The bull orca looked like it was headed straight for our kayaks, cruising at about five knots. "Everybody get the kayaks into a raft formation," yelled our guide Krista Bogen. "Splash your paddles so he hears that we're here!" You can tell you are getting your money's worth when Sea to Sky's guides -- usually so congenial and keen on group decisions -- start barking orders. We clung to each other's boats, about a kilometre off the northeastern shore of Vancouver Island and just three days into our expedition along Johnstone Strait, feeling very tiny. The bull surfaced again. We could tell he was a male by his huge dorsal fin -- females' fins are curved and much shorter -- that rose straight up like a large black blade, way bigger than Jaws'. Of course, he was at least three times longer than the largest great white shark -- orcas sometimes eat great whites.
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