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A Whale of a Time! – 9/02
When I first looked at the brochure for Vancouver Whale Watch, I saw people sitting in a small boat and pod of orcas swimming by extremely close. I was sure that the whales would never come that close to a boat, certainly not mine. I was so wrong. I took my first ever whale watching…
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Another Amazing Day on the Ningaloo Reef – 19/7/19
I work as an underwater photographer on the Ningaloo reef, we are in the fourth year of trailing humpback whales swims as a form of tourism, similar to Tonga… It was my first training day so I was pretty damn excited the pilot spotted a pod of 12 whales approaching from the south, the skipper…
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A Special Cetacean Day in The Azores – 15/7/05
It was early morning and as we pulled away from the shore, the hairs on the back of my neck lifted in rapid unison. On board a cruise boat myself and seven other excited ladies looked back in awe at the isolation of the islands that make up the Azores. The island of Pico stood…
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A Record Setting Day with Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales! – 7/4/19
A record setting day today! A long haul to follow up on a report in the Strait of Georgia led to us finding a very large group of Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales. It started with the T36A’s, T36B’s, T100s, T99’s and T101s but as they continued west at high speed, they met up with the…
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Over 20 Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales in Juan de Fuca Strait! – 19/6/17
We encountered 20+ Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales westbound in the Strait of Juan de Fuca today! This was my first time as a Naturalist seeing this many transient families together, and also the first time that I would meet the T46 matriline, my favourite family. Other families included the T73As, T75Bs and T77s. The transients…