Alki
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Autumn with the Bremer Orca – 28/3/21
Autumn with the Bremer Orca is always a fascinating time of year as we transition from the hectic summer feeding season and the Orca start preparing for the cold winter months ahead. Summer is busy with squid and Beaked Whales which help the Orca to fatten up and condition themselves for the change of season…
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End of Orca Season 2021 – 10/4/21
The end of Orca Season 2021 arrived today and it was bittersweet as we were surrounded by playful, happy Orca on our last tour for the season. It has been a truly remarkable few months and today was just as special as any other since early January as we were firstly greeted by Alki and…
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A Foggy Day with J Pod! – 6/10/20
Our foggy day started passing a really odd looking ship, it was a Zumwalt Class Destroyer! Next we headed into Admiralty Inlet and a few minutes later we found Endangered Southern Resident orcas J pod! We were able to see all the members of the pod including the 2 new babies J57 and J58. We…
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Why Do Killer Whales Spyhop? – 20/2/20
Why do Killer Whales spyhop? There are a number of reasons why Orca spyhop and it is this behaviour which brings their eyes above water level and allows them to visually observe what’s happening above the waters surface. Today we were firstly greeted by tiny Grace and her family including matriarch Alki who calmly approached…