Whale Watching 2008

Kathryn and I went whale watching for the first time last fall and had an amazing encounter with a group of transient orca whales. We departed from an outfit running out of Granville Island and saw these whales off the coast of Galliano Island.

Tour boats are not allowed to intentionally go within several hundred meters of these great beasts, but they were curious about us and came over for quite a long look. For several hours we floated with a pod that came right up to the boat on a number of occassions and even breached a few times for us just as we were leaving.

Also saw some seals on a log jam near UBC and some bald eagles, but the whales were certainly the main event.