Location: Juan de Fuca Strait
-
Sunset Cruise with Bigg’s Killer Whales – 5/7/23
On a sunset cruise we were lucky enough to encounter the T109As and a rarely seen group the T075’s! Both were westbound in the Juan de Fuca strait seemingly making their exit after a few day stay. While we may see the T109As again in the near future, who knows when the T075s will arrive…
-
Absolutely Incredible Experience with Biggs Killer Whales – 12/6/17
Today was so amazing! On the first trip of the day was with one group of T’s in resting mode, then we got a tip about this group for the afternoon tour, parked the boat, shut her down, and the whales came over and surrounded us and played, socialized, mated possibly, hunted…I could go on!!…
-
Beautiful Tour with a Humpback – 1/10/19
Beautiful tour today! We started the morning with juvenile humpback #BCX0870, a calf 2018 5 minutes off the dock! We saw one breach and then we went on to find some other wildlife. We headed out to the Strait, checked out a few places for whales then we went over to Cattle Pass and stopped at…
-
Another Great Day Watching Humpbacks in the Strait of Juan de Fuca – 12/7/18
We set out from Victoria, BC, into a glassy Strait of Juan de Fuca in search of humpback blows. And we found 2: a female locally known as BCX01057 “Divot”, and her newest calf! We watched them for some time, and noticed some odd behaviours from the calf. At first, we thought mom was teaching…
-
Over 20 Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales in Juan de Fuca Strait! – 19/6/17
We encountered 20+ Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales westbound in the Strait of Juan de Fuca today! This was my first time as a Naturalist seeing this many transient families together, and also the first time that I would meet the T46 matriline, my favourite family. Other families included the T73As, T75Bs and T77s. The transients…