Location: East Point
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Another Orca Encounter from East Point! – 16/7/16
Once again we had gathered at East Point on Saturna Island for another year of the great SIMRES/MLSS event, the Intertidal Safari. There had been some amazing invertebrates brought up and everyone was enjoying a look at them when we noticed an unusually large amount of boats a couple hundred meters from the point. From…
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A Wonderful Interaction with L115 – 9/7/13
A very wonderful treat today … L115 “Mystic” surfaced right in front of me with his mother L47 “Marina”. “My” little guy is growing up! Almost three years old! I have not seen him this close up since the day I saw him when he was just 3 days old. L87’s flukes … he was…
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Birth of a Bigg’s (Transient) Calf! -6/8/15
Around 730 at night, about 100 feet offshore of East Point (near where the boats are anchored) we spotted 3 Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales. A small, juvenile female, a medium sized female and a very large female with seemingly no white markings. They circled around for about 30 minutes, looking like they were feeding-the small…
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T65A’s and T65B’s Hunt a Steller Sea Lion -1/5/15
An incredible encounter with the T65A’s and T65B’s hunting a Steller Sea Lion at East Point! It was definitely an epic kill! The T65As and T65Bs started pursuing a Steller Sea Lion at East Point on Saturna Island which ended in the whales successfully taking down the bull Steller. A pretty incredible sight topped off…
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An Amazing Interaction with a Brand New J50! – 28/12/14
On a very cold, windy, grey day I went for a brisk walk out to East Point, out far beyond on the fog alarm. I heard something, the unmistakable sound of a whale but it was too windy to really see anything. I then spotted a group of whales, about 4 or 5 of them…