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A Whale of a Time -20/10/25
On the east side of the south island of New Zealand is a place called Kaikōura. This is one of the best places in the country for marine mammal viewing. In fact, it is one of the most popular whale watching destinations in the world! This area is rich in marine life thanks to its…
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A Triple Breach! – 27/10/25
Three Humpback whales in the Monterey Bay named CRC-12422 “Checkmarks” & her calf “Chex Mix” with a third unknown adult humpback were seen breaching, tail slapping and tail throwing for several minutes. Suddenly the two adult whales breached simultaneously not once but twice. Then the calf Chex Mix followed, coming high up out of the…
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A New Life – 2/11/25
Today, on our whale-watching trip, we witnessed something I never would have thought we would. We were with a group of orcas, mostly juveniles and females. They seemed to be feeding actively. Sometimes we saw a female accelerate on the surface, but I thought she was about to jump. Later, it turned out to be…
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A Breaching Right Whale – 16/10/25
Wowie! We did not expect to run into two adult Southern Right whales along our morning charter! These two were super relaxed with their surfaces, originally spotting them early just out of the moorings. Southern Right whales are distinct from their white callosity formations on their rostrums as well as a lack of dorsal fin.…
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A Kelping Humpback – 2/10/25
Went out with Puget Sound Express out of Edmonds today. We ended up heading towards Port Angeles, and between Port Angeles and Victoria we found T049C “Neilson”! While watching him for a few moments we noticed another boat with a humpback and it was very active so we went over to take a peek! MMY0080…