In the very early hours of September 14, faint calls and distant echolocation of the A23s were heard on the remote system at Kaizumi Rubbing Beach, lasting until 12:49am. Silence followed until 8:25am, when Kaizumi once again picked up their distant echolocation, suggesting the whales had remained in Johnstone Strait throughout the night and were headed perhaps to the west. Meanwhile, PWWA reported the A25s off Rebecca Spit Park near Heriot Bay on Quadra Island that morning, heading north.
By midday the A23s were reported by PWWA off Plumper Island at 12:26pm. Soon after, they were sighted from Alex crossing from Weynton toward Bold Head, their presence matched acoustically with echolocation in Blackfish Sound till 1:30pm. Around that time they turned back east, and by 2:14pm passed the Lab silently, moving slowly east towards Johnstone Strait before disappearing from view at 3:11pm.
The next surprise came at 6:00pm, when the A23s appeared on the Strider Rubbing Beach remote camera without warning. At 6:04pm they began a ten-minute rub, accompanied by a group of dolphins. They then shifted gradually east toward Main Rubbing Beach, where they stopped for a brief three-minute rub at 6:27pm before moving offshore where they paused and milled. Their slow eastbound travel continued, with the last whistles recorded at 6:48pm. The day closed with dolphin chatter, lasting until 7:18pm.
