Pacific White-Sided Dolphin
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An Incredible Encounter with Dolphins and Porpoises – 9/16
We were spending a couple days we had been lucky enough to see Northern Resident Killer Whales, Bigg’s, Dall’s Porpoises, Humpbacks, seals and sea lions. Also, while we were there, roughly 350 Pacific White-Sided Dolphins (also known as Lags) were rampaging up and down the island squalling, harassing Humpbacks, hanging out with the Northern Residents.…
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Incredible Encounter in Monterey! – 22/7/03
Here we go again! Am I a glutton for punishment? Or am I just an acute ‘Whale Nut?!’ I headed down to the Whale Watch on the Wharf, to get on board the Sea Wolf II again for today’s next installment of marine wonder! It was foggy again so I wondered if we would be…
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Orcafest! – 30/8/17
30th August was our last whale watching trip from Port McNeil. It started with us seeing a humpback surrounded by Dalls Porpoise, the Humpback didn’t seem to mind having the porpoises swim with him/her and it was a lovely sight to watch two different species interact. We then were lucky to see a humpback whale…
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Another Amazing Trip to the Broughton Archipelago – 10/18
What an epic crew trip this year in the Broughton! Three full days on the water and each day being so different and amazing in different ways. One day, we went over the top of Vancouver Island and got into some ground swell where we found the T055’s and the rarely seen T140’s. Some really…
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Brilliant Day in Paradise with Bigg’s, Humpbacks and Lags! – 20/9/14
Achievement unlocked: 10 hours straight on the water (see also: dehydrated, sunburnt, dry eyes, cold) looking for and watching cetaceans (cameo appearances by steller sea lions). It was so brilliant. Bigg’s (Transient) killer whales, rolly polly humpbacks, and lags (yes, the irony is not lost on me that 100 of the little devils showed up…