Captain’s Blog

Meet the Whales of K-Pod in 2020 from the Southern Resident Orca Population!

March 18, 2019

Updated September 2020 K-pod orcas are the smallest of three orca pods belonging to the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale population. While these whales can be seen during our whale watching season, K-pod is often the last pod to show up in the Salish Sea during the spring and summer months. The Southern Residents have […]

The Orca Families Living in BC’s Coastal Waters

February 10, 2016

There’s really no substitute for the real thing, and when it comes to animals – wild animals living their lives as they’ve done for thousands of years – the behaviours we’re fortunate enough to witness drive this point home. For Orca Spirit’s Rachael Merrett, an encounter with an orca when she was six years old […]