CONFIRMED NEW CALF!

CONFIRMED NEW CALF!

The long weekend came with a LONG wait! However persistence and patience pays off in the canyon! The sky was grey and the swell was rolling! We had nearly given up hope when customers on the bow started slowly pointing and looking at each other with equal amounts...
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY!

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY!

The energy from today’s keen customers rose with the increasing wind gusts that blew us out to the canyon! With high energy came high anticipation as we hammered out over the continental shelf! The day felt as though it  was going to be as big as the swell, and it...
Another hotspot?

Another hotspot?

Today proved that patience is a virtue and we just want to say a huge thank you to our passengers who stayed positive throughout the morning as we searched and searched for Orca!You never know what the Southern Ocean will throw at you and as long as we are in the...
SLEEPING BABIES

SLEEPING BABIES

Today was all about keeping a low profile for the orcas as they had already eaten breakfast on our arrival as we approached on a slowly dissipating oil slick on the 1000m contour line. The first pod we sighted were tightly grouped and hanging on the surface suggesting...
DOUBLE PREDATION

DOUBLE PREDATION

On arrival to the Bremer Canyon we were greeted by the regulars El Notcho, Cookie and of course little Oreo. With Skipjack Tuna busting out of the water’s surface the foraging orca must have been fishing as small oil slicks were regularly seen. They were emptying...
Predator vs Prey

Predator vs Prey

I would hate to say the orca are predictable but just like clockwork we spotted them as our vessel dropped off the shelf! Foraging behaviour meant they were up and down constantly searching the depths below. They were up for only a minute each time and down for five...