Note: Sightings are posted 5-7 days after the trips.
On May 2nd, our open boat Cascadia and our semi-covered Kula set off in search of whales. The weather was sunny and the water was super smooth making it a perfect day for whale watching. Cascadia found a young humpback called Hammer hanging around Thetis Island.
Read MoreThe first day of May was a great one as we headed out into the calm waters of this sunny day. We set out south towards the Gulf Islands to find our whales for the day. As we were looking for the whales, we came across a huge diversity of wildlife. We came across harbour seals, sea lions and a young humpback called Hammer.
Read MoreA family of six Bigg’s killer whales nicknamed the T49A pod. Head of the pod is matriarch T049A “Nan” and following her are her 5 offspring T049A1 “Noah”, T049A2 “Judy”, T049A3 “Nat”, T049A4, and T049A5.
Read MoreBreaching Humpback Whale!
Read MoreIt was another beautiful sunny day as our boat Cascadia left the dock in search of whales. Following a report up north, we encountered a pod fo 4 orcas near Nanoose, around Amelia Island. Three of these whales were members of the T49B matriline, which includes matriarch T49B “Van” and her offspring T49B2 “Skyler” and T49B3 “Charchar”.
Read MoreOur crew and guests headed out of Nanaimo at 12pm and followed a report up north along the eastern shore of Vancouver Island. Around Qualicum Bay we encountered approximately 8 orca, from a couple a different pods.
Read MoreOn April 19th, we travelled across the Strait of Georgia to find the T49A’s and T49B’s at Gibson’s Harbour near the Sunshine Coasts.
Read MoreOn April 17th we set sail with clear skies and high hopes. We traveled out into the Strait, doing a large loop infront of Nanaimo scanning the waters. We made a stop at Entrance Island to see all the Stellar Sea Lions, and a few California Sea Lions. After leaving we went back into the Strait, heading towards the shores of Vancouver.
After traveling south through the Strait we passed through Active Pass and headed through the Gulf Islands to the East side of Sidney Island. There we found our 10 Orcas, the T124A’s and the T124D’s.
Read MoreA sunny Day south of Howe Sound with the T49A’s.
Read MoreWhat a gorgeous day! It was a little breezy but the sun was shining and the Salish Sea was teaming with life. We found sea lions, seals, a humpback whale, and orca!
Read MoreApril 11th was a beautiful day out in the water and we were lucky enough to find Killer Whales at Neck Point!
Transient Killer Whale pods can join up like this to hunt together and socialize. It also gives the opportunity for a male and female of different pods to mate.
Read MoreThis was a great trip out on the water where we saw plenty of wildlife including Bald eagles, sea lions, seals, and finished the trip off with the T018’s. The T018’s are a pod of 4 consisting of three generations!
Read MoreIt was an exciting day on the water when we found a humpback whale in Trincomali Channel! Click here to read more about this unusual encounter.
Read MoreToday we found 2 pods of orcas traveling near Salt Spring Island, the T36A’s and the T49A’s.
Read MoreIt’s been awhile! After a long winter our crew was ecstatic to get back out on the water and explore our backyard in search of whales and other wildlife. Naturalist Val and Captain Rodrigo headed south into the Strait of Georgia and it didn’t take them too long to find killer whales!
And not just any killer whalse, they found the infamous “Chainsaw” (T063)! This adult male orca is easy to recognize because of his large, chainsaw-like dorsal fin. We quite often see him in the spring on our whale watching tours.
Read MoreNearly a dozen different humpbacks were seen between our two boats today! Woah!
Read MoreCascadia and Kula set off at 12pm from downtown Nanaimo to search for whales in the Salish Sea and boy did they find whales! It was a bit breezy to start, but that didn’t stop our crew from spotting spout after spout on the horzion. Humpback whales were everywhere!
Read MoreThe T18’s were busily foraging and travelling when we visited them today!
Read MoreIt was humpback soup out on the water on the 26th of September! We saw 7 humpbacks; Heather and Neowise, Raptor and Harpy, Snoopy, Sherwina, and one unknown. Not only did we get to see so many humpbacks but we also saw seals, sea lions and more in the Strait of Georgia!
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