Breach
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A Breaching Northern Right Whale Dolphin! – 4/5/26
Today the stars aligned and I captured a shot I’ve been hoping for ever since I first encountered this species! There were 5,000+ Northern right whale dolphin scattered all across the bay yesterday. It was our last encounter with part of that scattered super pod when I finally got the shot! For about 10 minutes…
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Breaches and Flick Feeding – 11/4/26
T030C “Salix” launching from the water while approaching the T050s offshore of Tofino BC yesterday. Despite the saddle patch never being visible during this breach sequence, the eyepatch and it’s very convenient freckle helped make this ID. This 21 year old female is so big that several of us assumed it was her big brother…
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Spectacular Whale Watch Experience – 31/10/25
Spectacular Whale Watch Experience was enjoyed on both our morning and midday tour today with extraordinary surface language from both the mums and the calves! It was a spectacular start to our morning as within a short time of arriving four separate mother and calf pods began to have a conversation. Breaching, tail lobs, head…
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A Whale of a Day – 2/7/25
Some days, the ocean hands you a double feature. This was one of them. The day began with more shore-based whale watching. Reports of Bigg’s Killer Whales moving south along the coast had me (among other familiar faces) leapfrogging from point to point between Qualicum and Nanaimo. Each stop meant waiting, scanning for blows, waiting,…
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Mother Humpback Whale Lessons – 29/10/25
Mother Humpback Whale lessons are taught everyday and this afternoon it was all about the breach as mumma whale showed her calf with a perfect example! It has been great to see a good number of whales arriving in the sighting grounds over the last twenty four hours with many mums and calves settling in…