[CINC] July 5 IPCO Islander

[Anthony Lombardi]

We in fact did see 5 Orcas on our return trip to Ventura with only a handful of people onboard.  We watched them for sometime,  looked to be a pair of juveniles and one young sub adult male.  There appeared to be some mating behavior as you would see flashes of white below the surface as one would go under another.  They were just milling about the seperation scheme just north of the southbound shipping lane, northeast of Scorpion Anchorage.  As we were watching these Orcas, they turned and came right under the boat, amazing how big they are up close.  Then we spotted a small pod of Commons that were headed on a collision course with these Orcas, the orcas were headed east as were the Commons that were closing the distance fast on the heels of the Orcas, seems backwards huh.  The Orcas just turned to the north as the Commons swam right by continuing on their playful journey.  It was a nice sighting.  Wish we could have hung around to watch them more, so
 the other boat could see these guys too.  Have a great weekend everyone.

Capt. Anthony Lombardi
Islander