Bow Riding
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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…
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Augusta Wildlife Safari – 28/7/22
Augusta Wildlife Safari on a beautiful winters morning as we enjoyed the company of a Southern Right Whale mother, calf and aunty, a Humpback mother and calf, Bottlenose Dolphins and cheeky Fur Seals. The mother Humpback Whale launched into a couple of huge breaches and her young calf quickly followed enthusiastically to copy mum. The…
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My First Trip with Wild Dolphins – 5/7/20
If you heard my Fin Whale story in Episode 28, you’ll know that I grew up watching off of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and in the time that I lived there and was whale watching. I never saw a wild dolphin which was always a little disappointing to me because dolphins are awesome, right? So much to…
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Killer Whales on the Surge – 11/1/22
Killer Whales on the surge today with high energy and close encounters as they raced past our bow. Our first encounter was on the journey towards The Patch as Common Dolphins raced towards us for their morning greetings in-between foraging on delicious pilchards. Porpoising out of the ocean and propelling themselves towards us it was…
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An Incredible Encounter with Dolphins and Porpoises – 9/16
We were spending a couple days we had been lucky enough to see Northern Resident Killer Whales, Bigg’s, Dall’s Porpoises, Humpbacks, seals and sea lions. Also, while we were there, roughly 350 Pacific White-Sided Dolphins (also known as Lags) were rampaging up and down the island squalling, harassing Humpbacks, hanging out with the Northern Residents.…