Video / Mark MitchellSearch efforts for baby orca pod Toa are set to be the focus today after orca sightings were reported this morning at Seatoun and Makara. However, DoC believe it is unlikely Toa the baby orca will be moved back into a sea pen today due to contaminated water in Porirua. The orca calf has been kept in captivity for 9 days after he was found stranded from his pod on July 11. "The weather looks good for a good search for today and I think it's likely we will be making that wider effort." Volunteers encouraging male orca calf Toa to play with bull kelp in his pool at the Plimmerton Boating Club in Porirua.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 19, 2021 23:03 UTC