Distant calls audible. After passing Robson Bight very close to the eastern headland we heard calls on the rubbing beach at 6:42pm. The A30 calls became stronger, followed by echo location and the sound of rubs. One individual went very close over the under water camera. The rub was brief and the whales turned west just after and made another pass over the pebbles on their way in the opposite direction. We could see I76 offshore. He too was west bound. The whales seemed to mill off Strider, perhaps waiting for others to finish there and then resumed going west to Critical Point. By 7:29pm the whales were beginning to pass the eastern headland at Robson Bight. We watched and listened as they moved both offshore and deep into Robson Bight. The light failed us and so we have waited for their western progress to take them closer to Cracroft Point. We can now hear them on "CP" and have started another recording.other recording. www, orca-live.net OrcaLab 18 Aug 2019 21:23:48 PDT Orcas near mics. So despite the boat noise (sigh) the A30s and the I15s are calling on the Robson Bight hydrophone (www.orca-live.net). They are also on camera (http://explore.org/live-cams/player/orcalab-robson-bight) as they head east in the Reserve and Robson Bight. They have dolphins all around them. OrcaLab 18 Aug 2019 18:08:05 PDT Distant calls audible. It has been a very busy morning! We continued to hear calls on Critical Point until 6:25am, and at 6:33am, we heard distant calls on the rubbing beaches. We spotted a distant group in the reserve at 6:34am, and they were very generous with close calls and echolocation! Unfortunately, there was no rubbing action, they were too busy foraging off of the coast. There were quite a lot of whales and they split into two separate foraging groups at 7:24am. We believe they were the A54s and the A25s. They continued foraging and some dolphins joined them later on! One foraging groups eventually cleared to the east and the other turned around and headed west, back towards the rubbing beaches, but…still no rubbing. This group cleared to the west at 8:06am, towards Critical Point and showed up on the camera around 8:23am, exhibiting foraging behaviour. At this time, we also started hearing distant calls on the rubbing beaches again, probably that other foraging group that had cleared to the east earlier. At 8:51am, we heard distant I15 calls on Critical Point along with some A1 calls. They were pretty quiet, probably because they were far away, favouring the Vancouver Island side of the Strait and at 9:11am, we spotted a group on the Cracroft Point camera. They are there now, foraging and vocalizing!  Emily 18 Aug 2019 10:03:24 PDT Distant calls audible. They have been calling all night long! After travelling to the west from the reserve, the orcas turned to the east somewhere in the Strait. It sounded like they were off the entrance of Blackney Pass around 3am. We kept hearing A30 calls and occasional A5 and I15 calls. We believe that they are near Robson Bight now. Meanwhile we are enjoying the beautiful morning with two humpbacks in the Pass! Momoko 18 Aug 2019 06:08:23 PDT