3/17/16 Orca George Inlet

Prepping the boat when a pod of 6-9?? orcas were out in front of the deck, near shore hunting and lingering in the area before heading south.  After launching the boat at Mtn Point we motored up George Inlet and again saw them near shore, in deep water.  They were travelling approximately 4.5-6mph with about 4 minutes between sightings.   After a while we motored up to Coon Cove and beached the boat, at which point the pod showed up again across the channel, lingering for about an hour below Mahoney lake/creek area.  On the way out of the inlet, the pod again seemed to be leaving at the same time, and we observed them to just north of the cannery, then left.

We contacted a group referred to as the Northern Resident Orca Population (see a link to their Facebook page to learn more under our "Links" tab) in the hopes of identifying the orcas we photographed.  Much to our delight, they were able to identify a few individual whales and their pods. If you have any pictures of orcas you would like to share, follow our link to their Facebook page.

The orcas we observed on this day were a pod of transient orcas (mammal eaters).  I suspected they were transients, as I believed I was watching the whales pursue a sea lion.  All from our deck.    

Below is shaky footage of the whales in George Inlet, post stablized as best we could.