Amazing!!! Look at these Orcas rubbing up on the beach! spectacular!

[@eviannafaye5269]

what a magical sight!!! love watching these gorgeous creatures needing a belly rub...:-) goes to show how precious our world is and we need to do all we can to protect it.

[@niceprguy2]

You sure are right! We are fighting right now so that the tanker traffic doesn't increase in our area. :) Thanks for watching!

[@leahsyl81]

@evianna fay You just spoke words of pure wisdom!!! If we can keep our coho and Chinook salmon sustainable and the pollution down with all the boat traffic/ferries, the big boats, then hopefully our grandchildren's grandchildren will be able to enjoy them and their own growing pods for many, many years to come 🙏❤️🇨🇦

[@leahsyl81]

@@niceprguy2 that's exactly another huge factor!! And if we can get these Coho and Chinook salmon sustainable for our resident Orca, that'd help so much! Keep up the good work! Cheers 😊🙏🇨🇦

[@edbell9617]

This IS a wonderful activity to watch . I've been on that beach while the Orca's were scratching off their dead skin along this pebbly beach. It's actually in Robson Bight just south of Sayward on Vancouver Island . Love these guys !! :))

[@niceprguy2]

Hey Ed.. Thanks for watching.. This is not at the Robson Bight beach... It is further South closer to Powell River.

[@moto__shark]

Yea, I've seen a documentary saying how Orcas love to rub against rocks like that. Great capture! *+* 👍

[@niceprguy2]

thanks.. They sure are magnificent creatures.. :)

[@FreeHKer]

Incredible footage, thanks so much for sharing. Camera swings to the beach show how close they really are to the beach, and how shallow the beach is, great perspective, fantastic. Only thing, video is too short! We need a 24/7 cam there to catch them all. BTW, they are super nice to us too, not splashing or spraying at people. It feels like I am there myself.

[@niceprguy2]

they sure are amazing to watch.. Pods swim by here all the time.

[@leahsyl81]

Wasn't it amazing to witness how gentle and trusting they are toward us? Any one of those men could've walked right into the water and stood beside him to show how close we can get and it probably wouldn't have done anything (don't know how close Mama was or the huge male) but I honestly don't think they'd do anything violent. But these men also are brilliant enough to know when and where to respect their boundaries. As everyone should. Cheers 🦋

[@leahsyl81]

They love those rocks on their bellies and backs and it's so amazing to see them play and enjoy themselves and not worried about you at all. Actually the one juvenile near the end of the video came gliding in sideways and quickly looked up to make sure that you were still there!!! So amazing watching nature in their environment and not worried about you at all. Amazing experience and excellent footage 😊

[@drmargy]

Wow, what a great video. You were so lucky to be there when it happened. - Margy

[@niceprguy2]

+Margy Lutz I wish I was there.. A person I work with on construction jobs gave me the footage to put in here.. :)

[@tr_g]

Round pebbles are perfect for massage and to shed off that old skin ... Thank for posting.

[@niceprguy2]

thanks for watching

[@Daenerys-Targaryen873]

A42s from the Northern Residents caught on camera again. Please keep these videos coming! :)

[@niceprguy2]

+Kathleen Haase I have posted 2 more videos on my channel.. and 2 more coming.. :) thanks for watching

[@janieluna4101]

Beautiful thanks for sharing

[@niceprguy2]

Thanks for watching.. :)

[@priskadevianichristi9119]

This is so cool and cute at the same time.

[@niceprguy2]

Thanks... And thanks for watching

[@kasieream1248]

Are these orcas northern residents?

[@guillermelc]

Amazingly great video! I was reading National Geographic about this behavior and found your video. Thanks!

[@niceprguy2]

I'm glad that you liked it, and thanks for watching.. Those Orca go by here all the time so maybe I will get some 4K footage next time they do this. :)

[@elizabethcolatos7727]

Spectacular footage

[@niceprguy2]

I heard they came back a few months later..I wish I could have been there for that. :)

[@LaLa-g1w]

That male is massive, I'm always blown away by how big they are when they break the surface. Mamas boys! I think they beach themselves in this case for a basic rest, since they cant really sleep ever.....cant blame them. You can tell they absolutely have a sense of self Stretching out, all the way thru their flukes. Like when I wake up i stretch all the way thru my toes, it must be a similar sensation. I ❤these guys.....there is nothing more regal on the planet! Thank you

[@niceprguy2]

They are rubbing up against the small pebbles on this beach to give themselfs a massage and to clean themselfs of any klingons.. ;)

[@hypermum1081]

I have just been reading the email that the WDC (Whale and Dolphin conservation) have sent my daughter as she adopts Holly a orca, the link to your video was in the email and stated that one of these whales was Holly, my daughter loved to see the video of how she is doing! Thank you!

