Common Dolphin
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Bremer Canyon Killer Whales – 20/2/22
Bremer Canyon Killer Whales can be found in the feeding grounds just off Bremer Bay as matriarchs Cookie and Alki foraged with their families today. There are dozens of deep sea canyons from Cape Leeuwin right through to Esperance. The level of productivity for each canyon varies with the Orca and other wildlife targeting particular…
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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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Western Australia Dolphins – 9/5/21
Western Australia Dolphins can be found along our coastline with today sighting an enormous feeding frenzy as hundreds of birds fed on a giant school of pilchards as three different dolphin species joined in on the feast. A beautiful autumn day as calm seas and light winds made for a mesmerizing journey towards the Perth…
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The Biggest Sperm Whale I Have Ever Seen – 23/5/21
In the afternoon of the 23rd of May, we got a phone call from the lookout of the South of the island claiming that he had seen “a whale with a blow like an island”. Here in Faial, we inherited a long whaling tradition, and when they say that “a whale has a blow like…