Nicole
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Hooray for Monterey! – 10/13
The first time you go whale watching in Monterey Bay is something you’ll never forget. The way the fog threatens to completely overwhelm you when you first head off from the dock; The awesome scale of this thing called a “bay;” And the whales. So. Many. Whales! I’ve seen humpback whales before. I’ve even been…
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K’s in the Waves! – 13/8/16
The pictures don’t do it justice but today was a ROUGH day on the Strait of Georgia. These were some of the biggest swells I’d seen in a long long time and it was hot, hot, hot – not a great combination. But when you hear there’s FINALLY been a sighting of K-Pod, you’ll pretty…
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A Rare Baird’s Beaked Whale Sighting! – 18/9/16
Whale Watching had always been at the top of our to do list in Monterey-it had been too long since I had been out on a boat! We were hoping to see Blue Whales or something else that’s rare up in BC so we signed up for the 8 hour trip with Monterey Bay Whale…
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Seal Hunter in Training! – 7/8/16
The T137s are always an exciting group to see on the water but the encounter I had with them in the Strait today was definitely something special. They seemed to come out of nowhere. The surface betrayed nothing of what was going on beneath until BAM! a seal was launched clear out of the water…
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Two Adult Humpbacks Interacting in Maui Bay – 27/11/15
Wow is whale watching different in Hawaii! We were barely 30 minutes away from berth when we spotted two blows off of the horizon. We had found two adult humpbacks right out in Maui Bay. We hung out with them for about an hour but they were much more interested in each other than anything…