Sightings & Updates
Friday August 21, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Friday August 21, 2020 10am: Our foggy and rainy morning started out with some views of gray and harbour seals at Black Ledge. We headed over to White Island, where we were greeted by Slice, a favourite minke. After spending some time with Slice we...
A FINtastic day! – Thursday August 20, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Thursday August 20, 2020 10am: This morning we stopped with seals then headed off shore and found great and sooty shearwaters, Northern gannets, and a single finback! We got lots of great looks before heading back in to see the Head Harbour Lighthouse...
Wednesday August 19, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Wednesday August 19, 2020 10am: This morning we had Slice! Slice is a favourite minke whale of our crew and regular passengers. We had some great looks then headed off to watch many, many harbour porpoise and birds feeding. We picked up another 3...
Tuesday August 18, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Tuesday August 18, 2020 10am: This morning we headed out and stopped with seals on Black Ledge. We had a pod of harbour porpoise and a bald eagle as well! It took us a bit of searching but eventually we caught up with 4 minke whales and got some...
Monday August 17, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Monday August 17, 2020 10am: This morning we started out with seals on Black Ledge at high tide. Then we headed off to check out the area the finbacks were in yesterday morning. There weren't any signs of them so we moved over and found 4 minkes...
Sunday August 16, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Sunday August 16, 2020 10am: This morning we headed out and checked out some harbour and grey seals at high tide. Then we found a minke to watch, along with lots of harbour porpoise. Then we got a call from Captain John on the Odyssey about fin...
Saturday August 15, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Saturday August 15, 2020 10am: this morning we started with a lot of seals on Black Ledge and a bald eagle. We then found a minke whale off Head Harbour Lighthouse and a few porpoise. We also went by Whitehorse and we ventured a little further...
Friday August 14, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Friday August 14, 2020 10am: This morning we headed out in flat calm waters. We checked out a few areas and found a minke whale who didn't want to be watched so we moved on. We found 3 more minke whales, including Slice, a local favourite! We were...
Thursday August 13, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Thursday August 13, 2020 10am: This morning we had clear visibility (yay no fog!) and we headed out. We stopped with 2 minkes, found some harbour porpoise, 5 bald eagle adults, 1 juvenile, and then 2 more minke whales, including Slice, a favourite...
Wednesday August 12, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Wednesday August 12, 2020 10am: We went out this morning in the fog and were able to pick up two actively feeding minkes. We had to listen for them to find them at first (we listen for their exhale/blow) but then we had really great looks as they...
