"People pay thousands of dollars to see that. We were totally not expecting to see that."

A spectacular algae bloom is causing the water across much of the Strait of Georgia to turn a bright, almost florescent, green.

Michelle Wigmore and her husband were out enjoying Friday afternoon on the waters of Desolation Sound when they came upon an unexpected sight: a stowaway seal, hiding out on their dinghy to avoid falling prey to a passing orca.