Porpoises
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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…
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Back on the Water for 2023 – 22/4/23
Today was my first trip of the season and although the circumstances weren’t perfect, it felt amazing to be back out on the water! In total we were treated to several Minke and Humpback Whales, dolphins all throughout our travels, loads of seals, a single Fin Whale, and a pod of Harbor Porpoise right in…
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Grey Whales and Porpoises – 12/4/18
This trip had beautiful warm weather. We quickly spotted a spout southeast of Angel Island and another spout further towards the Golden Gate Bridge. We identified them as gray whales. We moved to the west side of Angel Island, where we watched one of the grays spout without fluking. At one point the gray came…
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A Four Species Trip! – 29/4/18
High winds were in the forecast as we started to make our way out to the Farallon Islands. The Golden Gate Strait was especially rough due to a powerful incoming tide. We had just passed the Golden Gate Bridge when we saw spouts. It was a humpback in the middle of the strait. We were…
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T065A5 “Indy’s” Adventures – 22/8/22
We had, Indy, who is T065A5, who has just dispersed from his family, he seems to just be having the adventure of his life. One of the days, one of the days we had him like, he’s, he’s eight years old. That’s like an eight year old human leaving the family be like, see ya…