EncDate:13/06/23 

EncSeq:1

Enc#:26

ObservBegin:12:38 PM

ObservEnd:02:07 PM

Vessel:Orcinus

Other Vessel:

Staff:Dave Ellifrit, Michael Weiss

Other Observers:Rachel John, Alyssa, Kelley

Pods:Transients

IDsEncountered:T46B1, T46B1A, T46B1C, T46C2, and T87

LocationCode:SJ

Other LocationCode:

LocationDescr:Haro Strait

Start Latitude:48 38.59

Start Longitude:123 12.91

End Latitude:48 37.33

End Longitude:123 13.20

 

EncSummary:

The team was working in the office when they heard about a group of transients that had been found heading north up Haro Strait off of Lime Kiln. We headed down to Snug Harbor and left in the boat at 1230. The whales were just a little east of Kelp Reef and we arrived on scene at 1238. Five Bigg’s killer whales were heading slowly north in a tight group. The whales were T87, the T46B1s (including T46B1’s newish calf T46B1C), and T46C2. The whales continued moving slowly north in a tight group with T87 being about a whale’s length in front of the others. Once they were past Kelp Reef, they angled northeast towards Henry Island until they were about mid-Haro Strait. Then the whales pointed north again and continued up Haro Strait. We ended the encounter at 1407 about mid-Haro Strait off of Battleship Island.