[CINC] Friday Orcas !

[Carolyn McCleskey]

Perfect weather and ocean conditions, Capt. Dave at the helm, Lisa Angle, PID,Gary Delanoye and I,

lucky Naturalists.  
5 Gray whales in and near the gap, large pod of 2000 Commons, good look into Painted Cave, then we were

on our way back to the harbor with an interesting group of passengers from all over the world and the U.S.A.
Suddenly Dave announced a report of Orcas to the East, so he made a quick turn and sped there in time to

see 4 Orcas attacking a Sea Lion.  A large male, two females and a juvenile performed amazing acrobatics,

while gulls cleaned up the remnants. The group continued with a show of tail lobbing, back flips and spyhops,
to a thrilled audience, for about 30 minutes, until we were forced to return to port.  A spectacular day on the


Condor and in the Channel !   Capt. Matt photographed the event, so "like" the Condor site to see the pics. 

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