So yea, I saw an Orca this morning while biking along the sea wall in Stanley Park. It was quite a wonderful moment. I was clipping along with the wind at my back when I saw a black dorsal fin break the surface of the water under Lions Gate Bridge. Immediately and inelegantly, I stopped and got off my bike. Without consciously deciding, I just started walking back the direction I’d come from, to try and keep up with this whale. I was barely even aware of the fact that I was wearing my dorky bike shoes that are nearly impossible to walk in.
After walking alongside the whale for…. I don’t know how far exactly… maybe 60 metres, this lovely creature dove deeper and disappeared. A woman who had the presence of mind to record a video, said ‘He must be going to get some breakfast.’
As I clip clop walked back toward my bike, I was thinking about this happy connected feeling, and how it was strange that I felt so connected to this creature that I’m pretty sure had no idea I was appreciating it.
It was quite the magic moment.
Update (9 June 2021): I reported my sighting to Ocean Wise Research, and they put a detailed post on Instagram.