Location: Race Rocks
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The Bromance – 27/11/24
The bromance continues! As we were travelling to Pedder Bay to pick up students for their Exploring the Salish Sea trip we stumbled upon the T019s and T049As! T019C “Spouter” and T049A3 “Nat” were off on their own messing around as they tend to do when the family meets up. They swam right by a…
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A Great Swiftsure Tour – 17/9/24
What a great day! We headed out this morning looking for whales and we ended up at Race Rocks lighthouse near Victoria BC! We counted at least 3 humpbacks but two stayed close to where we were at so we watched them. They have been ID’d BCY1222 “Hammer”, 2019 calf of Claw and MMY0459! We…
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Humpback Calf Playing with Kelp – 11/7/24
Zephyrs calf decided it no longer wanted to feed and wanted to play in some kelp! It rolled around and threw itself around while mom was off finding food for herself. Once mom let the calf play for around 15 minutes she came back to wrangle her in and get her back on track. -Tom
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A Fully Breaching Humpback! – 13/7/23
This adult humpback was west of Race Rocks Ecological Reserve in British Columbia and was having a blast! For the entire encounter this whale was fully breaching out of the water. The other whale did not seem interested in partaking in the activities. Crazy to think this whale did close to 50 breaches! -Tom @PhotosWithFlip…
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A Truly Magical Experience with J41 and Her New Calf! – 24/9/20
I’ve been on the water and around whales my entire life, both here off the coast of B.C., and off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I’ve had many incredible encounters, especially during my time as a humpback whale research intern and now as a naturalist, but this was the most mind-boggling and magical experience yet. I…