melissa Pinnow were west bound south east of Race on Morningstar on a search. I stopped and scanned when I arrived at Coyote Bank and could see a fair number of gulls feeding to the south towards Dungeness so I pushed on further. I stopped for another scan as I was fairly certain I had a slick from a potential seal kill (48 14.2/123 8.1). I decided to push on for a line towards Eastern Bank and ~ 2 miles further to the south east I spotted killer whales! It was part of the CA/U group that I had seen the day before but a few were missing including the bull, CA166 and the T046B's. I paralleled them for almost 30 minutes while they travelled close to 8 knots. They then doubled back towards the north west and I could see more coming south east to join them (48 13.9/122 59.2) It was the rest of the CA/U group except the bull CA166. I eventually spotted him close to a mile behind moving quickly towards the group. He eventually got within a quarter mile but stayed behind. As the group approached the entrance to Admiralty Inlet they fanned out over a mile and continued traveling fast to the south south east. Morningstar arrived at ~ 1430 and I ended the encounter at 1438.