Pacific Whale Watch Association – PWWA Next up in our “Meet Our Members” series is (…) Five Star Whale Watching! Established in 1985, Five Star is the oldest whale watching company in Victoria, BC. While originally a charter fishing business, founders Eric and Kathy Johnson quickly recognized the public’s growing interest in whales and began […]
Monthly Archives: December 2021
For this #marinefactoftheweek, take a look at this awe-inspiring photograph by one of our Captains. Pictured here is an adult male (bull) Bigg’s orca breaching in Juan de Fuca Strait. The large fins on the side of the animal’s body are the pectoral fins. On adult male orcas, these fins can reach a maximum of […]
For this week’s “Wildlife A to Z” we share S for “Song”. The humpback whale song is often heard during mating season so it is believed to play a role in mate selection. These low frequency songs can travel huge distances underwater and can be heard thousands of kilometers away! Baleen whales use the “sound […]
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