Oshan Whale Watch Sightings for 20 July 2011

"So, in the morning, we saw 9 pilot whales 4 1/2 miles from the harbour. They were moving pretty slow and there were 4 juveniles. There were around 12 or so more outside of us, scattered about. And as we were headed in, a small pod of 5 pilots, 3 of which were juvenile, passed us by. 


In the afternoon, 20 pilots were 1/2 a mile off Meat Cove and there were 8 juveniles and 1 baby. Once these guys moved away from us, another pod of 9 swam by. They had 3 juveniles and this was the same pod we saw the previous day on the 4:30 tour. 


By the evening, most of the pilots had gone except for a pod of 7. There were 3 juveniles, who were all close to being adults and the other 4 were all quite large.



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First Mate Cheryl Fraser