Admirality Island New site for everyone – unbelievable! Crab orgy! Literally thousands of juvenile Alaska king crabs at 15 feet. Wide variety of life here. From the non-divers in the group – sadly no grizzlies but plenty of sea otters, humpback whales, eagles and incredible mountains. Annie. It is fun to do an exploratory dive on a […]
Read MoreDiving with the sealions was absolutely incredible. It’s hard to even describe swimming along with such an incredibly large and graceful animal. Highlights of last night and today were the humpbacks we saw off Solander Island and waking up to find a bald eagle perched on top of the mast. You haven’t really gone diving until […]
Read More04.07.09 Kirk OK Sten It’s Blog time. To Start, I’ll say that this is without question the most elegant dive ship I have been aboard. The Vessel was obviously carefully designed and appointed.The crew all friendly and professional.The food tasty and well prepared. I’ll copy some notes from my log later. In Cabo 04.05.09 After […]
Read MoreLocation: Punta Tosca , Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Baja California, Mexico We came out on the lava flow and on the first scuba dive we got a few hammerhead sharks. I got a single humpback whale swimming over our head and by the time as I reached the first and closest diver it was gone!! Cr*p!!! On […]
Read MoreLocation: Steveston, Vancouver, British Columbia Have to admit that I ended up a little behind with my Captain’s log entries. Especially once Charlie and Emily, my amazing 5 and 8 year old kids, joined me for a couple of weeks onboard. Seeing British Columbia and Alaska through their eyes is very refreshing and entertaining. They loved the orcas and […]
Read MorePoint Adolphus is one of the most productive feeding grounds in southeast Alaska and the humpback whale sightings are usually quite awesome. Today was no exception, starting off with a pod of orcas cruising along on the surface 15 miles east of Adolphus and then loads of humpbacks right at the point.
Read MoreI made a fast 180° turn in the Nautilus to keep them in sight and was taken aback when I realized that they were swarming a large adult humpback whale. It was hard to see exactly what was going on because of all the splashing. I assumed that the orcas were actually attacking a humpback whale calf and that the mom was defending her offspring from the orcas. Despite all the excited splashing and fin slapping and all the other stuff going on, we weren’t able to see a calf and can only assume that the orcas took a run at the adult humpback. I’ve never heard of such a thing before!
Read More
