Naturaliste Charters Whale Blogs

SURGE and RESCUE!

Published on February 11, 2020 By Alison Cross

We’ve been lucky enough to encounter the newborn calf little neo for the past three days straight! It’s truly incredible to see how protective the pod are of their tiny new member! The pod surfaced tightly with the youngster right in the middle with its tiny head peaking through for only a fleeting glimpse! The […]

CALVES FIRST KILL!

Published on February 10, 2020 By Alison Cross

Today was on par with yesterday! It’s so fulfilling getting to hang out and observe the oceans apex predators and their intrinsic behaviour, from the hunt right through to the playful socialising across pods. Today we got to witness it ALL! As soon as we hit the hotspot we were lucky enough to have three […]

NEW CALF nearing a NEW MOON!

Published on February 9, 2020 By Alison Cross

Today was TOO GOOD to fit into one blog! So I will attempt to summarise the day as best I can!To start off…a quote from one of our marine interns “today was like ALL of my previous 6 days put into one! I genuinely don’t know where to start. It truly was the perfect recipe […]

40 orca in 5 minutes!

Published on February 8, 2020 By Alison Cross

After two days off due to weather, we were eager to hit the canyon! The residual swell that remained from the storm system left almost perfect conditions for the orca! After no luck at the hotspot, we went west and parallel to the continental shelf. We searched well past Shreks before the call we had […]

Surfs Up!

Published on February 5, 2020 By Alison Cross

It’s Surfs Up – Killer Whale Lovers!I’m Kirsten another intern out on the magical Bremer Canyon whale watching tour and I’m excited to share this week’s surfs up experience with you! After two absolutely cracking days on the water I was apprehensive on whether my third day would live up to my already high standard. […]