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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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Humpback Season 2024 Finale – 24/11/24
A bittersweet moment this morning as we headed out for our last day of Humpback Whale Season 2024 and it was an absolutely brilliant final day with the whales and our Pod Members. We’ve been joining the pod with our Humpbacks for the last six months on both the east and west coast of Australia…
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Another Day in Paradise – 28/12/24
Today, while driving out to look for whales, we have literally bumped into a feeding. We saw at least 5-6 eagles circling among hundreds of seagulls, and minutes later, we saw the reason: orcas were feeding. We stayed in the same place all day, and the orcas fed all day long, sometimes with smaller pauses…
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Humpback Baleen – 10/11/24
Humpback baleen was on full display today as onboard our morning tour a gorgeous calf played and cleaned his baleen by washing seawater through with an enormous mouth wide open! It is something we observe very rarely and this morning the young calf certainly stole the show with his unique way of playing as he…
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T068C’s in Bedwell Sound – 28/11/24
Today was spent with the T068C’s in Bedwell Sound, who were traveling with a young calf (~3 months old). It’s been about 3 months since I’ve seen orcas too, so it was a nice treat to spend some time with them! -Marcie