If you look closely at the picture above and below you can see some sort of growth on the cheek of a Stellar Sea Lion.
We saw several tailslaps by the L5's.
L41 "Mega"
L84 "Nyssa"
The Humpbacks were doing several dives and showing their tail flukes. 
The picture above shows the 3 Humpbacks swimming in close formation.
This was my first trip since last Wednesday (hence why no recent Blog reports) but as they say, "great things come to those that wait", and today certainly was a great day!
We set out this afternoon in search of two sub pods of Lpod (L12's and L5's) plus Humpbacks, that had been reported near Sooke. Our first contact was with the L5's just over 2 miles south of Otter Point and they were moving West. We identified L79 "Skana" and L85 "Mystery" as well as L22 "Spirit", L87 "Onyx" and L89 "Solstice".
After spending time with the L5's we headed a little further west as there were reports of the L12's including L41 "Mega" and L77 "Matia", swimming not far from three Humpback Whales. It was an amazing sight to see three large Humpback Whales swimming in such close proximity to the Southern Resident Orcas and a thrill for both our passengers and crew! Not only did we see these large Baleen Whales, but we heard and also smelt them (the latter was not very pleasant....).
On our way home we stopped at Race Rocks and observed well over a hundred California and Stellar Sea Lions as well as several Harbor Seals. With calm seas and beautiful sunny weather, what better place to be than on the water with such an abundance of breathtaking Marine Wildlife!
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