07 May 2025: Sunset Orcas
Bigg's Killer Whales travel through Discovery Passage, Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada π¨π¦
#WhaleSky #ShoreWatching #WSCRQB
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eks2...
Hornby Island π¨π¦ T-Party NORTHBOUND
T019s, T36A1s, T063, T065, and T099B
#wscrqb #WhaleSky π #BiggsKillerWhales
13 April 2025
Bigg's Killer Whales, T002Cs
Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada π¨π¦
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR2c...
Time well spent this morning with Biggβs Killer Whales, T002C matriline
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=dR2c...
13 April 2025
T002Cs were Northbound this morning in Discovery Passage, Campbell River. Reaching Seymour Narrows around 11:30 AM #wscrqb #WhaleSky
12 April 2025 - 7:35 PM
Pacific-white sided dolphins milling at Ken Forde Park, Campbell River #WSCRQB
Bigg's Killer Whales known as The Alaskan Brothers [T128 and T125A] thrilled shore watchers late this afternoon and into dinner time as they meandered up the coast of Vancouver Island just metres off shore.
Last seen at Orange Point at 6 PM continuing Northbound.
#wscrqb #WhaleSky #WhaleSighting
April 1st 2025
Large group of Orcas northbound off east coast of Vancouver Island, currently passing Seal Bay
#wscrqb #WhaleSky #OrcaAlert #WhaleAlert #VancouverIsland
March 31, 2025 - Bigg's Killer Whales
T49As, T36As, & T99B travelling with purpose Northbound from Nanaimo, close to shore late afternoon. By dinner time, they had passed Qualicum Bay enroute to Deep Bay.
Following behind (an hour or so) were the Alaskan Boys.
#WSCRQB #WhaleSky #WhaleSightings
Bigg's Killer Whales, T125 and T128A (Alaskan Brothers) have been crawling up the east side of Vancouver Island, very close to shore. Began in Nanoose Bay earlier today and now cruising by Denman Island (19:00 hours)
#WSCRQB
Bigg's Killer Whales southbound in Discovery Passage, Campbell River (Painter's Lodge area) and close to Van Isle shoreline. Long dives and travelling fast. At least 2.
#WSCRQB
From Gabriola Island Whale Watch:
On March 15th at 1:00pm.
T50B1 and T49A2 ( theyβre confirmed by Vancouver island Whale watch at 12:30 with the certain distance) heading towards Dodd narrows along the shore of Decourcy island. #WSCRQB
09 March 2025 - 3:30 PM
Critically endangered Southern Residents, J-Pod are current in Lambert Channel (between Denman / Hornby Islands) and are Northbound.
#WSCRQB
9:45 AM March 6 2025
Orcas northbound in Discovery Passage - at Quadra Ferry line - Quadra Island side. #WSCRQB
~ 4 Bigg's Killer Whales northbound from Point Holmes, Comox. Looks like T049A2 Jude is in the mix. #WSCRQB
Here's our first monthly whale sightings map of 2025 showing all the unique orca reports in the Salish Sea for the month of January! Bigg's killer whales were confirmed on all 31 days and Northern Residents outnumbered Southern Residents. Read more at the link below!
#WSSJIs #PSWS #WSCRQB
With great excitement I watched 11+ Transient Orcas (Biggs) swim past me yesterday. We could identify: T71B1; T86A; T86A3: T86A3A; T099C; T099D; T099E; T124A1; T124A1A; T124A4; T124A4A; T137A. Life is good in paradise.
#WSCRQB #cambpellriver #vancouverisland #wildlife #orcas #whales #photography
2-3 Bigg's Killer Whales northbound near the south end of Denman Island. #WSCRQB
What a beautiful morning in the Salish Sea!!
Tired of remembering which link is for which camera.. and it would be nice to know if whales may pass any view points!?
OrcaVision.org is your one stop shop for hydrophones AND live cams! #PSWS #WSSJIs #WSCRQB (one and only spam to those hashtags!!)
#WSCRQB Whale spotters, a few general guidelines for posting real-time sightings on Blue Sky (general format below is a *guide*)
Time (this one very important! due to nature of feed)
Location
Species & # (general, doesn't have to be exact)
Direction travelling & Behaviour (if applicable)
New profile for Campbell River (& Qualicum) Whale Spotters created (apologies - steep learning curve!) use #WSCRQB to report real-time whale sightings from Campbell River to Qualicum Bay.
First post from the Campbell River (& Qualicum) Whale Spotters BlueSky Account. #WSCRQB to report real-time whale sightings from Campbell River to Qualicum Bay
a bit of a learning curve to get this to work - hoping to resolve today - but try #WSCRQB and hoping that hashtag works?
Once you're following the feed, it will appear at the top of your Bluesky home page. You can tap on it to see all the posts in that feed.
To contribute a sighting, either comment on an existing post or post on your own profile, but make sure to use
#WSCRQB
Building a real-time Whale Sightings for the Campbell River to Qualicum Bay community on Bluesky! You can follow the feed here:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Use #WSCRQB to report real-time whale sightings from Campbell River to Qualicum Bay
Additional instructions in the comments.