Naturaliste Charters Whale Blogs

Pirouette Playing Orca

Published on January 17, 2020 By Alison Cross

Approximately FORTY storm petrels greeted us on arrival to the Hotspot this morning, not “the most ever seen in the canyon” but certainly a great sight! The orca had already devoured breakfast but it didn’t hit the spot as they continued to forage. El Notcho and Cookie’s pod were busy and extremely uninterested in us […]

Beaked Whale Boneyard

Published on January 16, 2020 By Alison Cross

We found one group of orca as soon as we dropped off the shelf and stayed with them for a few minutes before we realised there was more action ahead! We pushed further South to find they were chasing something, surging through the water at pace. It was not long until a medium sized Beaked […]

HUBBA HUBBA

Published on January 15, 2020 By Alison Cross

Upon arriving to the hotspot we observed three pods hunting together, and that’s only what we could see! They were fairly spread with the usual oil slicks appearing suggesting they were having a feed. It seemed to be relatively relaxed when all of a sudden a double breach stirred up the ocean and the orca […]

ORCASOME

Published on January 14, 2020 By Alison Cross

Today’s expedition to the Bremer Canyon Sub-Basin saw multiple different pods hunting separately, only spending a few minutes at the surface. The opportunistic albatrosses were spied gobbling up small snacks few and far between. Oil slicks were present but we felt the Orca were uninterested in us so we went for a little wander west […]

Hotspot is HOT!

Published on January 13, 2020 By Alison Cross

We don’t call it the hotspot for nothing! Today for our Bremer Canyon Killer Whale watching we did not leave it, just meandered around following the Orcas as they attended to beaked whale business i.e. LUNCH! As we dropped over the 1000m contour line this morning the distinct oil smell lingered in the water. It […]