24 July Orcalab reports:



00:09 PDT Superb sounds!! The A12s are having late dinner in the Bight!

08:20 PDT Distant calls audible. Good morning everyone! After a quiet night, during which we think the A12s & A5s went east past the Ecological Reserve, we began hearing echolocation & A12 calls on the Critical Point hydrophone about half an hour ago. Since then, the calls have become more distant & boat noise has intruded. We think the whales are heading west.

11:48 PDT No orcas present. The A12s went through Weynton Passages and have caught the last of the ebb tide into Queen Charlotte Strait. The A8s remained east and were reported of f Kelsey Bay earlier. No word on the A36s.

16:22 PDT Distant calls audible. The A12s are back in the Strait after returning from Queen Charlotte Strait via Weynton Pass. They are eastbound headed to the area adjacent to the entrance of Blackney Pass.

16:35 PDT Orcas (may be) approaching cameras. A12 & A33 are foraging off CP.

18:22 PDT No calls but orcas nearby. The A12s have moved to the western end of Johnstone Strait.

19:10 PDT Distant calls audible. CP tells us that the A12s turned back in toward Vancouver Island just to the west of Blackney Pass and may be eastbound again.

20:52 PDT Orcas near mics. The A12s are very close to Critical Point & Robson Bight.

21:38 PDT Orcas rubbing on the shore bottom. The A12s have moved on to the rubbing beaches.