Biggs Orca and Humpback
Seabirds and Pinnipeds Our day started off knowing we would view cetaceans, including a pod of Biggs Orca and Humpback Whales. On the way, we stopped to see Harbor Seals,...
Seabirds and Pinnipeds Our day started off knowing we would view cetaceans, including a pod of Biggs Orca and Humpback Whales. On the way, we stopped to see Harbor Seals,...
Our tour started as we made our way out of the harbor. I received word that there was Saanich Inlet Killer Whales in Brentwood Bay. Saanich Inlet is on the...
Cooperative Search As we left the harbor this morning, we did not have a destination in mind, meaning no sightings yet. This dilemma soon changed with report of orca fins...
Hunt, Chase and Kill As we were arriving on the scene with a pod of orca known as the T65A’s, we were just in time to witness a hunt. There...
Our tour today included seeing T65A’s and Humpback Whales. There were also many seabirds including Tufted Puffin, Rhinoceros Auklet and Bald Eagles. On the way to the Orca, we saw...
Seabirds and Humpbacks This day was an exciting day. Our tour went long to see the orca that was late to the party, but we saw so much marine life....
Where to go? I had no idea where we were going on our afternoon tour today. There were three humpback whales up north. Then I heard we had the T65A’s...
Best Biggs Day Ever Our entire time with killer whales was within a 1/4 mile from start to finish. They had killed a Stellar Sea Lion before we arrived. They...
Lots of Orca yesterday in every direction and today they vanished. However, we did see whales. We had Humpback, Minke, Tufted Puffin, and much more. Before we left San Juan...
The day that started not knowing if I would need to cancel my tour due to high winds, with wind waves. The outlook was good, so I kept my fingers...
Had a hiccup in today’s tour. I had a high temp alarm go off and was hoping for something simple like a serpentine belt replacement. The belt was fine so...
Our tour started out leaving the harbor and heading north. On the way, we saw Harbor Seals on the way to view Humpback Whales. A Humpback Known as Apollo is...
Heather and Raptor The first three tour day of the season and I spent it with two of our resident humpbacks. We know them as Heather and Raptor. Heather Raptor...
Huge versus Tiny A very hot day on the water today. I was sweating even in the straits. I took my guests north into Canada to see a pair of...
Today was a very unusual day on the water. It was a day with Gray Whales and Puffins but something else too. We responded to a vessel in distress that...
Gray Whale Today’s tour was calm waters yet again in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. We did a Gray Whale Evening Tour for my guests that wanted to see...
Spent some time with JPod in Rosario & Juan-de-Fuca straits today and a gorgeous day it was. We saw Mike J26 breaching a lot today, and I am hoping some...
Exotic Transients T125A and T128 Today we had a visit from an exotic pair of Male Killer Whales from Alaska. We don’t see them here very often. The last time...
A very nice day on the Salish Sea with the Biggs T49A’s Killer Whales. T49A1 is a big male with that very tall, 6′, and broad dorsal fin. We arrived...
What a beautiful day to be on the water with Biggs Orca San-Juan-Channel. We had members of several Biggs Killer Whale pods traveling together in San Juan Channel today. These...
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