Naturaliste Charters Whale Blogs

EDGING FOR MORE!

Published on March 8, 2019 By Alison Cross

Merely moments after dropping off the continental shelf of Australia, edging to the boarder of the hotspot, a pod of orca passed by the boat on a mission!! The orca came close, we could hear the exhalations before even sighting them as they...

COULDN’T GET ANY CLOSER!

Published on March 7, 2019 By Alison Cross

Today was a day we’ll remember forever! To begin, the orcas behaviour correlated with the energy of the ocean, being very cool calm and collected, resting at the surface for the first 30 minutes! Flapper and her calf Maddison have been present...

Communicate, Congregate, Copulate

Published on March 6, 2019 By Alison Cross

On our arrival the hotspot was riddled with birds and pilot whales in the 100s, stretching as far as the eye could see! The angry little sausages came extremely close to the vessel, even with their TINY little calves! Some of the juveniles...

Paparazzi arrive in Bremer Bay

Published on March 5, 2019 By Naturaliste Charters

An ABC tv crew from Landline were onboard our vessel today to document everything orca-some!I swear these orca are the most photographed animals in the south-west! We are also lucky to have a Japanese film crew from NHK onboard for the next we...

S-BENDS!

Published on March 4, 2019 By Alison Cross

Flashes of dark flesh amidst copious amounts of white water were what made up our first encounter….but was it orca??? As we edged toward the group we discovered it was in fact three adult sperm whales!!!The sperm whales came alongside for a...