On the 8th of July we left the harbour on a beautiful day in search of some whales and found the T046s! Usually this pod has 5 members but today we only saw 4 of them, but we sure got some good looks!
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Our semi-covered vessel left Nanaimo at 10:30am on July 6th and headed out into beautiful conditions. We ended up near Vancouver, near Point Grey at the north arm of the Fraser River. The water here carries a lot of silt and so has a much lighter, milkier colour. We spotted some contrasting black fins and blows pop out of the water! A pod of killer whales/orcas, at least 3, who were busy traveling and foraging.
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On our afternoon tours we saw 3 humpback whales and a pod of transient/Bigg’s orca inside the Gulf Islands near Nanaimo!
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Our morning tours spent quality time with humpback whales Cirque and calf and our afternoon tours encountered a pod of killer whales, the T90s. Another beauty day on the water!
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Saturday July 3rd was a gorgeous day out on the Salish Sea! Both our morning and afternoon tours saw Bigg’s killer whales and our afternoon tour also spent some time with humpback whales “Cirque” and calf.
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The T49 brothers are still around, and we find a grey whale near Valdes island.
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Kula and Cascadia left the harbour at 3:30, eager to see if Cirque and her calf had stuck around after we had left them nearly 4 hours earlier. It took a few extra minutes, but we spotted the calf going for a dive closer to Entrance Island.
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Cirque and calf play in the waters off of Gabriola Island on the morning of July 1st.
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June 28th was an eventful day for our boats Kula and Cascadia. Both of our boats headed north in search of whales. Kula first found a surprise Grey Whale near Blueback beach! It took a second but we were able to tell this was a Grey Whale from the lack of a dorsal fin and the 6 to 12 “knuckles” they have on their hump and tail.
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A hot day at sea with the transient killer whales the T36/T36Bs and the T49A1 and T49A2. We watched them in one of our favourite places - Howe Sound!
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We had loads of different species during our trip today, including 5 different humpbacks in the Strait of Georgia!
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The sun was hot and we welcomed the small splashes as we traveled around Jack point and went through Dodd’s Narrows. As we traveled we thought it may be a long day, as there had not been any recent reports of whales, but we were only out half an hour when we came upon a tall dorsal fin sinking into the waves. After a few good photos we realized our first whale was Judy, T49A2 and the second fin was Noah, T49A1.
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T097 Gull entertains us near Neck Point Nanaimo, and then we catch up with Noah (T49A1) and his younger brother Judy (T49A2) near Gabriola Island.
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June 21st was a beautiful, sunny day as we set out in search of whales. We first found a lone humpback just North-East of Parksville.
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A beautiful day out on the Salish Sea with three humpback whales, including Big Momma, and a pod of transient/Bigg’s orca!
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Fader the Humpback was being very slap happy with our open vessel Cascadia during this trip!
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June 18th was a whale-filled day for us! 5 orca on the West coast of Galiano Island, and two Humpbacks off the East coast of the same island.
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June 17th turned out to be a very exciting trip when we encountered two very curious humpback whales in the Strait of Georgia east of Gabriola Island. These whales were Fader and Incognito and boy, did they put on a show!
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It was another great day on the water on the 14th of June when we left Nanaimo Harbour and headed out to find some wildlife! We ended up getting more than we bargained for when we found humpback whale Ocular, seals, sea lions, jellyfish, and even a curious raccoon!
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