May 17
J's and K's went to Jordan River area stopped and turned around. Were off the Canadian PT. no PT.at 1700 going East at about 10kts.
Ron Bates, MMRG, Victoria B.C.

May 17
At 9am we received confirmed report from Ron Bates, MMRG, that J Pod had been sighted near Sooke heading west. By the time we caught up with JPod at 12.45pm, they were already traveling south in the Strait of Juan De Fuca a few miles from Sheringham Point (see above photo). We watched JPod in close formation surfing the waves in the strait. Later in the afternoon we heard that JPod had already reached Jordan River and were continueing west. Looks like they have headed out west but hopefully will be back soon. This was my first encounter with Jpod this season and it was such a wonderful feeling to see "Granny", "Ruffles", "Polaris" and the rest of Jpod, especially the new calf: )
Andrew Lees, Marine Naturalist, Five Star Whale Watching