Images by Marine Naturalist Andrew Lees
J, K & L-pod evening encounter! Sept 5th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Mon 06 Sep 2010 at 7:13 AM
Here are a few images from this evenings encounter with members of J, K & L-pod!
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Sept 4th, 2010. Afternoon adventure with L78, L-pod & a Gray Whale!
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 05 Sep 2010 at 12:39 PM
Here are a few wonderful images from our afternoon adventure with L78, L-pod & a Gray Whale!We first encountered members of L-pod a little north of Lime Kiln Lighthouse and we watched in awe as several
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Morning encounter with J1 & Friends plus a Gray Whale! Sept 4th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 05 Sep 2010 at 11:39 AM
Here are a few images from our terrific morning encounter with J1 & Friends plus a Gray Whale!We headed out this morning and first encountered members of J, K & L-pod near False Bay. When we first arri
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Afternoon adventure with Resident Orcas & a Minke Whale! Aug 29th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Mon 30 Aug 2010 at 10:43 PM
Here are a few images from our Afternoon adventure with Resident Orcas & a Minke Whale!
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Humpback Whale, J & K-pod and a Gray Whale in the morning! Aug 29, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Mon 30 Aug 2010 at 8:36 PM
Here are a few images from our encounters with a Humpback Whale, J & K-pod and a Gray Whale in the morning!
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Spectacular Evening encounter with 4 Humpback Whales! Aug 28th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 29 Aug 2010 at 10:22 PM
Here are a few images from a Spectacular Evening encounter with 4 Humpback Whales!More images and details to follow.....
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Resident Orcas, Gray Whale and a Humpback Whale in the afternoon! Aug 28th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 29 Aug 2010 at 10:00 PM
Here are a few images from our wonderful afternoon encounter with Resident Orcas, Gray Whale and a Humpback Whale! The Humpback Whale we believe is a whale we have seen in the area before and nicknamed
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Morning encounter with J & K-pod & Gray Whale! Aug 28, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 29 Aug 2010 at 9:40 PM
Here are a few images from our excellent morning encounter with J & K-pod & Gray Whale! Moe images and details to follow....
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Afternoon adventure with a Gray Whale! Aug 22nd, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 22 Aug 2010 at 10:44 PM
Here are a few images from our afternoon adventure with a Gray Whale near Discovery Island.It was quiet blustery on the water this afternoon but that did not prevent us from finding a Gray Whale for ou
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Afternoon encounter with Humpback Whales & Gray Whale! Aug 21, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 22 Aug 2010 at 10:32 AM
Here are a few images from a wonderful afternoon encounter with 2 Humpback Whales and a Gray Whale!More info to follow.
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Breathtaking Acrobatic Humpbacks in the morning! Aug 21st, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sat 21 Aug 2010 at 11:34 PM
Here are a few images from our Breathtaking encounter with 2 very Acrobatic Humpback in the morning!
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Wonderful Gray Whale & Humpback Whale Encounters! Aug 20, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Fri 20 Aug 2010 at 11:46 PM
Here are a few images from our Wonderful Gray Whale & Humpback Whale Encounters!It is not too often we see two different species of large Baleen whale but today we encounters both a Gray Whale and a Hu
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60 Orcas from J, K & L-pod near Hein Bank this afternoon! Aug 15th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Tue 17 Aug 2010 at 6:54 AM
Here are a few images from our incredible afternoon encounter with 60 Orcas from J, K & L-pod near Hein Bank! We also got to see the Gray Whale near Discovery Island.I will be posting more info and ima
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Stunning evening encounter with Transient Orcas! Aug 15th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 15 Aug 2010 at 11:50 AM
Here are a few images from our Stunning evening encounter with Transient Orcas, including T31!We encountered these Orcas a few miles south of Seabird and it was a most unexpected but pleasant surprise:
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Encounters with J, K & L-pod plus a Gray Whale today! Aug 14th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 15 Aug 2010 at 10:41 AM
Here are a few images by Ron Bates, MMRG, from our encounters with J, K & L-pod plus a Gray Whale today! It was another stunning day on the water with hot temperatures, calm seas and wonderful whales:)
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Spectacular Evening encounter with J, K & L-pod! Aug 13th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sat 14 Aug 2010 at 4:20 PM
Here are a few images from our Spectacular Evening encounter with J, K & L-pod! I will be posting more images and info shortly!
