April 17th - Perfect day with Orcas outside Victoria

On April 17th we set sail with clear skies and high hopes. We traveled out into the Strait, doing a large loop infront of Nanaimo scanning the waters. We made a stop at Entrance Island to see all the Stellar Sea Lions, and a few California Sea Lions. After leaving we went back into the Strait, heading towards the shores of Vancouver.

After traveling south through the Strait we passed through Active Pass and headed through the Gulf Islands to the East side of Sidney Island. There we found our 10 Orcas, the T124A’s and the T124D’s.

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April 11th - T-Party near Nanaimo!

April 11th was a beautiful day out in the water and we were lucky enough to find Killer Whales at Neck Point!

Transient Killer Whale pods can join up like this to hunt together and socialize. It also gives the opportunity for a male and female of different pods to mate.

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April 1st - First day back on the water and we found killer whales "Chainsaw" and friends!

It’s been awhile! After a long winter our crew was ecstatic to get back out on the water and explore our backyard in search of whales and other wildlife. Naturalist Val and Captain Rodrigo headed south into the Strait of Georgia and it didn’t take them too long to find killer whales!

And not just any killer whalse, they found the infamous “Chainsaw” (T063)! This adult male orca is easy to recognize because of his large, chainsaw-like dorsal fin. We quite often see him in the spring on our whale watching tours.

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September 26th - Humpback Soup!

It was humpback soup out on the water on the 26th of September! We saw 7 humpbacks; Heather and Neowise, Raptor and Harpy, Snoopy, Sherwina, and one unknown. Not only did we get to see so many humpbacks but we also saw seals, sea lions and more in the Strait of Georgia!

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September 22nd - A day with Zigzag, Divot and Strike

September 22nd was a cloudy and calm day. We headed out on our semi-covered boat, Kula in search of whales and we found Zigzag near Valdes Island! Zigzag was doing lots of deep dives and flukes. After hanging with Zigzag for a while we found Divot and Strike near Galiano Island. We stuck with them for a little while since they weren’t that active and we found Zigzag again who was travelling south.

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