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Continental Shelf Killer Whales – 3/3/20
Continental shelf Killer Whales were on the hunt today as the entire family foraged along the edges of the shelf and further into the Patch to find their meals. Magnificent Maleko was the first big male Orca to great us today as he cruised passed and showed off his impressive dorsal fin, cutting through the…
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Close Encounters with Wild Orca – 2/3/20
Close encounters with wild Orca are something very special and today we enjoyed the curious interactions as they played just underneath our bow. Only minutes after arriving in the Patch a large cloud of Shearwaters and Albatross signaled that there were Orca close by and sure enough, the powerful exhalations rose high as the Orca…
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Humpback Whale Toys! – 24/10/19
Have you ever seen Humpback Whale Toys before? Today we had the perfect opportunity as we met a mother Humpback and her curious calf who were enjoying playtime in the resting grounds. The young female calf was wiggling around the surface and we were watching as she carefully picked up each little bit of seaweed…
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Humpbacks in Big Sur! – 24/10/17
I had spent months trying to film humpbacks with a drone from shore but was unsuccessful until this lucky day! I was driving down Highway 1 and caught something out of the corner of my eye, I immediately got excited because only one thing I know of makes a spout and knew it was a…