Eastern Tropical Pacific Killer Whales
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Orcas Hunting Turtles – 29/5/25
Not the best day to be a turtle 🥲 Today, we watched an orca family as they snacked on turtle after turtle. Needless to say, the little guys stood NO chance. You know how your mom always told you not to play with your food? I think orca moms tell their kids the complete opposite.…
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Magical Experience with ETP’s – 25/1/24
We were on harbor breeze and caught up to the orcas around Dana point and followed them to San Clemente almost San Onofre. It was a pod of around 6-8 cruising along. Magical experience. Has to be said that Killer whales and sunsets on a board harbor breeze cruises are definitely epic!!! -Mauricio from @empty_drone…
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An Amazing Brutal Encounter with ETPs – 9/1/24
It started with a tail slap. Just a few dozen feet off of Crystal Cove we witnessed one of the most incredible, and brutal things I have ever seen. Eastern Tropical Pacific Killer Whales are known to munch dolphins much like we would potato chips, and that holds true for the other times I’ve seen…
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Magical Day with ETPs – 4/1/24
It was a magical day watching these Orca whales – part of the Eastern Tropical Pacific population (ETP) who are generally found in the waters off Mexico. It’s anyone’s guess why they have been coming back over & over to the Southern California coast including Dana Point for the past couple months. I’m hoping this…
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Incredible Rare Encounter with Eastern Tropical Pacific Killer Whales – 6/9/23
Absolutely no words for today… ???? I was just sitting down for my first class of the day when I got a call from @dolphindronedom saying that Eastern Tropical Pacific Killer Whales had been spotted near San Diego. After a tough internal battle I decided to ditch school and go see some orcas! ???? The stress of…