Very, very choppy waters.... Northern Resident Orcas, August 2019 #WildlifeAdventuresNEVI #northernresidents #orca #orcas | Wildlife Adventures, North East Vancouver Island

Northern Resident Orca the Matriarch of the I4's breaches.August 2018#WildlifeAdventuresNEVI#northernresidents#orca #orca | Wildlife Adventures, North East Vancouver Island | Facebook

Bere Point Beach, August 2019 Northern Resident orcas rub on beaches like Bere Point for social bonding, skin care, sensory pleasure, and cultural tradition, behaviours unique to their population and passed down through generations. This remarkable activity, observed primarily at places like Bere Point on Malcolm Island and the Robson Bight Ecological Reserve, is one of the most distinctive and mysterious behaviours of the Northern Resident orcas. Here's what researchers and observers believe ab