More stories about the whales coming back from their time out at sea

After a trip earlier in the day watching the whales around Henry Island, Captain Craig and I headed out for a second trip. During this trip we and our guests followed the whales north and watched them head from Turn Point on Stuart Island up to the shores of South Pender Island. J42, the youngest Orca in J Pod (a family group of Southern Resident Community group of Orcas) was quite the playful young calf today. We watched J1, Ruffles, the eldest male in J Pod, and others travelling as a large group along the shores of South Pender Island. As they travelled there were tail slaps galore, and young J42 couldn't resist jumping fully out of the water at least 4 to 6 times, doing cartwheels and back flips like crazy. After a lazy afternoon, the Orcas were much more active this evening. It was a great full day of Orca sightings.

Ashley, Naturalist