July 29, 2022 – We sailed south out of Cattle Pass and found a minke whale on Salmon Bank and got to see some Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T37A’s on our way back. Other cool sights included a mother deer with fawn on the beach, harbor seals, Steller sea lions, bald eagles, cormorants, gulls with chicks, and a great blue heron.
Mother deer and fawn on the beach
Harbor seals hauled out by Pear Point
Harbor seals hauled out near Cattle Pass
Harbor seals hauled out near Cattle Pass with Cattle Pt Lighthouse
Nesting cormorants on Goose Island
Minke whale on Salmon Bank
Minke whale on Salmon Bank
Minke whale on Salmon Bank
Minke whale on Salmon Bank
Crazy currents near Whale Rocks
Crazy currents near Whale Rocks
Steller sea lions on Whale Rocks
Steller sea lions on Whale Rocks
Steller sea lions on Whale Rocks
Crazy currents near Cattle Pass
Orcas T37A’s hunting at the bottom of Griffin Bay
Orcas T37A’s hunting at the bottom of Griffin Bay
Orca doing pectoral fin slap
Orca tail slap
T37A’s passing harbor seals on the rocks
T37A’s passing harbor seals on the rocks
T37A’s passing harbor seals on the rocks
T37A’s passing harbor seals on the rocks
Orca tail slap
Dual orca tail slaps
Orca cartwheel
Orca spy peep
T37A’s traveling along Cape San Juan
T37A’s breaching
T37A’s breaching
T37A’s breaching
T37A’s breaching
T37A’s breaching
T37A’s breaching
Splash
T37A’s traveling along Cape San Juan
Route map 7/29/22