The Best Wild Orca Diving In the World! Norway VLOG and Complete Guide
I flew halfway across the world to find the world's largest and smartest aquatic apex predator... so I could get in the water and learn all that I could about them. As a full time resident doctor and part time videographer from Canada, I wanted to create a small documentary to highlight the arctic herring migration - one of the most amazing events that takes place anywhere in the world. Hopefully this video can help draw attention to Orcas and inspire a few people to care about conservation efforts for aquatic ecosystems. The footage used in this video was a collaborative effort between myself and some of my fellow divers from the MS Sula during that trip. Some other shots from the video opening have been sourced from freely available platforms. Please feel free to repost and share the video as you wish for any presentations or events so long as it is done so to promote eco-conservation. Feel free to comment if you have any questions about anything!
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⏳ Chapters
Finding The Orcas: 0:00 - 5:21
The Best Day of Diving EVER: 5:22 - 8:04
Tips For Fellow Adventurers: 8:05 - 11:28
Interview With Pierre (Orca) De La Tour: 11:29 - 14:40
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Hi everyone, its nice to meet you 🤙 I'm a third year medical student at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. I'm just trying to document my experiences throughout my medical training and beyond to hopefully help inspire/guide some other students... and make things more fun for myself :) I post a new video once per week.
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Hey everyone, just a PS. but many times in the video I refer to orcas as "whales." They're actually dolphins - the largest dolphins! But it just makes it easier for people to understand when I say whales instead 😅 just wanted to leave this comment in advance
@Neuro Vanity Thanks Neuro, I'm happy that you got to see a little bit about them :) Have an awesome week!
My god that’s so cool, I love orcas and whales and this was unreal, thanks for sharing!
Dude it was an amazing trip for sure and I hope that you get the chance to go too one day! Its always nice hearing from you and I hope things are going well so far in residency 💪
This is a beautiful video. Thanks for sharing. I didn't know ocra is a dolphin!! I always wanna learn scuba dividing. I can't wait to see more adventures!
I'm glad you liked it Michelle :D You should totally get certified - there's lots of great diving in BC and I think you'll really like it. Hopefully there will be more to come before residency starts!
Was not expecting this... but definetly not disappointed !
Ahah glad to hear it! I say we mix things up every once in a while to keep it interesting 😎
Sick vlog! Definitely added Norway to my bucket list of trips some day! 🇳🇴
Thanks buddy - you absolutely need it on that list 💪
Really enjoyed this video 👌
Glad to hear it 💪
Nice, Im doing this early in Nov 12-18th with Orca Norway and on the same ship. Hopefully it's a little less dark and murky, but still amazing. Can't wait!! Canadian too, and in medicine lol (though I went to the US for residency). Small world. Good luck in residency, kick ass. What travel insurance did you use?
You're going to absolutely love it :) Really wish I was heading back this year, so please send my best to Pierre, Sebastian and the crew when you see them. Going in November should help a great deal with the visibility 🤙 I was still under my dad's policy at the time so Manulife I believe. Enjoy!
@@nxtgenmd Thanks, I hope your training is going well. Try to enjoy it and not get burnt out.
Nice vlog
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Great vid! Looking to do this trip in November of this year. The boat that you went on seems to be booked up, but their other boat has availability in November, which is when I want to go do you know if there is any significant differences or are they basically the same exact experience just different boatsalso how did you decide on this company? I am also looking at waterproof expeditions. thanks.
Thanks dude - would highly recommend November over December in terms of overall daylight exposure. They end up putting everyone together on a single boat - that way it’s easier to coordinate with the zodiacs that pick up the divers and chase down the herring / look for orcas. Everyone gets to hang out together and the informational presentations take place in the dining hall. You return to your home boat at night just to sleep. I chose Orca Norway because Pierre is regarded as one of the formost orca experts in the world. He has great success finding orcas - although it’s definitely not guaranteed and many times the orcas just aren’t cooperative. Success rates on a 4 day trip are > 50% I believe though. Also the convenience of all meals supplied and transportation to and from the orca fields - Tromso is very important. From my understanding, every few years the herring migration routes change slightly, so the orca tours need to adjust and leave from different places. We were in skarjovoy but it’s entirely possible that these days, they might be leaving from else where. In all cases, you’ll still be flying into Tromso, so you’re going to need transportation. Contact a few different outfitters, ask questions, compare prices and chose your favorite one 🤙 if you end up on orca Norway, show Pierre this video and tell him I say hi. Good luck with it - experience of a lifetime in every aspect.
Just out of curiosity, I see videos like this and hear the orcas vocalizing and clicking… is that real or edited-in?
Hi Erik :) those sounds are 100% real and authentic - you will hear them when swimming with the orcas. In this case however I wasn't very happy with the quality of the audio from my action camera, so thankfully I was able to borrow some audio from one of my friends who was swimming next to me on the same trip and enhanced it slightly. The sound vibrations are quite impressive when you are in the water though
Is a gopro a good camera to bring and film this??
Many of the photographers had DSLR cameras and setups that cost more than $5000, but all I had was the hero 10 black and this is this quality of footage that I was able to get - which I was happy with :) Unfortunately, the water is very dark at this time of year because of the low sunlight. So you need to keep this in mind when deciding on your settings, external lights, etc.
What were the rates for the orca safari?
Here is the page for orca Norway www.orcanorway.info/orca-expeditions If you contact them, they will reply with detailed information about rates. I believe that the live aboard experience was approx $4-5K USD when I was there approx. 2 years ago. People have told me that the cost has since increased regardless of operator. This includes food, all diving gear, live aboard accommodations and educational seminars. As a general rule, between flight from North America (if that's where you're leaving from), petty cash and the experience itself, I would allocate approx. $6 - 8K USD per person for an "economy" trip.