Location: Stuart Island
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Our Best Humpback Encounter! – 9/8/16
First time we visited Vancouver Island in August 2016, on our 1st whale watching trip we encounter a Humpback mother and calf having fun. Mother at time was ID as BCY0027 “Maude”, and the calf was not named at the time. We later learnt of that it had been named “Linea” Special encounter especially for…
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A Rare Encounter with a Sperm Whale! – 31/3/18
It was late in the day and we were supposed to be heading back to the dock when the crew got a report that a sperm whale was near where we were. We raced over to where it was last seen and dropped the hydrophone. We listened to him echolocate for about 20 minutes before…
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Incredible Day with Humpbacks and Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales! – 22/5/17
Incredible day on the water today with Eagle Wing Whale Watching Tours !! 😀 This afternoon we found BCZ0298 “Split Fin” (reunited!!) and BCX1057 “Divot” a few miles southeast of Discovery Island at the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Haro Strait junction. We then motored north and found the T124As and T87 (with some fresh rakes)…
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The K13’s Put on a Show! – 23/8/16
The first Southern Resident Killer Whales we encountered today were the K13s (K13, K20, K25, K27, K34, K38, and K44) – and they definitely put on a show for us! We had just arrived on-scene around 4:30pm when K25 “Scoter” and K27 “Deadhead” erupted into the air in a handful of breaches. K34 “Cali” even…