Tom
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A Bigg’s Sealion Hunt – 6/10/25
T011A “Rainy” and T030Bs were in bound in the morning and by the afternoon they made their way north. As we were viewing, there was a sealion ahead thrashing a fish around and the orcas took notice. Within a few minutes, the orcas planned their attack and were able to isolate the sealion! However, T011A…
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T075B’s Hunt Some Seals – 27/8/25
The T075Bs were cruising along the Stuart Island shoreline foraging for food. In the time we spent there they must’ve taken out around 3 seals! The hunts were short lived but the celebrations were not. Pictured here is T075B breaching beside her newest little one T075B5! It’s believed that at the time this calf was…
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A Hunt with the T019s and T049As – 13/3/25
The encounter began with just the T049As heading toward Active Pass. They were doing about 9 knots when our captain noticed 2 others coming south from Trincomali Channel. The T019s and T049As met up and began to head up the pass. They wasted no time and began a Steller sealion hunt! The hunt lasted a…
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The Bromance – 27/11/24
The bromance continues! As we were travelling to Pedder Bay to pick up students for their Exploring the Salish Sea trip we stumbled upon the T019s and T049As! T019C “Spouter” and T049A3 “Nat” were off on their own messing around as they tend to do when the family meets up. They swam right by a…
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A Unique Encounter for a Harbour Seal – 19/9/24
This Harbour Seal was rolling around in a bait ball seemingly enjoying themselves. However they didn’t see BCX1876 “Zillion” coming and when she lunge fed, the seal did not move out of the way. Zillion began sloshing water in her mouth until the seal poured out the side and swam away free. -Tom @PhotosWithFlip on Instagram