Our day sea-kayaking Johnstone Strait was similar to our day spent kayaking on Okeover Inlet, but a lot more enjoyable because the company was better (all about our age rather than a family with young kids), the weather was beautiful and we got to see a load of Dall’s porpoises right up close, which was a fantastic experience.

We set out from Telegraph Cove, where we saw Starbuck from Battlestar Gallatica, and mosied along the coast and back. It was on the way to our lunch beach that we saw the porpoises: we noticed that the little fish that had been jumping out of the water were getting a little manic and jumping out more and more, then we heard the distinctive blow-hole sounds of marine mammals, and suddenly we were surrounded by these porpoises, swimming alongside us! It was a really special moment, and we definitely would like to go back and do this trip again. Maybe we will do a longer trip as we will then have more of a chance of seeing the killer whales that also populate this area.