September 21, 2017
09-20-2017: Humpback Whales and Lively Orcas, Nice Conditions
We had reports early on of orcas just outside the harbor. So as soon as we left the harbor-mouth we made a course and headed to the orca action going on about ten-minutes out.
Turns out there were five of them picking off sea lions for most of the morning and into the early afternoon. And these were an active group. We had some really close swimbys.
Including a couple of young ones breaching next to the boat. At one point two of the younger ones were doing double breaches together. A fantastic encounter.
They would approach a large raft of sea lions and cause a sea lion stampede pretty regularly.