FISH HUNTERS!!!

12.03.21 Todays post is written by our sensational Marine Biologist Intern Tiane Pedersen… Whale what can I say, you could not have asked for a better day out at the canyon!! The wind was up, and the weather was looking perfect for some Orca action, the crew...
Pilots, Orcas and Soaring Albatross

Pilots, Orcas and Soaring Albatross

11.03.2021The colours of today were completely different to yesterday – gentle seas and gentle orcas!Mitch our sensational decky quickly spotted a pod in the distance on arrival out to the hotspot, which materialised then disappeared right before our eyes. Ouch!...
Wild Skies and Stormy Seas

Wild Skies and Stormy Seas

10.03.2021Today moody skies and rough seas set the scene – and boy did we love it!Storm clouds surrounded us for the morning, and painted a picturesque backdrop for our mighty jet black orca friends, who true to form revelled in the rough weather. Our noble...
SPLISH SPLASH SPLOSH

SPLISH SPLASH SPLOSH

09.03.21Each day this week the weather has progressively become rougher. From a no Orca and flat-as-a-tac day on Friday the orca have slowly stirred in conjunction to the weather. Yesterday we left them after a surge turned up nothing! We knew the wind would be up and...
Get in formation

Get in formation

08.03.21GET IN FORMATIONWe woke up this morning with rain pouring down on the crew house. Subtle glances and a nod with our skipper Dundee confirmed we were still going ahead despite the wet weather. The wind and swell were low so we knew it would be a good day still....
Nibbles with Nibbles

Nibbles with Nibbles

07.03.21Double Trouble were in the hotspot today. Nibbles, Digby and their pods were moving together, working the hotspot. The animals worked as one as the two ever-growing males led the charge. With an ominous haze moving over the southern ocean we experienced light...