One very lucky harbour seal escaped becoming lunch for a group of transient killer whales Saturday by jumping onto two boats in the Juan de Fuca Strait.

Valerie Shore was on an Eagle Wing whale-watching tour Saturday afternoon when they came upon a group of transient killer whales circling a Prince of Whales whale-watching zodiac.

“There was a harbour seal that had jumped on the outboard. Up to eight whales were circling the boat,” she said. Transient killer whales’ diets consist of mostly marine mammals, whereas resident whales subsist on fish.

The Victoria Clipper ferry had also stopped to watch the whales – just south of Hein Bank in the Juan de Fuca Strait, near the top of Puget Sound.

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