orca

Happy World Orca Day Orcas are the oceans top predator, the largest member of the dolphin family and a toothed whale. They are highly intelligent and incredibly beautiful! Today we encountered the T75’s south of Victoria and heard SRKW’s had been spotted in the Salish Sea for the 1st time in over 90 days 🙂…

  On June 8th 2025, we had a wonderful encounter with T63 ‘Chainsaw’ and friends, plus several Humpbacks! T63 is one of the Superstar orcas that visit the Salish Sea and is easily identified thanks to his uniquely shaped dorsal fin. We also encountered several Humpbacks today, some as close as Constance Bank. Ollie the…

  On June 6th we witnessed an Orca T-party as 11 Bigg’s Killer Whale were hanging out together 🙂 We go to see some acrobatic and playful interaction between the Orcas ID’d as the T49B’s and T137’s. We also encountered a number of Humpback’s near the Romeo buoy. You can see more images from this…

Today we had an amazing encounter with 11 Bigg’s (T65A’s & T75B’s) South West of Constance Bank. The Orcas were in a very playful mood and we witnessed some fantastic action! It was another wonderful encounter to celebrate Orca Awareness Month. You can see more images from this encounter at our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=5starwhales&set=a.1271948688265408

This evening we had a fantastic 1st evening trip of the season as we encountered Orcas to kick off Orca awareness month😍 The Orcas were identified as T117A, T117B’s and T172🥰 These Orcas are not often seen in the Salish Sea, especially in June. A stunning sunset welcomed us back to Victoria Harbour! We could…

On May 27th we discovered T125A ‘Jetsam’ & T128 ‘Flotsam’ hanging out close to shore in Race Pass. Marine Naturalist Reanna 1st spotted the two male Orcas and we followed them as they patrolled the coastline hunting for Seals! Earlier we had encountered two Humpbacks including Scuttle south of Victoria. Scuttle was being very sleepy…

Today we encountered Big Mama and her playful calf South of Henry Island. We later encountered the T75B’s North East of Boarder Bank. It was a great day on the water! You can see more images from this tour at our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1266052278855049&type=3

What a trip today, 2 Grey whales, 4 Biggs Killer Whales, and a Humpback all outside Victoria harbour! Today we had a fantastic encounter with Grey Whales a few minutes outside Victoria Harbour, Orcas and a Humpback Whale😍 We dedicated this tour to our former colleague Captain Tom and we could feel him smiling down…

On May 16th 2025, we encountered Orcas, identified as the T46A’s! In the morning we caught up with the T46A’s near Race Rocks hunting in the tidal rip. They were also being very playful as the images show. In the afternoon we had to travel a little further but caught up with the T46A’s west…

On May 11th we celebrated Mother’s Day with some special guests! In the morning we had a wonderful encounter with a female Humpback known as BCX1057 ‘Divot’ 🙂 We encountered Divot near Middle Bank heading towards San Juan Island. In the afternoon we first encountered two Humpbacks east of Race. The Humpback were ID as…