T049As
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A Hunt with the T019s and T049As – 13/3/25
The encounter began with just the T049As heading toward Active Pass. They were doing about 9 knots when our captain noticed 2 others coming south from Trincomali Channel. The T019s and T049As met up and began to head up the pass. They wasted no time and began a Steller sealion hunt! The hunt lasted a…
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The Bromance – 27/11/24
The bromance continues! As we were travelling to Pedder Bay to pick up students for their Exploring the Salish Sea trip we stumbled upon the T019s and T049As! T019C “Spouter” and T049A3 “Nat” were off on their own messing around as they tend to do when the family meets up. They swam right by a…
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Celebratory Breaches – 26/3/24
The T018s and T049As were hanging around in Spieden channel and as we were getting on scene a sealion hunt initiated. While these hunts normally took hours, this hunt took 2 minutes! This was the fastest sealion hunt I have ever witnessed. T019B breached multiple times in celebration of a successful takedown! -Tom
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A Day with Chainsaw – 4/4/23
We got to hang out with the Legendary T063, Chainsaw!!! As well as his mom T065, Whidbey, and the T049A family, T049A “Nan”, T049A1 “Noah”, T049A3 “Nat”, T049A4 “Neptune”, T049A5 “Nebula” and Nan’s newest calf who has yet to receive a nickname. It’s always a great day when I get to see friends out on…
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A Large Group of Bigg’s Killer Whales! – 26/6/22
Rushed up to Parksville yesterday to head out on the water and follow up on a large group of Bigg’s! Incredible day with multiple matrilines socializing with 31 animals present including the T049As, T002Cs, T100s, T137s, T034s, T037, T037Bs, T123s, and the T101s. Love the coordinated Bigg’s launches that seem to happen quite frequently during…