Hundreds watch from shore as killer whale puts on jumping show in B.C. harbour
COMOX, B.C. — A lone killer whale that moved into a Comox, B.C., harbour more than a week ago is thrilling crowds on the local waterfront with a swimming and leaping spectacle as it patrols its new hunting territory.
Comox Valley Harbour Authority spokesman Robert Clarke said Tuesday hundreds of people stood on the community promenade along the shoreline and watched the orca breach and swim around the harbour.
“I’m looking out here right now and there’s probably 300 people on it looking over the side watching the whale swim around in the bay,” he said. “It’s a non-stop nature show.”
Clarke, a former whale-watching guide, said killer whales do appear in the harbour but it is not a common event and they rarely stay for long.