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Superpod, Superpod, J, K & L-pod together off Victoria!!! Aug 13th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sat 14 Aug 2010 at 3:39 PM
Here are a few images from this afternoons encounter with Superpod, (J, K & L-pod together) traveling past Victoria! We also encountered the Gray Whale East of Discovery Island as well as a couple of B
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Five for Five Star during an incredible afternoon adventure! Aug 12th, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Fri 13 Aug 2010 at 10:20 AM
Here are a few images from our amazing afternoon adventure where we encountered not one but Five different species of Cetacean, including Resident Orcas & Transient Orcas, a Gray Whale, Harbor Porpoise
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Transient Orca Encounter off Sooke! Aug 9th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Wed 11 Aug 2010 at 11:34 AM
Here are a few images from our morning encounter with a group of Transient Orcas off Sooke!We received a report early this morning that a group of Orcas had been sighted off Sooke and not long before w
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Intimate evening encounter with J8 and friends! Aug 8th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Tue 10 Aug 2010 at 10:56 PM
Here are a few images from our Intimate evening encounter with J8 and friends!We had to travel all the way to East Point this evening to encounter the Orcas but we were determined to show our passenger
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Breathtaking Evening encounter with J, K & L-pod! Aug 7th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Tue 10 Aug 2010 at 9:20 PM
Here are a few images from our Breathtaking Evening encounter with J, K & L-pod!We headed out in thick fog this evening but determined that the fog would not prevent us from finding the Orcas! Eventual
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Aug 7th, 2010. Morning adventure with Resident Orcas!
Five Star Whale Watching on Tue 10 Aug 2010 at 8:25 PM
Here are a few images from our morning adventure with members of the Southern Resident Orcas off San Juan Island!Despite the unseasonally damp and blustery conditions we were treated to another specia
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Aug 6th, 2010. Wonderful evening encounter with L & K-pod!
Five Star Whale Watching on Mon 09 Aug 2010 at 10:56 PM
Here are a few images from our wonderful evening encounter with members of L & K-pod! More info and images to follow.
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Aug 6th, 2010. Afternoon adventure with J, K & L-pod!
Five Star Whale Watching on Mon 09 Aug 2010 at 10:39 PM
Here are a few images from our Afternoon adventure with J, K & L-pod! More images and info to follow.
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Aug 6th, 2010. New L-pod Calf spotted during our morning tour!
Five Star Whale Watching on Mon 09 Aug 2010 at 10:16 PM
Here are a few images from our incredible encounter with a New L-pod Calf spotted during our morning tour! More images and info to follow but this is an excellent development:)
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Incredible evening with L-pod! Aug 5th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Fri 06 Aug 2010 at 7:17 AM
Here are a few images from our incredible evening encounter with L-pod!
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Afternoon adventure with L-pod! Aug 5th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Fri 06 Aug 2010 at 7:11 AM
Here are a few images from our afternoon adventure with L-pod off San Juan Island!
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J & K-pod in the afternoon! Aug 2nd, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Thu 05 Aug 2010 at 11:07 AM
Here are a few images from this afternoon's excellent encounter with members of J & K-pod including K21 "Cappuccino"!We headed over towards Lime Kiln Whale Park this afternoon and encountered a very ac
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Aug 2nd. Magnificent morning encounter with J-pod and Gray Whale!
