During our afternoon tour we visited a sleepy humpback whale and a group of around 20 orcas happily frolicking along the Sunshine Coast. It was quite the party!
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Half a dozen humpbacks were spotted during the trip today! Woah!
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This trip was one of the most interesting we’ve ever had! It was an exciting game of cat and mouse between humpback whale Olympus and three pods of transient orca!
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All three of boats set off the dock in Nanaimo Harbour at 10:30am on July 21st and split up to see what kind of incredible wildlife we could find today. It was less than an hour when one member of the fleet located a group of about 3 humpback whales, including a mom and calf pair!
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July 20th was a beautiful sunny day as we set out in the morning on our open boat Keta. During our search, we spotted three killer whales travelling south towards Porlier Pass! The three Transient Killer Whales we spotted were called Jude (T49A2), Neftali (T77C) and Alycon (T77D).
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On the afternoon of July 19th our vessel Cascadia set out towards the Sunshine Coast and after about an hour of travel they came across a gathering of humpback whales, approximately 9! Soon after that they encountered roughly 10-12 Bigg’s orca. What a day!
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Our morning tour encountered three gorgeous humpback whales, lots of seabirds, seals, and sea lions!
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We spent a calm afternoon with a Salish Sea full of humpback whales! Some we were able to identify were Beak and Chinook who were both feeding near the Sunshine Coast.
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We had an unusual morning on the 18th when we spent some time with the Northern Residents! This is a rare occasion where we will be seeing open saddle patches and the hooked dorsal fins that are commonly seen in the resident orca.
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Humpbacks in the morning, Orca in the evening! We spent some time with Divot and her calf, the T137s and the T065As! Lots of seals and sea lions too.
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Super exciting morning tour where we couldn’t stop finding whales! We saw a rare sight, a pod of Northern Resident Killer Whales transiting active pass, some humpback whales, and then a pod of transient orca right outside Nanaimo! What a day!
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Humpbacks splashing in the strait.
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Discovered near Porlier Pass were a pod of Bigg’s killer whales, the T37As! Killer whales generally organize themselves in matrilines, which are led by the mom, the matriarch. It is the mom’s responsibility to protect, raise, and teach her offspring how to do everything from breathe and swim, to echolocate, whistle, and hunt.
In the afternoon we also saw two humpback whales were actively feeding in the Strait of Georgia!
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It was another beautiful sunny day as our boats set off in search of whales at 10:30. After traveling southeast for awhile we encountered two familiar faces - humpback whales Slate and her new calf!
On our afternoon tour we departed from Nanaimo at 3:30pm on our boats and found FOUR humpback whales! They were demonstrating all sorts of behaviours from milling, traveling, feeding, and even breaching and tail stands!
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The T46B’s were busy travelling North when we visited them today. Later in the evening, they stopped for a snack! We also spotted one humpback in the evening, and witnessed a turkey vulture buffet.
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The conditions were gorgeous and we started out with a fluke from an elusive humpback whale. Next was a visit with a large group of Bigg’s killer whales, including T49A1, the T46s, and potentially the T34s and T37s!
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Two humpback whales, including “Snoopy”, a lot of pinnipeds and seabirds - we call that a wildlife-packed tour and another great day in the Salish Sea!
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Our 3:30pm tour had quite the time with T49A1 (Noah), T49A2 (Jude), T77C (Neftali), and T77D (Alcyon). During the morning, this quartet was travelling very fast southbound along our coast. When our open vessel Cascadia met up with them this afternoon they were lazily swimming in circles off of Snake Island, just 5 minutes from our harbour.
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Our morning trip on July 10th visited a very interesting group of orca - two bulls from the T39A matriline (T49A1- Noah, T49A2- Jude) and two bulls from the T77 matriline (T77C - Neftali, T77D - Alcyon). These boys were travelling very fast, rushing past Pipers Lagoon all the way towards Dodd Narrows.
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Woah… we found so many humpbacks on this trip! While we counted 8 individuals near us, there were quite a few surfacing way off in the distance as well. The waters were mirror-like (extremely flat and calm) during our afternoon trip so you could see almost all the way over to Vancouver from Gabriola!
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