The west coast Wild Life Adventures are full of marine life these days. Whales show up almost every day somewhere within range. The Orca, the Southern Residents J , K and L pods have arrived for their summer visit. Sometimes, it is also Transient Orca are out there waiting to be found by the first boat out. Other times, it is an occasional migrating Gray, Humpback, or Minke Whale or even Porpoises plying the productive waters of this area. Our many international guests were treated to a fantastic trip on the 3.30pm 'Ocean Magic' where we encountered members of J pod Orca at Turn Point. There was much excitement on board as we watched Orca 'tail slap', 'breaching' and 'porpoising' behaviours during foraging. The knowledgeable crew shared their passion for the whales with our many guests as we watched them head north. The entire trip was experienced under calm conditions and as we headed back we saw Rhinoceros Auklets flying with bills full of little, silver fish. Another great trip by 'Prince of Whales' Marie "Orca-Magic"
Most of the images on the blog are shot with a 400 mm telephoto lens. Because of our restrictions around wildlife (100+ meters), we use powerful lenses to better share orca activity that passengers see on their trips. Keep in mind this also heavily compresses space between objects. We also crop images for best blog viewing.
The videos are generally shot in wide angle and are very realistic to what the eye sees on the boat. Please enjoy the photos for the telephoto view, and the videos for a boat based, real life passenger view.
Prince of Whales Youtube
We've upped our anti with new HD videos shot by Orcagirl. Videos will be shot every Wed and Thursday on the 3:30pm Ocean Magic 2 Adventure. Stay tuned..
Race Rocks Reserve
Amazing ecological reserve we visit on our tours
Clint Rivers / Orcawizard
Orcawizard's photo is currently featured in the blog banner. Click his picture to see his website
Marie O'Shaughnessy / Orca Magic
Photographer and blogger Orca Magic
Mark Malleson / Mallard
Mallard is POW's principal photographer and orca expert. Click his picture to see his website.
Brian Glennon / Beemer
Beemer is a zodiac diver and photographer at POW. Please click his picture to see his website.
Maria Chantelle Tucker / Orcagirl
Orcagirl is POW's Web, Media & Blog Master. Click her photo to visit her website.
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