Five Star Whale Watching on Thu 05 Aug 2010 at 9:30 AM
Here are a few images from our magnificent morning encounter with J-pod and Gray Whale!We had first received reports of Orcas south of Eagle Point in thick fog and that was the direction we were going
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Resident Orcas and Gray Whale in the afternoon! Aug 1st, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Wed 04 Aug 2010 at 11:59 PM
Here are a few amazing images from this afternoon's encounters with members of J, K & L-pod plus the Gray Whale!We headed towards False Bay this afternoon and came upon our first Orcas a few miles offs
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J & L-pod in the morning! Aug 1st, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Wed 04 Aug 2010 at 10:55 PM
Here are a few images from our morning encounter with members of J & L-pod off San Juan Island.The Orcas were actively foraging this morning and we watched L87 "Oynx" chasing a Salmon with just the dor
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July 31st. Evening adventure with J & K-pod!
Five Star Whale Watching on Mon 02 Aug 2010 at 11:03 PM
Here are a few images from our evening adventure with J & K-pod.We headed out with our excited passengers this evening and encountered members of J & K-pod just near False Bay! The Orcas were in a very
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July 31st. Afternoon encounter with J & K-pod plus the Gray Whale!
Five Star Whale Watching on Mon 02 Aug 2010 at 9:46 PM
Here are a few images from our wonderful afternoon encounter with J & K-pod off San Juan island in thick fog!We headed out this afternoon in dense fog but still managed to pick up members of J & K-pod
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July 30th. Breathtaking evening encounter with J & K-pod!
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 01 Aug 2010 at 11:16 PM
Here are just a few images from our breathtaking evening encounter with J & K-pod! More info to follow.
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Active J & K-pod off San Juan Island in the afternoon! July 29th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sat 31 Jul 2010 at 8:01 AM
Here are a few images from our wonderful encounter with a very active J & K-pod off San Juan Island in the afternoon! More info and images to follow.
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Minke Whales, Gray Whale and Harbor Seals in the morning! July 29th, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Sat 31 Jul 2010 at 7:50 AM
Here are a few images from our encounters with three Minke Whales, a Gray Whale and Harbor Seals in the morning! I will be posting more information and images soon.
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Evening encounter with L-pod, a Minke Whale and Gray Whale!! July 25th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Wed 28 Jul 2010 at 10:23 AM
Here are a few images from our evening encounter with members of L-pod, a Minke Whale and Gray Whale!! More info and images to follow.
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Afternoon adventure with J & L-pod! July 25th, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Wed 28 Jul 2010 at 9:55 AM
Here are a few images from our afternoon adventure with J & L-pod! More images and info to follow.
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Wonderful morning encounter with J & L-pod off San Juan Island! July 25th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Wed 28 Jul 2010 at 9:32 AM
Here are a few images from this mornings Wonderful morning encounter with J & L-pod off San Juan Island! More images and info to follow.
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Intimate evening encounter with L-pod and the Gray Whale! July 24th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Wed 28 Jul 2010 at 8:52 AM
Here are a few image from our intimate evening encounter with members of L-pod and the Gray Whale! More info and images to follow.
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Magnificent Afternoon encounter with L-pod and Transient Orcas! July 24th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Tue 27 Jul 2010 at 11:18 PM
Magnificent Afternoon encounter with L-pod and Transient Orcas! More to follow.
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Morning adventures with L-pod and a Gray Whale! July 24th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Tue 27 Jul 2010 at 10:51 PM
Here are a few images from our morning adventure with L-pod and the Gray Whale! More info and images to follow.
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Incredible evening encounter with L-pod! July 23rd, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sat 24 Jul 2010 at 8:13 AM
Here are a few images from an incredible evening encounter with L-pod! More images and info to follow.
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Amazing encounter with J & L-pod in the afternoon! July 23rd, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sat 24 Jul 2010 at 8:09 AM
Here are just a few images from this afternoon's amazing encounter with J & L-pod! More info and images to follow.
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Afternoon with L-pod & Gray Whale! July 21, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Fri 23 Jul 2010 at 10:21 AM
Here are a few images from this afternoon adventure with L-pod off San Juan Island! More info to follow shortly.
