Porpoises
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Incredible Day with Common Dolphins & Humpbacks – 14/8/24
Today was one of those days you just didn’t want to end. From start to finish it was just incredible. We had beautiful weather and flat calm seas and of course the whales didn’t disappoint either. The highlights from our sightings included a pod of Common Dolphins to start our day in the morning trip.…
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An Incredibly Rare Encounter with a Spectacled Porpoise! – 19/1/24
I was guiding an expedition cruise to the Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica. I had 100 guests with me for a private wildlife charter (dedicated wildlife trip) with Naturetrek, the company I work for. All guests are really keen on wildlife, so an artillery of cameras and pairs of binoculars are usually lined up at…
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A Day of Humpbacks – 7/8/23
Today I was captaining with Andy Scheffler as my naturalist and we got to see BCX1057 “Divot and BCY0458 “Raptor” hanging out, then we decided to adventure up to Halibut Bank to see who else we might find only to discover a red-necked phalarope. We also hung out with some Harbour Porpoise and we then…
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Epic Porpoise Hunt with T019 & T019B – 11/8/23
For those of you who spend time out on the water with whales and other wildlife, have you ever been out and had an exceptional few minutes and gone through your photos while on the boat and even when you get back to shore to see all the incredible moments you were able to capture,…
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Bigg’s Killer Whales Hunting Porpoises – 6/5/23
The T023C’s and T065A5 were cruising north through the Haro Strait on a calm afternoon. A chase began between 2 Harbour porpoises! The orcas were porpoising as they chased the porpoise and even one of the porpoise breached in an attempt to get away! The hunt lasted around 5 minutes and once finished little T023C6…