Location: Strait of Georgia
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Another Gorgeous Encounter with Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales! – 8/7/17
We made the trek from Victoria, BC to the Strait of Georgia as far north as Tsawwassen, BC to find the T34s, T37, and T37Bs this evening. They had woken up after we’d left them in the morning and had quickly picked up speed. Once we arrived they were mostly engaging in social, playful behaviours…
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Transient’s (Bigg’s) Hunting Seals – 8/7/18
The transients were hunting seals. We actually saw them take down three while we were there. In between hunts I captured this photo of two of them passing under Mt Baker in the Strait of Georgia It was incredible to see these apex predators hunt in the wild. -Gabriel
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Big Group of Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales in the Salish Sea – 30/6/18
Tonight, after spending some time with the T65As in Sansum Narrows, we decided to go north a look for a big group of Bigg’s (Transient) that had been seen up there earlier. We found them out in the Strait of Georgia and what a good decision it turned out to be!! Awesome watching the T49As,…
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T2B in the Strait of Georgia! – 5/5/18
T2B in the Strait of Georgia! This pod was feeding on a seal when we arrived and the smell of blood was in the air. Surprisingly it smelled like watermelon. Always happy to see orcas! We left the harbor with a clear path to head northeast to catch up with other whale watch boats there…
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Amazing Night with the T37A’s – 19/7/17
After SO much searching last night we found the T37As. They were just moving up the Strait of Georgia and then, all of a sudden, they got super social! Breaching, tail slaps, cartwheels…pretty insane. As we followed them, I noticed T37A2 and T37A3 broke off and turned towards our boat. I put it in neutral…