Naturaliste Charters Daily Whale Blogs

Black, White and Red

Published on February 1, 2019 By Naturaliste Charters

“Another day in the canyon, another beaked whale no longer… in the canyon” - Captain Dundee We were lucky enough to experience another hunt in which the Killer Whales took down a Beaked Whale. Quite graphic scenes but these apex...

CURIOUS CREATURE

Published on January 31, 2019 By Naturaliste Charters

What a fantastic way to wrap up the orca action for the month of January! Our passengers were greeted by El Notcho’s pod this morning almost as soon as crew could get out the words “We’ve just arrived in the hotspot”. Orca seemed to be...

THE HONEY HOLE!

Published on January 29, 2019 By Alison Cross

Our daily routine is becoming quite fluent! Three dorsal fins emerged over the swell line as we entered the “hotspot” this morning! The call went out across the boat and before we knew it the orca had VANISHED into thin air (or deep blue sea) a...

A MIXED BUNCH!

Published on January 28, 2019 By Alison Cross

Instantaneous orca as soon as we dropped off the edge of Australia! Two pods were stretched as far as the eye could see. The swell was large and rolled past us, making it hard to see the blows as the orca rolled into the troughs! The dorsal...

THE DEGUSTATION!

Published on January 27, 2019 By Alison Cross

THE DEGUSTATION: aka "The Huntress and the savage sausages” tour!!! In summary, today is hard to put into words, well in a way that truly depicts not only each encounter but the coinciding emotions that built as everything unveiled before our...