A4s, A5s A30s

Distant calls audible.

After moving eastward:The A30s with the A24s have returned to the area off the east end of the Ecological Reserve, followed by the A5s.
Helena
12 Aug 2009 04:20:43 PDT

Distant calls audible.

The whales are moving along westward toward the CP area. Lovely quiet, foggy morning.
Helena
12 Aug 2009 08:47:14 PDT

No calls but orcas nearby

The A24s, A5s and A30s went west this morning. They past CP around 8:50am and carried on a bit further. By 9:05am groups were opposite Big bay spread out across the Strait. A bit further west and then the turn began between 9:20 and 9:42am. The A23s and a25s were off Turn Point by then and the A24s on the Vancouver Island shore. The A24s (all together this morning) continued to Blinkhorn and turned east at 10:45. By 11:15am the groups had travelled back slowly to theArea off the entrance of Blackney Pass. The A24s were by then opposite the "bottom" (east) end of Hanson Island while the rest were mid strait to the Vancouver Island side. The whales are very quiet out there.
Helena
12 Aug 2009 11:35:27 PDT

Multiple pod calls audible.

After travelling eastward to the western boundary of the Ecological Reserve, the groups turned north-west toward the Sophia Islands. The A23s and the A25s were furthest east with A39. The A30s were with the A8s and the A24s with A73 were following and further offshore of the others who were closer to Vancouver Islandbefore the turn. Afte the turn some of the groups went west on the inside of the Sophias. The whales are now opposite Cracroft Point.
Helena
12 Aug 2009 14:17:38 PDT

Seasmoke reports
The orcas that we have seen for the past several days were again in Johnstone Strait today. Our first sighting was of the A23’s followed by the A25’s and they were on the Hanson Island side of the Strait further ahead of the A8’s and A30’s who were on the Vancouver Island side of the Strait. We watched as the A23’s and A25’s turned near Turn Point and commenced travelling back to the east; the A30’s and the A8’s also turned forming resting lines. A38 and A39 had been observed foraging ahead of their family (the A30’s) and when the turn was made, A38 was seen to quickly join in the resting line beside his mother A30, while A39 travelled back to the east, he was separate yet parallel to his family and foraging. Resting, foraging, tail and pectoral slapping behaviour was observed. The A24’s again had travelled up to Beaver Cove and were the last ones to turn back to the east.