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“The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” 
Jacques Cousteau

T99s near Protection Island

Our tour today was with the T99s near Protection Island. Today, I had a family from Bozeman, Montana, with me. Their daughter knew the answers to just about everything I was sharing. I shared with her dad that he might have a future marine biologist in the family.

We headed south to view the T99 pod of orcas, and they were zigzagging like crazy. After viewing them for a while, we looked for the sea otter but somehow missed him today. We saw tufted puffins and cormorants, including chicks, seals, sea lions, harlequin ducks, and more.

It was not raining at all, but it sure was a dark day on the water.

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Big Mama's 8th calf
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Big Mama & Calf

We started the day looking for a humpback that never materialized, then made our way to a group of feeding humpbacks south of Victoria. From

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