Aug 11th – West side shuffle for us. After meeting the J22’s who were hanging in False Bay we proceeded north to sail around the island. Porpoising towards us from Kellett Bluff out of the blue we were surprised by the K14’s and J16’s with others spread across the Strait. So we shuffled south with them to False Bay as we were excited to see K Pod for our first time since we saw them in Johnstone Strait October last year. Fast travel with brief stops for foraging. Families split over a wide area. We left them at Eagle Pt and found a lot more sea lions have now returned to Whale Rocks – welcome home guys !
Harbor Seals of Dead Man island
Steelers Sea Lions of Whale Rocks
J34 Doublestuf
Tail Slap from J34 Dounlestuf
Sailing North passed Lime Kiln Point Lighthouse (maintain 1/2 mile clearance when whales are present)
Kilns of Lime Kiln Point
Surprise ! – J36 and J52 porpoise towards us
J36 Alki
J26 Mike
Extreme underwater noise levels from commercial traffic of Haro Strait
J36 and J52
K35 Sonata
Common Murres
J2 Granny
J52 Breach
J34 Doublestuf
K26 Lobo
K14 Lea
Cattle Point Lighthouse
Sunset over San Juan Islands