Naturaliste Charters Whale Blogs

EAT, AVOID, LOVE

Published on April 5, 2019 By Naturaliste Charters

An icy wind blew across the harbour this morning as crew prepared the boat for the day’s killer whale expedition! As we move further into autumn, we should start seeing these ice-cold mornings more often although it does not seem to deter the...

Breaching in the rain!

Published on April 3, 2019 By Naturaliste Charters

Forget about dancing in the rain, today we saw breaching in the rain! Our morning began by punching 24 nautical miles out through the southern ocean to the hotspot. We don’t call it the hotspot for no reason and today was definitely no...

PUFF’D!

Published on April 2, 2019 By Alison Cross

This morning was a feat as we attempted to find a mere blow or dorsal fin between the white wash that spooled off the wave crests like surging orca! After venturing both far and wide the orca ended up finding us and they did NOT...

APRIL FOOLS!

Published on April 1, 2019 By Alison Cross

Apart from the large pod of common dolphins that rode our wake out as we nudged over the continental shelf, it was very quiet this morning!! We searched high and low at all the usual hidey holes with not a trace of life! The air was balmy and...

PREDATION STATION!

Published on March 31, 2019 By Alison Cross

As SOON as we hit the hotspot, we came up onto a tornado of birds swirling in a dense formation just above the surface! Our immediate assumption was ORCA, but as we edged closer we were astonished!! We had our second encounter of false killer...