Naturaliste Charters Whale Blogs

WHACK!

Published on February 5, 2019 By Naturaliste Charters

Our passenger’s first glimpse of orca today was as soon as we hit the hotspot by the large male, El Notcho! Following closely was the adult female Cookie and her now rather large calf Oreo was there for the fun too! They began patrol...

Family Affair

Published on February 3, 2019 By Naturaliste Charters

On arrival to the hotspot this morning the smell of an oil slick in the air was rife! Organic and slimy, the orca had just finished a mammalian breakfast but the party was over as the orca and birds had moved out of the area to...

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...