EAT, AVOID, LOVE

EAT, AVOID, LOVE

An icy wind blew across the harbour this morning as crew prepared the boat for the day’s killer whale expedition! As we move further into autumn, we should start seeing these ice-cold mornings more often although it does not seem to deter the orca!There they were,...
Breaching in the rain!

Breaching in the rain!

Forget about dancing in the rain, today we saw breaching in the rain! Our morning began by punching 24 nautical miles out through the southern ocean to the hotspot. We don’t call it the hotspot for no reason and today was definitely no exception as we spent the whole...
Far, Far Away

Far, Far Away

With clear sunny skies and a calm deep blue ocean ahead of us we had a feeling today was going to be great! On arrival to the hotspot it was very quiet, not many pelagic birds about and the ocean seemed to be eerily still, we passed through without a single splash of...
Southern Spectacle

Southern Spectacle

The first cetacean we came across today was not black and white (Orca) but in fact the largest member of the toothed whale family, a Sperm Whale. This beast logged on the surface before raising his tail high and plunging to the depths to battle for food. This unique...
REAL OR FALSE KILLERS

REAL OR FALSE KILLERS

The action began today before we had even dropped off the continental shelf. A large mass of birds gliding above the water’s surface gave away the location of a very big pod of what seemed to be dolphins or small whales! A bird swirl with a few hundred pelagic birds,...