Location: Spieden Island
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Celebratory Breaches – 26/3/24
The T018s and T049As were hanging around in Spieden channel and as we were getting on scene a sealion hunt initiated. While these hunts normally took hours, this hunt took 2 minutes! This was the fastest sealion hunt I have ever witnessed. T019B breached multiple times in celebration of a successful takedown! -Tom
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Insane Encounter with Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales – 28/12/17
We were close to Victoria late tonight, after an amazing encounter with the T049As (T049A2 present), who were predating on a harbor seal, when we stumbled upon 15 or more killer whales (T036As, T036Bs, T137s and likely another group)! Two of these matrilines were sighted in Mendocino last week. Tonight, they were in pursuit of…
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Bigg’s (Transient) and Resident’s at the Beginning of the Season! 11/3/18
Full day on the water today. Such a fun day hanging out with the T002C’s in the morning watching them chase seals around. Spieden Island was loaded with wildlife on the way home. Then, an absolutely stunning evening in the Strait of Georgia with J pod! Crawling through all the photos now but loved this…