15 August 2006, Orcalab reports:

No orcas present.

At 4am we again heard the A4 & A5s as they moved toward Critical Point. After some foraging they passed Critical Point. Around 6:30am they were off the Rubbing Beaches. Then at 7:30am they were on their way back to the west. We have heard a report from the MacKays that there are wave after wave of orca groups passing Masterman Islands near Port Hardy.
Helena
15 Aug 2006 08:32:55 PDT

Orcas rubbing on the shore bottom.

An A5 group has gone into the Main Beach for a rub. This morning the A24s went past. They were very spread out at first and then (to our delight) moved over to "our side" and continued north to Blackfish Sound. Meanwhile, the A35s,A51s and A43s came west in the Strait and passed close to CP. After they reached Big bay they turned and crossed to Vancouver Island. They then "ran" down the shoreline and entered the Reserve at the western boundary at 11:30am.
Helena
15 Aug 2006 13:10:31 PDT

Boat noise

The A24s took an interesting tour today. They used Swanson Passage to get from Knight Inlet to West Pass. This brought them to Blackney Pass. They then went south, paused in the last stretch of Blackney while the A35s,A51s,and A43s (who had been waiting in the entrance of Blackney Pass after coming westward in the Strait a short while earlier) moved over to the east end of Hanson Island. All these groups are now travelling in same direction to the west along Hanson Island.
Helena
15 Aug 2006 16:46:29 PDT