It 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.
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Today we found 2 pods of orcas traveling near Salt Spring Island, the T36A’s and the T49A’s.
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It’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.
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Nearly a dozen different humpbacks were seen between our two boats today! Woah!
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Cascadia 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!
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The T18’s were busily foraging and travelling when we visited them today!
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It 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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September 22nd was a cloudy and calm day. We headed out on our semi-covered boat, Kula in search of whales and we found Zigzag near Valdes Island! Zigzag was doing lots of deep dives and flukes. After hanging with Zigzag for a while we found Divot and Strike near Galiano Island. We stuck with them for a little while since they weren’t that active and we found Zigzag again who was travelling south.
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Today our boats headed out into the strait searching for some whales. We found Heather and her calf Neowise in almost the same spot as the day before. There was a third humpback near by feeding and hanging out near our boats, but Neowise was the centre of the show, as usual.
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We found Heather (BCY0160) and her calf Neowise hanging out in the Strait of Georgia not too far from home today. We also encountered the T60’s traveling past the south end of Prevost and Salt Spring islands.
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On the 19th we left the harbour without any sightings for the day, but luckily for us the smoke had cleared and there wasn’t any fog so the visibility on the water was good. We managed to find a mother calf pair of humpback whales just south of Gabriola Reef! We identified these two animals as Kappa (BCX0158) and her calf from this year. Her calf is easy to recognize due to its skin condition and pointy white dorsal. We saw this pair on September 11th so their unique markings are fresh in our memories!
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It was a foggy day when we left Nanaimo Harbour, but we didn’t let that stop us! We ended up finding both transient orca (The T065Bs and the T123s) and two humpback whales (Anvil and Graze) in the Strait of Georgia!
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On September 16th, we found two humpback whales that were making a scene! It was Split Fluke and her 2018 calf Valiant! These 2 were pec slapping and diving as the Orcas headed past them. At this point the orcas were disappearing into the smokey haze around us. Occasionally a small black fin could be made out in the distance but it was evident that the SRKW’s had places to be, hopefully places full of salmon.
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On September 11th, after a bit of a search, we located a humpback whale and her calf travelling off of Galiano Island in the Strait of Georgia. This mother was identified by her dorsal fin and fluke as Kappa (BCX0158) in the Keta Coastal Conservation humpback whale catalogue (www.ketacoastalconservation.org).
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On September 10th we had a very exciting encounter - we had a T-party with the T037A’s and the T100’s! After leaving the T-party, we also spotted two humpbacks nicknamed Fader (BCY0195) and Split Fluke (BCX1068) travelling through the Strait of Georgia.
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After leaving the Nanaimo Harbour on the 9th our vessel, Cascadia, headed south through the Gulf Islands on a tip that orcas were heading north through the Pender Islands. We arrived outside Active pass just in time to find the T18’s and the T65B’s traveling up the channel.
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On September 8th, we were lucky enough to find three humpback whales! We first found Orion near Bowen Island. Orion was doing deep long dives so we didn’t stay there too long. We headed towards Galiano Island where we found Mammoth and Slate.
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6 orca were spotted off of Bowen Island and 4 humpbacks off of Thrasher rock, all in one trip. What an adventure!
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On September 5th our open boats Keta and Cascadia headed out to find some whales. We found Heather (BCY0160), her 2020 calf Neowise, Divot (BCX1057), and Split Fluke (BCX1068) Just off of Gabriola Island only 20 minutes outside the Nanaimo Harbour. This isn’t the first time we’ve come across this particular group of Humpbacks. These ladies and little Neowise have been making their rounds near Gabriola, slowly moving North, for the last week or so.
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On September 4th we caught word of humpbacks out in the Strait towards Vancouver. When we arrived on scene, we spotted two whales travelling together. This duo, “Snoopy” (BCY0770) and “Mammoth” (KEX0023) were travelling together for a bit before they split apart.
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