Location: Active Pass
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A Hunt with the T019s and T049As – 13/3/25
The encounter began with just the T049As heading toward Active Pass. They were doing about 9 knots when our captain noticed 2 others coming south from Trincomali Channel. The T019s and T049As met up and began to head up the pass. They wasted no time and began a Steller sealion hunt! The hunt lasted a…
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J19 in Active Pass – 3/4/19
J19 “Shachi” spyhopping on the south side of Active Pass as she, her family and the J16s waited patiently for the rest of J Pod to catch up before entering the pass. The moments while they waited were absolutely incredible. Watching them lay almost motionless at the surface looking at one another, touching, rubbing and…
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Utterly Amazing Humpback Encounter! – 23/10/16
Ok let me preface this humpback encounter with the amazingness that came before we even got with them… We headed out across the Strait of Georgia without any reports and decided to head over to Belle Chains first. The Steller Sea Lion rock was covered in them, Males, Females,Juveniles! All grumbling and playing in the…
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The T123’s and T124A’s Close to the Boat – 27/5/16
Aboard Eagle Wing Tours‘ catamaran, 4Ever Wild, I arrived on scene with the T123’s and T124A’s at approximately 5:45pm. Distant exhalations plumed in front of forested shoreline, and as we carefully approached the whales I picked out the distinctive fin of T123A, a sprouting male. The group would surface four or five times, dive…
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Incredible Day with J Pod – 24/6/12
So, today was kind of incredible … Yeeeeeup, with the whole gang. Beautiful stuff~ It was really interesting, J2 “Granny” was hanging around off Helen Point at the south end of Active Pass, waiting for the rest of Jpod to catch up, who were all down the Mayne Island shore further. We waited with her…