Naturaliste Charters Whale Blogs
CONFIRMED NEW CALF!
Published on March 2, 2019The long weekend came with a LONG wait! However persistence and patience pays off in the canyon! The sky was grey and the swell was rolling! We had nearly given up hope when customers on the bow started slowly pointing and looking at each...
Read moreTHE ONE THAT GOT AWAY!
Published on March 1, 2019The energy from today’s keen customers rose with the increasing wind gusts that blew us out to the canyon! With high energy came high anticipation as we hammered out over the continental shelf! The day felt as though it was going to be as big...
Read moreAnother hotspot?
Published on February 28, 2019Today proved that patience is a virtue and we just want to say a huge thankyou to our passengers who stayed positive throughout the morning as we searched and searched for Orca! You never know what the Southern Ocean will throw at you...
Read moreSLEEPING BABIES
Published on February 27, 2019Today was all about keeping a low profile for the orcas as they had already eaten breakfast on our arrival as we approached on a slowly dissipating oil slick on the 1000m contour line. The first pod we sighted were tightly grouped an...
Read moreDOUBLE PREDATION
Published on February 26, 2019On arrival to the Bremer Canyon we were greeted by the regulars El Notcho, Cookie and of course little Oreo. With Skipjack Tuna busting out of the water’s surface the foraging orca must have been fishing as small oil slicks were...
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