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Bremer Canyon Expedition 16/3/18

Bremer Canyon Expedition 16/3/18

We set of today heading out to the canyon with hungry eyes in search of our apex predator that appeared to be MIA yesterday. Lucky for us today we managed to locate them just off the shelf as soon as we had arrived in the canyon. The loose pod of 6 consisted of one...
KILLER WHALES EVERYWHERE

KILLER WHALES EVERYWHERE

Well what started as an overcast day in the harbour certainly did not stay that way out in the canyon!A pod of Striped dolphins bouncing and porpoising playing in our bow wave were the teaser for the day as we dropped off the continental shelf with the sun beaming...
Doppelgängers!!!

Doppelgängers!!!

With our free return customers from yesterday’s no orca tour it was easy to say anticipation was high all the way out to the canyon! As we dropped over the shelf every minute felt like an hour! With no sign of orca at the hotspot we headed west, moments later the call...
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!

After yesterday’s amazing predation in the east, we decided to venture west for the day and it did not disappoint! We started searching 54km offshore at one of our favourite little nooks in the canyon. As soon as we crept over the continental shelf we sighted orca,...
Calm, calm, calm, calm…KILL

Calm, calm, calm, calm…KILL

Three days of calming, aery ocean and three days of docile, illusive orca UNTIL everything escalated in an INSTANT! Were first taken out to the Hood Canyon, where the seafloor descends another 800m from its already 1500m edge! The orca weren’t here for long before...
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...