T123’s
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Long Awaited Encounter with the T02C’s – 11/9/25
We got a report of orcas and were hesitant to go check it out. Earlier in the day we had encountered J Pod, from the critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales. Because this population is struggling, we actively go out of our way to avoid them and based on the timing and location of the…
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The T123’s in Homfray Channel – 11/7/25
As we headed up the Homfray Channel, on our way to Stuart Island, we came an across a pod of Biggs Orcas. Stopping the boat, we watched as the family of 4 passed by us…based on the male’s dorsal fin I believe this may be the T123s. T123 “Sydney” (the matriarch), T123A “Stanley”, T123C “Lucky”,…
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T075B’s, T065A’s, T099’s, T123’s and Gray Whales – 1/5/23
Out with Puget Sound Express today on Chilkat out of Edmonds. Tour started a few minutes off the dock with the T065A’s transient orcas. They were very spread out so we headed down to Seattle where we caught up to a huge group of orcas (T075B’s, T099’s and T123’s). The whales had just finished a…
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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…
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Best Day of the Season So Far – 28/5/22
What a day! We had T002B and the T060s (minus D/E), T065Bs, T075Bs, T109Cs & T123s Here are the T123’s from this perfect, drizzly tour. T060 “Panthera” checking us out after surfacing unexpectedly…giving us a great look at her namesake! Can you see the big cat-like form in her eyepatch? ???? She’s named after the…