Boat noise The A4 groups and the A42's meandered back and forth in the bight for quite some time. We were able to watch them tail slapping, spy hopping, and continuous socializing, right up until around 10:00pm when the light was too little for the cameras. We think they have begun to make their way back west. We currently have some very distant A4 calls amidst some awful boat noise on the Critical Point hydrophone.  Dylan 28 Jul 2018 22:56:19 PDT Superb sounds!! We have A42's and A4's at the Bight! Check them out on CRPT cam! Amelie & Emma 28 Jul 2018 20:43:35 PDT Superb sounds!! The A42's and A4's are in the Bight! Check them out on CRPT cam! Amelie & Emma 28 Jul 2018 20:42:07 PDT Distant calls audible. It has been a book-end kind of day with whales in Johnstone Strait and in Queen Charlotte Strait. Just where we expected them to be after the early morning activity. The A42s turned up at 10:30am near Izumi Rock in Johnstone Strait. They were headed east toward the Bight. Naturally, they caught our attention and although fairly quiet Luke was able to follow them on the remote camera all the way into the Bight and beyond. At this time we had a visited by Alexandra Morton and the crew of the Sea Shepherd boat the "Martin Sheen" who are here to monitor conditions at the various fish farms. Meanwhile we came to understand from a report by the Naiad Explorer that the A4s (the A35s and A73s) after leaving Blackney Pass made it all the way to Black Bluff by 11:14am. The A4s eventually turned and began to move east in Queen Charlotte Strait. The Cliff and Warden Erin were able to tell us that the A42s went in for a rub at Strider beach from 12:06pm to 12:30pm. After which they slipped down to the Main beach where we watched them via the remote cameras around 12:34pm. We saw them both above and under water. The A42s were back in the Bight approaching Robson Point by 13:50pm. They continued westward. Meanwhile the A4s were between Donegal and Stubbs Island by 3pm and moving into Weynton Pass. By 3:43pm we could hear their distant calls once they entered Johnstone Strait. The A42s were off the western boundary of the Ecological Reserve at this time. That almost brings us up-to-date. Both groups are still in the Strait and we are listening to find out how they will sort themselves. www.orca-live.net Helena 28 Jul 2018 17:33:07 PDT No orcas present. For a continuing note to the early morning activity, we heard the A4s heard north in Blackney Pass around 4am. Helena 28 Jul 2018 07:18:17 PDT