Naturaliste Charters Whale Blogs

AFTERNOON DELIGHT

Published on February 19, 2020 By Alison Cross

The orca showed how tumultuous and wild they can really be today. They are predictably unpredictable and we are constantly leaving the canyon at the end of the day with more questions than answers! A friendly pod at the edge of the shelf marked the beginning of today. They came in close on several occasions […]

Baby Sitting Duties

Published on February 18, 2020 By Alison Cross

SURGING off the bat! Out first glimpse of the orca was of three mature animals surfing down the swell towards us at speed! Once the pod rode the wave down the trough they quickly surged to break through the next! Down our port side, under the vessel and RIGHT out in front of the bow! […]

ORCA DOPPELGANGERS!

Published on February 17, 2020 By Alison Cross

The morning of searching quickly came to a halt once we crept over the boarders of far far away and into Shrek’s paddock. DORSALS! The pods were spread over a mile, even more! The longer we cruised with the orca, the more we’d sight. There were FOUR large bulls in the area! To start we […]

ORCA PLAYGROUND!

Published on February 16, 2020 By Alison Cross

Another day of instantaneous orca visit in our killer whale watching tour in Bremer Bay! We had Nani and Neo’s pod with us SOON as we hit the hotspot! Little Neo the neo-nate is growing stronger every day!! The two juveniles from the pod were clearly bored with babysitting their younger sibling Neo! It was as […]

TWIN TORPEDOS!

Published on February 15, 2020 By Alison Cross

Our Killer Whale Watching in Bremer Canyon was blessed with an orca in an INSTANT! As soon as we edged over the hotspot we had dorsals in sight! It was hard to distinguish who the orcas were, even as we edged toward them. With closer inspection, we uncovered this was in fact a NEW POD!!!!! […]