Strait to Sea - Port Renfrew Wildlife Observations

Name: Strait to Sea - Port Renfrew Wildlife Observations
Address: Port Renfrew, BC, CA
Telephone: +18886726722

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An online resource for all information regarding ocean wildlife tours out of Port Renfrew with Sarah

07/14/2021

Bald Eagle sitting next to a Turkey Vulture on the breakwater. Really interesting to see the comparison in size. Normally Turkey Vultures look large while flying due to their wider wings designed to catch thermals while they patrol the sky in search of carrion. Bald Eagles are versatile predators taking fish, birds and small mammals. Although, they too are scavengers, and here these birds are seemingly tolerant of each other while picking at something on the rocks above.

07/09/2021

Welcome to our new followers! We have officially begun posting for our 2021 season here in Port Renfrew.

This page is a branch of Orca Spirit Adventures and is meant to reach a broad audience. Here you can find pictures of our favorite wildlife sightings and reports of our more unique encounters. If you are interested in coming to Port Renfrew for a tour with us, you can find all the information linked in the page description.

Additionally, we are collecting sightings data on killer whales, humpback whales and grey whales. If you are interested in seeing this data or would like to charter our captain/vessel for data collection, you can find contact details in the page description. We are open to suggestions on collecting additional data on other species as well.

While this page is run on a more personal scale, we also will be posting some “slice of life” content from here in Port Renfrew.
To kick things off, here are some of our favorite pictures from June!

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https://orcaspirit.com/whale-watching-tours/tours-from-port-renfrew/

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Videos

Humpbacks chasing and interacting with transient killer whales off of Port Renfrew

Incredible encounter today with transient killer whales being chased by disgruntled humpbacks. The entire encounter lasted over an hour as we watched the killer whales approaching a group of 20+ humpback whales. At first all 20 humpbacks chased the orca as fast as they could. It was chaotic and hard to track as the orca were followed by so many other whales. Eventually fewer humpbacks continued the chase and at this point the killer whales turned around a swam directly into the humpbacks. What transpired next was truly awe inspiring as altogether the different species swam around and amongst each other with occasional breaches, tailslaps and incredible amounts of surface behavior. This is my second time witnessing this exact interaction between these animals and both times have been almost identical. I've read papers describing the behavior without much conclusion to what's happening and feel so lucky and privileged to have witnessed it. More posts to follow when Port Renfrew wifi allows it. For now this one video clip is all I can manage. #orcaspirit #orcaspiritvic #ExperienceTheWild #portrenfrew