Date: 29-Jun-19

Sequence: 1

Encounter Number: 40

Enc Start Time: 17:40

Enc End Time: 18:05

Vessel: Mike 1

Observers: Mark Malleson and Dave Ellifrit

Pods or ecotype: Transients

Location: Cape Flattery

Begin Lat/Long: 48 25.07/124 40.57

End Lat/Long: 48 25.20/124 38.12

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Encounter Summary:

Mark and Dave did a survey on Saturday all the way out the Strait of Juan de Fuca and past Carmanah Point. We checked out a couple of corners of Swiftsure Bank and found some scattered humpbacks but no killer whales. On our way back in from the bank, Mark spotted some blows a couple miles to the northeast of Cape Flattery. The whales turned out to be the T37As heading east in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The T37As traveled in a tight group with a newish calf tight by T37A's side. The calf did briefly travel between a pair of siblings before returning to T37A’s side. We stayed with the group for 25 minutes and left them still traveling in an easterly direction at 1805.