Location: Strait of Georgia

Phenomenal Bigg’s (Transient) Encounter! – 26/8/15

in Bigg’s (Transient), Killer Whale, Tasli

Pretty phenomenal encounter with Transients today. T102 and T137A swimming loops around the group of tail slapping, raspberry blowing, spyhopping juveniles and matriarchs. The lone, cryptic and mysterious nature of these guys was stripped away for brief while to reveal an intimate, social side to their nature. Incredible vocals ringing through the hydrophone, and fins…
Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales Speeding Through the Strait of Georgia! – 10/8/15

in Bigg’s (Transient), Killer Whale, Nicole

Often we say that finding a whale in the Strait of Georgia is like finding a needle in a haystack. It can happen but it’s pretty rare and so as we’re crossing the strait I usually keep my eyes on my passengers and use that time to get to know each other, rather than keeping…
T137 Hunting Lessons – 12/7/14

in All Stories, Bigg’s (Transient), Killer Whale, Nicole

It was a beautiful day out in the Strait of Georgia and we were having a great time with the T137’s. They were all being fairly active and social and the youngest member of the group was practicing tail slaps for over five minutes. Suddenly every member of the group disappeared underwater and I just…

Phenomenal Bigg’s (Transient) Encounter! – 26/8/15