Tag: pod of orcas

Orcas and Great Whites in One Trip?!

Post author By Nautilus Crew
Categories Crew, Guadalupe
Post date 2018-09-17
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By Nautilus Crew on September 17th, 2018 in Crew, Guadalupe

Just when you think you had it all, as we were sailing back to Ensenada, we were greeted by Orcas!!

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Humpback Whale Gets Attacked by a Pod of Orcas

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive
Post date 2008-07-09

By Nautilus Staff on July 9th, 2008 in Archive

I 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!