J Pod in Haro Strait
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]This morning we learned that J Pod was in Canadian waters. We are not able to watch them in Canada but by the time my tour started they were in USA waters. We can watch any other whales in Canada, just not Southern Resident Killer Whales as […]
Two Spot and Friends
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I started heading north towards Trincomali Channel this afternoon to meet up with a few Biggs Orca. The male in the group took off doing 15 knots and went through Active Pass and into Georgia Strait with 5′ and 6′ seas. I was hoping to make it […]
Seabirds Biggs Orca and Humpback
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The experience was a cold and cloudy day on the water. We were with Seabirds Biggs Orca and Humpback whales. There were Harbor Seals and Steller Sea Lions and further out another pod of Biggs and some Southern Resident Killer Whales. We left the harbor, and after […]
K and L Pod SRKW’s
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Resident Killer Whales had been spotted earlier in the day west of Victoria traveling east. Since it is not legal to be viewing them from any vessel in Canada we were not able to keep track of them. The best we could do was estimate their speed […]
K’s – L’s and DoubleDrop
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Two tours today viewing K’s – L’s and DoubleDrop the Humpback. K and L pod were in Haro Strait foraging for salmon. My first tour had two parties both celebrating a birthday and touring with us to see the whales was the gift they wanted to experience. […]
T18’s, and young Humpback
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Today we spent time with a pod of Biggs Orca known as the T18’s. It is two female and two adult male Orca. They were split up for our time with them in two groups of two. As we were leaving, they were about to join up […]
Orcas in Haro Strait
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Today’s tour was with a group of four, and one who’s life dream was to see Orca. She had been following my photo blog for some time and planned her trip with friends. Today’s weather was questionable, and I checked to see if they were able to […]
Humpback Tour of the Year
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Today, I was antsy to get home to my computer to see what I had captured. Moreso than I have been in a long time. It was the Humpback tour of the year, and I could hardly contain my excitement to see what I had. This whale […]
Pouring Rain Whale Watching
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The weather today was the absolute worst of the year. It was supposed to be a “chance of rain”. Weather is the one thing that NOAA does a great job at, usually anyway. They were way off today, it was dumping buckets and they have now revised […]
T18’s Biggs Orca
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]We traveled up into the Gulf Islands of Canada today to catch up with a pod of 4 Orca known as the T18’s that includes two females and two adult males. One of the males has a dorsal fin that leans heavily to the left. We met […]
Bond MMX0007 Humpback Whale
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]We viewed Bond MMX0007 a Humpback Whale who got his name from his classification ID. We then cruised up into the Gulf Islands in search of Orca. Rezzies were way out west headed to sea. Another group were found up in Howe Sound that some of the […]
Humpback Whale Named Bond
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]A private tour today for a couple celebrating their 5th Anniversary today. Happy Anniversary Jonathan and Christine. We headed north intending to meet up with a Killer Wbale in Boundary Pass. By the time we got there, the whale had been lost. Boats were searching and I […]
Bigg’s Orca Kill Seals
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]A flat out beautiful day on the water today. It was calm and mirror like reflections. We were viewing the T36As, T101’s, and T137’s. At least a couple of Harbor Seal kills, maybe a Harbor Porpoise, there were a lot of porpoise swimming around us today. There […]
T60’s with New Calf
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The T60’s were spotted just as our tour was about to begin. A couple of other whales in the mix were T2B and T59. There is a very young calf in the T60’s. Most of my shots of the little fellow were blurry other than one headshot […]
J Pod Just Chillin
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]J Pod was Chillin down in the straits today, and it was a beautiful evening observing them. The first couple of pics are of J35 Tahlequah and her son J47 Notch. Notch’s name becomes very obvious when you see his dorsal fin. Most of us remember Tahlequah […]
T60’s with New Calf
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Today we were fortunate to see one of the youngest orcas in the Salish Sea these days. He is recently born this year and so fun to watch. That is after a government-imposed delay because these Biggs Orca entered a Southern Resident Killer Whale Sanctuary Zone. This […]
T’s in all Directions
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]There were plenty of whales around today, T’s in all Directions, no matter which direction you headed out. We were with a group of Biggs across the channel in Upright Pass. Then we went to see a Humpback Whale on the west side of Orcas Island before […]