As we departed the inner harbour this afternoon, we got word of many groups of orcas coming in from the west. Since the L12's were the only group foraging at San Juan Island today and yesterday, that meant it could be the rest of the southern residents and it was. We found ourselves in an adventurous west coast ride when we found the animals south of Otter Point. We saw just about every behavior possible; multiple breaches (although i missed them :( ), cartwheels, tail slaps, pec slaps, belly rolls, spyhops, speed porpoising, friskyness (L57 / Faith - see above photo), and high persuit hunting. When the water kicks up a bit, the animals are very active and what a show it was! On the way home we were delighted to find 4 Stellar sea lions basking in the sun at Race Rocks.
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