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L-pod in the fog plus a Gray Whale! July 21, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Fri 23 Jul 2010 at 9:45 AM
Here are a few images from this morning's exciting encounter with L-pod in the fog off San Juan Island! Please remember all images are taken with a 300mm lens and are heavily edited & cropped.We had be
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Incredible afternoon encounter with J & L-pod and a Gray Whale! July 18, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 18 Jul 2010 at 10:39 PM
Here are a few images from an incredible afternoon encounter with members of J & L-pod and a Gray Whale! We witnessed breaches, spyhops, pectoral slaps and tail slaps from the Orcas, plus listened to s
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Multiple breaching J & L-pod, plus a Gray Whale in the morning! July 18th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 18 Jul 2010 at 10:04 PM
Here are a few images from this mornings encounter with members of J & L-pod near Turn Point! It was an amazing trip as we watched multiple breaches, well over 100, in the time we were on scene:)I will
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Morning adventure with J-pod in the fog and a Gray Whale! July 17th, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 18 Jul 2010 at 7:19 PM
Here are just a few images from this mornings adventure with J-pod in fog off San Juan Island and a Gray Whale in Oak Bay! More images and information to follow.
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Wonderful evening encounter with J-pod! July 16th, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sat 17 Jul 2010 at 8:08 AM
Here are just a few images from this evenings wonderful encounter with J-pod! More images and information to follow.
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Wonderful encounters with L-pod and a Gray Whale! July 11, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Mon 12 Jul 2010 at 9:19 PM
Here are a few images from today's wonderful encounters with L-pod and a Gray Whale during our morning and afternoon trips! More pictures and info to follow.
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Evening encounter with J, K & L-pod plus a Gray Whale! July 10, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 11 Jul 2010 at 10:24 PM
Here are just a few images from this evening spectacular encounter with members of J, K & L-pod plus a Gray Whale!More details and images to follow soon.
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Afternoon adventure with J, K & L-pod! July 10, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 11 Jul 2010 at 10:17 PM
Here are just a few images from this afternoon's encounter with members of J, K & L-pod plus the Gray Whale! More images & Info to follow soon.
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Morning adventure with J & K-pod, plus a Gray Whale!
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 11 Jul 2010 at 10:02 PM
Here are just a few images from this morning's encounter with members of J & K-pod plus a Gray Whale.I will be posting more informtion and images soon.
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Evening encounter with L-pod! July 9th, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Sat 10 Jul 2010 at 8:03 AM
Here are just a few images from this evening's awesome encounter with members of L-pod south west of Victoria! The Orcas had moved west throughout the day and had been almost out of our range but turne
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Morning adventures with L-pod and a Gray Whale! July 9, 2010
Five Star Whale Watching on Sat 10 Jul 2010 at 8:00 AM
Here are just a couple of pictures from this morning's wonderful encounter with members of L-pod and a Gray Whale!We found L-pod a few miles south of Victoria heading west. I will be posting more infor
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Amazing evenint encounter with T124 & CA58! May 9th, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Tue 11 May 2010 at 1:08 AM
Here are just a few images from this evening's amazing encounter with T124 & CA58 Transient Orcas! I will be posting more images shortly.We set out of Victoria Harbour this evening hoping to track down
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Spectacular Morning trip! May 9th, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Mon 10 May 2010 at 3:19 PM
Sealions & Northern Elephant Seals at Race Rocks!Here are a few images from this mornings spectacular morning trip! I will be posting more information from this trip shortly.
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Minke Whale near Hein Bank! May 8th, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Sat 08 May 2010 at 9:48 PM
Minke WhaleHarbor Porpoise and Harbor SealSalmon Are Sacred Rally at BC Legislative Building!Here are a few images from todays incredible afternoon cruise!With calm seas and warm sunny skies we were co
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Transient Orcas near Orcas Island! May 7th, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Sat 08 May 2010 at 12:08 PM
Here are just two images from todays encounter with Transient Orcas near Orcas Island. I will be posting more images and info shortly.
