Sperm Whales
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Huge Group of Sperm Whales – 11/7/24
We had heard rumors that Sperm Whales had been sighted in the bay and I hadn’t seen them in my time at Baja so I was really excited. We went out in the afternoon and we were just about to leave the harbour when I heard that the few sperm whales that we thought were…
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Orca Gold in Bremer Canyon – 9/3/18
We always knew the Bremer Canyon was a special place, we even found gold at the end of the rainbow today! Two familiar family groups greeted our arrival in what was looking to be a very busy morning of feeding. Oil slicks were sighted everywhere as food was shared amongst the younger crew with two…
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Bremer Canyon Sperm Whales – 25/01/18
The Southern Ocean was impeccably calm today with a glassy Bremer Canyon greeting us on our arrival and it wasn’t long before we sighted our first morning introduction, a very sleepy New Zealand Fur Seal (aka Long-nosed Fur Seal) who had just woken up and was enjoying a good scratch and roll in-between looking up at…
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A Bachelor Group of Sperm Whales! – 23/7/16
You just can’t be the same . . . sighting of ~16 Sperm Whales off British Columbia’s coast – likely a “bachelor group” of young males. Sighted while a Marine Mammal Observer during DFO’s Marine Mammal Research Section survey (July 23 about 60 nm offshore of Vancouver Island). Their distinct blows veering off to the…