Port Angeles:
Trip Highlights:
*At least 7 Humpback whales
*California and Steller sea lions at Race Rocks
We headed out from Port Angeles Boat Haven with a little rain falling down today and we aimed toward Victoria where another boat found a pair of humpbacks. When we arrived these whales spent plenty of time at the surface for us, but they didn’t show their tail flukes for a long time until one of them finally did a sideways move in the water and raised its flukes in the air at the same time. Yay! One of the whales was Split Fin (BCZ0298) While we watched them one of our passengers spotted another whale surfacing behind us in the distance. After spending plenty of time with this pair swimming side by side we decided to move on and look for more. We cruised in to take a look at the sea lions at Race Rocks for a while then headed southward in hopes of finding more. Sure enough, we spotted two more humpbacks swimming together off in the distance. They went down for a deep dive and when they finally surfaced again they were behind us. We settled in to watch them and then a third whale showed up too. One of the whales was raising its tail flukes for us pretty regularly. Eventually the rain stopped and we spotted a rainbow right next to Race Rocks Lighthouse making for a great photo op. So everybody pointed their cameras in the direction of the rainbow, and wouldn’t you know it, one of the humpback whales came flying out of the water right in front of the boat doing a cartwheel! Everybody missed that shot! Pretty soon after that action it was time to head back toward the dock, but on the way back we managed to find one more whale. We only had time for a fly-by view of this one, but as we sailed off a few of our passengers saw it breach in the distance behind us! Next Saturday is our last trip of the year so be sure to come out with us if you need some whale time before the year is over! Naturalist Bart Rulon
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