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Eco-Adventure Tour! May 6th, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Fri 07 May 2010 at 11:13 AM
The Eagle catches the unfortunate Gull!Pacific Grace in Haro Strait.Northern Elephant Seals at Race Rocks.Here are a few images from todays spectacular wildlife tour!We set out into the Strait Of Juan
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Spring Wildlife Adventure! May 5th, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Wed 05 May 2010 at 10:38 PM
2 Bald Eagles at Race Rocks!Taira & Scotty!Oil tanker with tug escort!Five Star's two vessels, Supercat and Fastcat!Today was our first trip of the season where we had both our vessels heading out full
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Spring Storm! May 3rd, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Tue 04 May 2010 at 10:20 PM
Here are a few images from yesterday's storm that kept most boats off the water!
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Cpt. Hook and 4 Transients in the afternoon! May 1st, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 02 May 2010 at 12:34 PM
We heard a report this morning that 5 Orcas had been seen near Sooke heading East. Despite a thorough search of the area in cooperation with another boat, we were unable to find the Orcas.However, as w
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Morning adventure with very excited Japanese students! May 1st, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 02 May 2010 at 10:52 AM
Turbulent seas at Race RocksSeagulls fight over a fish headVictoria Floating Boat ShowStudents enjoying the ride on the large bow of Fastcat!Here are a few images from our morning adventure with a grou
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Wildlife Adventure! April 28th, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Fri 30 Apr 2010 at 1:27 PM
Northern Elephant Seals are the second largest of the Pinnipeds (Seals & Sealions). A full grown male can reach 13' long and almost 4500lbs! At this time of year they are molting as can be seen in the
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Wildlife Extravaganza in the Salish Sea! April 25th, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Mon 26 Apr 2010 at 10:55 AM
A guest visiting from Toronto marvels at the wonders of the Salish Sea!Race Rocks Lighthouse, first lit on Boxing Day 1860.What a wonderful day to be on the water, sunshine, calm seas and an amazing mi
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Earth Day TLC fund raising cruise! April 22nd, 2010.
Five Star Whale Watching on Fri 23 Apr 2010 at 7:54 AM
Here are a few images from today's very special Earth Day Cruise, with all proceeds from the trip going to the TLC's for their Wild Hills & Beaches Campaign.It was a beautiful day on the water, though
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Humpback Whales, Porpoise and Sealions! Oct 22nd, 2009.
Five Star Whale Watching on Fri 23 Oct 2009 at 2:02 AM
Here are a few images from an incredible Humpback Whale encounter off Victoria on Oct 22nd, 2009. We headed out this morning at 9.30am and shortly after departing the harbour came across over 200 Harbo
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Humpback Whales, Dall's Porpoise, Pelican, River Otters and more! Oct 15th, 2009.
Five Star Whale Watching on Fri 16 Oct 2009 at 6:42 AM
We headed out this afternoon and came across 3 Humpback Whales between Race Rocks and Constance Bank. Two large female Humpback Whales were encountered 2 miles South East of Race Rocks and were being h
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Breathtaking Dall's Porpoise Encounter! Oct 10th, 2009.
Five Star Whale Watching on Wed 14 Oct 2009 at 3:07 AM
Here are some breathtaking pictures of a an encounter with Dall's Porpoise on Oct 10th on our way home from watching Humpback Whales. This encounter left both the passengers and crew spell bound!
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More images from todays stunning encounter with Humpback Whales and Dall's Porpoi
Five Star Whale Watching on Sun 11 Oct 2009 at 4:07 PM
Here are just a few more images from today's stunning encounter with at least 4 Humpback Whales, including an intimate encounter with "Split Fin" and mother.Our Capt, Trev, spotted "Split Fin" off in t
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Events in Victoria
07 Sep 2010
Cut Offs -Theme Party- Jeremy Baker (The Zone), Arowbe of Times Neue Roman, Dj Nigel at Lucky Bar
3:30 PM
MAX & RUBY LIVE at Royal Theatre
6:30 PM
MAX & RUBY LIVE at Royal Theatre
7:00 PM
SEBASTIAN BRITNEFF at The Superior
08 Sep 2010
Victoria Welsh Society presents: Cor Godre'r Aran, Welsh Male Voice Choir at Alix Goolden Hall
Rock Island Ramblers at Hermann's Jazz Club
