J pod passes San Juan Island very spread out

The Center for Whale Research reports:

May 9, 2008
J pod
Begin Encounter: 12:12 p.m.
Start Lat: 48° 49.61 N
Start Long: 123° 13.02 W
End Encounter: 3:56 p.m.
End Lat: 48° 55.21 N
End Long: 123° 18.11 W
Observers: Ken Balcomb and Dave Ellifrit.

J pod spread out at mid-day heading north in Haro Strait. All accounted for, except J43 who has been missing all of this year and is presumed dead. In a routine vessel avoidance maneuver, J 26 dives in front of a cruise ship in transit that did not see him. The following day the pod was off the Fraser River entrance, and almost to Lion's Gate Bridge in Vancouver by nightfall.