Boats should approach orcas slowly from the side and slightly to the rear, traveling parallel to and at the same speed as the slowest member of the pod.
Avoid speeding toward whales or trying to intersect their course.
Take your time. Gradually slow your boat to idle speed when you are within a mile or so of whales. There may be other whales much closer than the ones you last saw.
Boats should position themselves no closer than 100 yards from the whales. Let the orcas decide whether to reduce the distance between them and your boat.
Avoid jumping from one group of whales to another, and avoid "leapfrogging" directly into their path. You are just as likely to see whales when they surface if you remain where you are or continue on the same course and speed when the whales dive.
Boats should be especially careful not to separate mothers from calves.
No maneuver should interfere with the whale's normal behavior. Boats should break off if any member of the pod exhibits evasive, defensive, or aggressive behavior such as tail lobbing.
When it is safe to do so, the best whale encounters may be experienced with the engine turned off.
When you leave a whale or group of whales, wait for them to surface safely away from you before crossing their path behind them.
