Grey Whales are bottom feeders, filtering mouthfuls of sand through their baleen plates to retain the edible morsels such as shellfish and crabs. In places, the coast around Tofino, Vancouver Island, is very shallow and the whale we came across was feeding in water that was only 9m deep. Consequently, it was only making shallow dives and didn't once raise its flukes out of the water. The lack of a dorsal fin and its barnacle-encrusted skin often made it look like a half-submerged rock.
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