October 11th - Humpbacks close to home!
On October 11th our boats Cascadia and Keta left the dock in search of whales. Cascadia travelled East around the outside of Gabriola Island, while Keta travelled South through the Gulf Islands. Cascadia spotted a pair of Humpbacks just off of Thrasher rock, which is only about half an hour from our own harbour! This pair was ID’d as MMX0006 (no nickname yet) and Vivaldi!
One of our boats was also lucky enough to spot another humpback just off of Entrance Island as they travelled back to the harbour. This whale was being very elusive, so we were unable to ID it.
Here are the best photos from marine naturalists Val Watson and Cheyenne Brewster!
MMX0006 going for a deep dive. Photo by Cheyenne Brewster.
Photo by Cheyenne Brewster.
Photo by Cheyenne Brewster.
Photo by Val Watson.
Photo by Cheyenne Brewster.
Photo by Val Watson.
Photo by Val Watson.
Check out this photo below. See those white patches on this fluke? These are actually water patches reflecting the sunlight - they are not the actual colour of the fluke! When humpbacks are fluking in the sunlight it can cause an illusion like this, making ID’ing very tricky!
Photo by Cheyenne Brewster.
Photo by Cheyenne Brewster.
Photo by Cheyenne Brewster.
Whales and wildlife aren’t the only beautiful things we see on our tours - check out these landscape photos from the trip below!
Looking over the mainland of British Columbia. Photo by Cheyenne Brewster.
Mt. Baker in Washington State, USA. Photo by Cheyenne Brewster.