Another Elephant Seal fight and Orcas in the distance

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 5-10 knts N
  • Sky: Partly Cloudy
  • Water: Ripply

Boats/Visitors/Sightings

  • Average amount of ecotour boats around the island today

Marine Mammals

  • The additional male Elephant Seals from yesterday remained on the island today, causing yet another fight between a new adult male and the existing adult male. Neither was seriously injured.
  • Some harbour seals got closer to the main island than I’ve seen before – they usually hang out around the south islands.
  • Saw some whale watching boats gathered probably a couple of kilometers away in the south, and with my camera I got some shots of the orcas they were watching. It was too far to see the orcas themselves with the naked eye, but I could see the water sprays they were making.