Monday, March 31, 2014





No calls but orcas nearby

Leah reports that two males and one female orca were heading west off the Nimpkish River opposite Alert Bay at 11:25 am/ Thanks Leah!

Helena 
31 Mar 2014 12:22:15 PDT

Wednesday, March 26, 2014





No orcas present.

This morning Jared Towers reported that the T26s,T55s and T139s were headed west off Port Hardy. Beautiful day here today.

Helena 
26 Mar 2014 16:55:42 PDT

Tuesday, March 25, 2014





No calls but orcas nearby

Just in from Wendy at Pearse Islands 1:30pm: 5-6 orcas heading east, one male. Thanks Wendy!

Helena 
25 Mar 2014 13:45:49 PDT



No orcas present.

Dolphins in the night again. The recent storm is over/

Helena 
25 Mar 2014 09:05:35 PDT

Sunday, March 23, 2014






Distant calls audible.

Dolphins! I've been hearing Pacific white-sided dolphins on and off in Johnstone Strait over the past few days and just now I saw 20+ riding the bow of the Alaska ferry.

Marie
23 Mar 2014 08:28:25 PDT

Saturday, March 22, 2014






No calls but orcas nearby

Yvonne spotted the same 3 Biggs as a few days ago, 1 male which is T55A, near Echo Bay today around 13:40. Thanks for the report!

Marie
22 Mar 2014 20:21:00 PDT

Friday, March 21, 2014






There were some very vocal dolphins in Robson Bight this morning from 6-7am. Sounded like a very large group!

Marie
21 Mar 2014 08:50:11 PDT

Thursday, March 20, 2014






No calls but orcas nearby

A few orca reports: Yesterday at 430pm Yvonne saw 3 orca, 1 male, heading out of Fife. Today 3 orca, 1 male, where seen heading west by Haddington around 11am. Thanks for the reports everyone!

Marie
20 Mar 2014 12:47:58 PDT

Wednesday, March 19, 2014






No calls but orcas nearby

Paul & Helena are watching the Biggs travel west by Alert Bay right now! :)

Marie
19 Mar 2014 20:00:31 PDT



No calls but orcas nearby

Update from Roy: Orcas in Johnstone Strait stopped milling around (? feeding) and about 1900 hrs purposefully moved west in a loose grouping, surfacing every 100 m.

Marie
19 Mar 2014 19:30:37 PDT



No calls but orcas nearby

Report from Roy at TC: Group of 7-9 orcas 1000 m off Ella Point, milling around, and moving slowly easterly in the Strait at 18:20. One moderate sized male, several females and juveniles.

Marie
19 Mar 2014 19:29:03 PDT



No calls but orcas nearby

T60s plus a few others silently went north by the Lab and into Blackfish Sound just before 1400!

Marie
19 Mar 2014 14:25:51 PDT

Saturday, March 15, 2014






Another great report from Alex: One small humpback whale by Donegal Head yesterday at 7pm.

Marie
15 Mar 2014 19:08:34 PDT



No calls but orcas nearby

Alex reported seeing 6 orca, 3 females, 1 juvenile, 1 male and a baby (same grouping as the G23s yesterday) between Donegal Head and Double Bay at 6pm last night, no direction, they were drifting/relaxing on the surface. Thanks Alex!

Marie
15 Mar 2014 15:31:18 PDT

Friday, March 14, 2014






Distant calls audible.

Oops...I guess I shouldn't jump to conclusions, it was not Offshores it was the G23s with a new baby!! They went south in Blackney Pass around 1400 and then headed east in Johnstone Strait. They have been quiet for a while.

Marie
14 Mar 2014 15:09:50 PDT



Distant calls audible.

The Offshores have returned!! There are distant calls on Flower island but they are getting closer!

Marie
14 Mar 2014 11:37:33 PDT

Wednesday, March 12, 2014






Distant calls audible.

The Offshores have returned to Blackfish Sound repeating the call they were making then. Exciting!

Helena 
12 Mar 2014 23:25:10 PDT



Distant calls audible.

The calls are getting louder and the boat noise is better!

Helena 
12 Mar 2014 16:06:53 PDT



Distant calls audible.

More Offshore calls. Jared has told us that one male is off Bold Head and the others (there are 8 in total) are west bound. The boat noise is the Tully headed to pick up Jared in the small boat. Thanks for your help Jared!

Helena 
12 Mar 2014 15:38:46 PDT



No calls but orcas nearby

Definitely Offshores. The DFO crew happened to be coming up johnstone strait today so we alerted them and they found the whales off Donegal Head just a short while ago. Got to love the observer network!

Helena 
12 Mar 2014 14:13:33 PDT



Boat noise

No calls since just after Noon. We think we had been listening to Offshores! The last calls were still in Blackfish Sound.

Helena 
12 Mar 2014 13:45:51 PDT



Distant calls audible.

Lots of boat noise but definitely distant orcas in Blackfish Sound.

Helena
12 Mar 2014 11:37:29 PDT