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DEEP SEA AND SPYHOPS!

DEEP SEA AND SPYHOPS!

Today’s first sighting of orca consisted of two pods, becoming three in just moments! The wind started to drop significantly, making for incredible visibility and flat silky grey seas! As we encroached on the pods of orca, we spotted surges in the distance, too far to...
EDGING FOR MORE!

EDGING FOR MORE!

Merely moments after dropping off the continental shelf of Australia, edging to the boarder of the hotspot, a pod of orca passed by the boat on a mission!! The orca came close, we could hear the exhalations before even sighting them as they surfaced at all angles...
COULDN’T GET ANY CLOSER!

COULDN’T GET ANY CLOSER!

Today was a day we’ll remember forever! To begin, the orcas behaviour correlated with the energy of the ocean, being very cool calm and collected, resting at the surface for the first 30 minutes! Flapper and her calf Maddison have been present over our last three...
Communicate, Congregate, Copulate

Communicate, Congregate, Copulate

On our arrival the hotspot was riddled with birds and pilot whales in the 100s, stretching as far as the eye could see! The angry little sausages came extremely close to the vessel, even with their TINY little calves! Some of the juveniles even putting on quite a...
S-BENDS!

S-BENDS!

Flashes of dark flesh amidst copious amounts of white water were what made up our first encounter….but was it orca??? As we edged toward the group we discovered it was in fact three adult sperm whales!!!The sperm whales came alongside for a brief moment before they...