Passenger Photos from Oct 21st

These picture were taken by one of our passengers, Tim Campbell, during our 2pm tour on Saturday Oct 21st (great pictures Tim and glad you enjoyed the tour). During this trip we had both Transient Orcas and Humpback Whales just off the coast of Victoria and our passengers were treated to some spectacular Whale behavior! With clear blue skies and calm waters it was a beautiful day to be on the water!

You can see more pictures from this trip at the following link;

http://www.pbase.com/caper/oct_21st_2006&page=1

Waiting To Exhale

JPod October 16

What an incredible trip we had today with JPod spread out between Sidney Island (off the East coast of Southern Vancouver Island) and Andrews Bay on the west coast of the San Juan Islands. Many of the Orcas were actively feeding and being very social with a number of spyhops and breaches observed by our passengers. We were even fortunate to see the rare sight of a Minke Whale near Sidney Island! Minke Whales are not often seen this far North in Haro Strait and are usually sighted near the southern entrance to Haro Strait and in the Juan De Fuca Strait. With the amazing weather and the spectacular wildlife, this turned out to be an awesome trip for the passengers and crew aboard Fastcat.

Enjoy the photos and please remember all pictures are zoomed in.

You can see more pictures from this trip at my flickr site at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew_crazybrit/

More Photos from October 14

We had the chance to see both JPod and Humpback Whales during our 2pm tour today. JPod was south of the San Juan Islands and very spread out. The Humpbacks were in two groups of 2 (a mother and calf plus two adolescents) and were in the middle of the Juan De Fuca Strait.

Please enjoy these photos and remember all are taken with a powerful camera on full zoom.

October 14 Redux

Sometimes it takes a few days to reflect on just how brilliant a day we had...October 14th, case in point.

Fantastic October Continues!

Over the last few weeks we have experienced a period of marine wildlife watching of a breadth and variety unmatched in previous Octobers.
We are so fortunate to live in a city as beautiful as Victoria, and even more so to have the chance to see these amazing creatures.

Jpod at Salmon Bank / San Juan Island

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Originally uploaded by orcagirl.

As you can see by our map / magnet aid, today we have Jpod in our area!

Sunday October 8 - PM Trip

Our afternoon trip found the FastCat on the west side of San Juan Island with J pod between False Bay and Eagle point. We travelled with different sub-units of J pod as they travelled towards the park. In addition, we had bow riding Dall's porpoises and a Steller sea lion in the Chain Islets in the Oak Bay area with Harbour seals. Enjoy the images and the top photo is of J1 - Ruffles!

Note: Please remember the photos are zoomed in.

More Photos from October 7

Here are some additional photos courtesy of our assistant office manager/naturalist-in-training Andrew Lees. Note: these photos are zoomed in and Andrew not all worked again.

Saturday October 7 - PM

We had an amazing afternoon trip in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which included a visit to Race Rocks MPA (seals and sea lions). In addition, we saw two pairs of mother and calf Humpback whales. The trip also had a large group of Dall's porpoises bow riding off the front of the FastCat. Enjoy the trips photos!

Note: Photos are zoomed in and the photo of the Dall's porpoise underwater is courtesy of passenger Ben Forsyth.

Friday October 6 - PM

Pout! Well I wasn't on this trip, but I was asked by Andrew (Assistant Office Manager/Naturalist-in-training) to post some of his photos from the afternoon FastCat trip. The FastCat spent the afternoon with T44, T41, and T41A near Race Rocks Marine Protect Area (MPA). I had the fortune of watching the T41s surfacing off the bow of the FastCat from the Race Rocks video camera. In addition, they had a Humpback whale in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Enjoy the photos!

Note: Photos are zoomed in! Sorry Andrew....not all photos transferred over.