K Pod
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Southern Residents and a Dragonfly – 15/9/20
Well today was an interesting one… Started out feeling like deja vu with a couple things going exactly the same as yesterday… We stopped for harbour seals on a logboom being pulled by a tug just like yesterday, I spotted some Harbour Porpoise along the way, just like yesterday. Then things changed and the sense…
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A Southern Resident Superpod and a New Calf! – 5/9/20
It was an absolutely incredible day today with over 65 Southern Resident Killer Whales! I haven’t had a day like this in years. Whales everywhere the eye could see. Big social groups, cuddle puddles, breaches, spyhops…..a real reminder of how special these whales are. Had great conversations with my guests about the conservation of these…
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A Whale of a Time! – 9/02
When I first looked at the brochure for Vancouver Whale Watch, I saw people sitting in a small boat and pod of orcas swimming by extremely close. I was sure that the whales would never come that close to a boat, certainly not mine. I was so wrong. I took my first ever whale watching…
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My First Time Meeting J Pod – 30/5/12
It was an overcast day at the end of May, and my first time going whale watching. I was boiling over with excitement, I was a whale nerd and my dreams of seeing whales were about to come true. We traveled over toward San Juan Island then into Rosario Strait where we met up with…
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A Magical First Encounter with K Pod – 2017
It was 2017. My whole life I have loved whales, specifically orcas. After a lot of research my husband and I booked our trip to San Juan Island, including a whale watching trip with Maya’s Legacy. I had followed them for months on Instagram and Facebook and couldn’t wait to have my own Orca encounter.…