Naturaliste Charters Whale Blogs

Calm Orca, Calm Seas

Published on February 2, 2020 By Alison Cross

A quiet but enjoyable day with Orca foraging in the canyon system. El Notcho, Cookie, Oreo and 3 other adult Killer Whales were spotted patrolling the depths as one pod and then parted forming two groups in an effort to cover more ground. They quietly and calmly searched the depths and we watched on in […]

Persistence and Patience!

Published on February 1, 2020 By Alison Cross

Today was far from textbook. As we dropped over the shelf into the hotspot there was no call for Orca…. We searched, and searched and searched and then searched some more and to no avail did we find Orca… Some days it is not straight forward finding the Orcas and today was a real test […]

Friday Funday

Published on January 31, 2020 By Alison Cross

Friday Funday in the Canyon! After a day off due to unfavourable weather conditions we were anxious to go out for our Bremer Canyon Killer Whale Watching and see what action was awaiting. El Notcho, Cookie and Oreo were working in a tight pod formation patrolling the 1000m contour at a cruising speed of 4 […]

Slicks and SPERM WHALES!

Published on January 28, 2020 By Alison Cross

We decided to head west in the morning and we witnessed another FIRST for the season! We had over 50 sub-adult sperm whales sporadically rising from the depths right bedside the vessel, stretching far into the distance! The small groupings of sperm whales looked like logs as they lay almost dormant to rejuvenate their oxygen […]

Checked out by Curious Calves!

Published on January 27, 2020 By Alison Cross

After no orca yesterday and many return customers we all left the harbour in anticipation! On our arrival to the hotspot, we were greeted by 100’s of dancing storm petrels sipping on a dissipating oil slick! WHAT had we missed?! With the scent still strong we hadn’t missed it by much and the orca couldn’t […]