Bow Riding
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Waves – 17/1/25
Orcas LOVE bad weather. Today, we found several groups of orcas next to a commercial herring vessel. Some orcas enjoyed the big waves after a few stormy days, instead of hanging around the fishing vessel. They were breaching into the waves and accelerated to be able to ride them. It was so cool to see…
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Friday’s Frankenstein Feast – 12/1/24
When we arrived at the hotspot today, we were delighted to be welcomed by a handful of playful orca from Fanscar and Digby’s pods. They were surfing in the waves until they decided to come in closer and check the boat out for themselves! Akama and Mia put on a real show for the passengers…
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Eastbound Orca – 28/3/22
Eastbound Orca as four different family pods stretched out their Orca net as the hunt for larger baleen whales begins. Noosa came straight over for morning greetings on our arrival in The Patch as Wonks, Flapper and Stormy moved with purpose. Approaching the area curiously it appeared they had come to investigate where a Sperm…
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Power – 19/1/23
We have got a great day today with orcas and fin whales. Even though it is the 19th of January, we still saw 3 different species on our trip today (orca, fin, and humpback whale). In the morning, we went in a Northern direction to explore the fjord and see if we could find anything.…
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Bremer Orca – 2/4/22
Bremer Orca continue to cruise The Patch as today we met up with Queen and Alki who were enjoying the sunshine. Queen came straight over to greet us this morning as the family pod took some time to hang out with everyone onboard. Shearwaters were squabbling over squid scraps on our arrival so it appeared…