EncDate:23/09/23 

EncSeq:2

Enc#:58

ObservBegin:03:18 PM

ObservEnd:04:14 PM

Vessel:Mike 1

Staff:Mark Malleson

Pods:Transients

LocationDescr:Victoria waterfront

Start Latitude:48 21.28

Start Longitude:123 22.60

End Latitude:48 22.41

End Longitude:123 27.75

 

EncSummary:

Mark and Fin were returning from Sooke after an encounter with the T109s (see Encounter #57) when Mark heard that the T069s, along with the T109As and A2s, were near Constance Bank heading northeast.
Mike 1 arrived on scene at the north edge of Constance Bank at 1518 to see the T069's tracking westward towards Albert head. One of the commercial whale watch boats was less than a mile to the east, trying to reacquire the T109As and A2s as they had given them the slip. They were last seen heading north for Clover Point. Within a few minutes, the T109A2s reappeared and joined back with the T069, but no sign of the group of seven T109As. At 1547, Mark received a report from a friend walking on the Ogden Point breakwater that she saw a group of killer whales enter Victoria Harbour. Mystery likely solved!
Mike 1 ended the encounter with the T069s and T109A2s at 1614 and headed towards the harbour.