[@katelawrence4481]

Same! I am pretty sure that one of the orcas is holly ( the one I adopted) this video was linked in the email I got

[@niceprguy2]

+Kate Lawrence That is so cool.. Glad I could bring more of Holly into your living room.. ;) :)

[@hypermum1081]

I CAN TELL THAT IS MY HOLLY! Btw I'm the daughter saying this

[@niceprguy2]

+lisa murray She was back the other day at the same beach.. only for 15 minutes this time. :)

[@elenthora442]

They push themselves around in the gravel? WOW! I guess that means they have itchy backs?

[@niceprguy2]

That is what the scientists tell us.. It is just so amazing that they do that so close to where I live.. :)

[@elenthora442]

Every day we see more amazing stuff that has been in front of us forever. Praise God and YT!!!!

[@k7iq]

Need a 24/7 whale-back-scratch-cam !

[@ludmilak7129]

They teach their kids to get out of the shallow water :) Incredibly highly intelligent creatures😍

[@niceprguy2]

Look at this one.. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHbMqZuwqrJkmc0

[@ludmilak7129]

Wooww 😍

[@HondaRRChic]

This is such interesting behavior from the NRKW. I see the video is several years old. Just curious as too if you have seen this behavior in recent years? I view a live cam at Strider beach but it seem that the water is a little deeper there.

[@niceprguy2]

It happens all the time up here.. I havn't been out to that Island in quite a while.

[@classiccars8609]

Good video shots man

[@niceprguy2]

+ClassicCars Thanks... :)

[@dianacryer]

Lucky!

[@skerhnekia5762]

Awesome

[@niceprguy2]

Thanks Carl! It is nice seeing those whales go by here all the time.. :)

[@skerhnekia5762]

That is so Cool man.Is this in Washington or Vancouver Canada?

[@niceprguy2]

@@skerhnekia5762 North of Vancouver, close to Powell River on the mainland.

[@gesualdi357]

Uau! Tão pertinho! 👍👍👍👍

[@thebiggestcontroversy5881]

orcas was like "look at me nigga i'm swimming"

[@niceprguy2]

Definitely wouldn't want to get in the big ones way

[@balzonurchin]

Why have I been led to believe that Robson Bight is some sort of special magical area known to be the only place where orcas exhibit this behaviour? I've always thought that claim sounded far fetched. Thanks for confirming my suspicions were warranted. What island is this, and is this area also an ecological reserve, like Robson Bight?

[@niceprguy2]

It is not an ecological reserve.. It is a beach on a privatly owned Island. The Orca do this at numerous beaches up and down the west coast of Canada

[@niceprguy2]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@christianealshut1123]

Could this have been a training session? I mean there are Orcas who deliberately beach themselves (temporarily) when hunting seals or other animals there. Provided these are a type of orca who do this...

[@niceprguy2]

They say that they do this because it is like getting a massage.. I bet it coud be them training to do what you say too. These ones do eat seals. Thanks for watching! :)

[@christianealshut1123]

@@niceprguy2 What told me this was that there were quite a few calves there - that's what got me thinking, And being as intelligent as these animals are, I thought it logical that they would use play situations to train for real ones - for that's the real use of play behavior. Orcas are also one of the few species who play with their food - I've seen footage of Orcas hunting seals who toss the seals into the air and then let them go, if they have eaten enough before.

[@niceprguy2]

@@christianealshut1123 Great points.. :)

[@lizafrolkis8185]

Are these the Northern Residents?

[@niceprguy2]

We have both the Southern and Northern pods go by here regularly. I am not sure which one these are. Thanks for watching. :)

[@lizafrolkis8185]

@@niceprguy2 I don’t think the Southern residents do beach rubbing, but I could be wrong. I thought I read that it’s a cultural behavior only practiced by Northern Residents in the PNW.

[@niceprguy2]

@@lizafrolkis8185 Well if this is true I learned something new today thanks.. I will google it now.. lol

[@feralfae]

I just watched killer whales on the beach. lovely. do you know what they were doing so close to shore and people, and seemingly rolling in the sand?

[@niceprguy2]

+Kenn Quayle (Feral Fae) They are rubbing their bodies on the pebbles on the bottom to keep clean and to get a massage... I guess it feels good, like a belly rub for a dog. thanks for watching

[@feralfae]

+niceprguy2 thank you. I suppose they must do that regularly, or at least at a particular time of year. do they return to the same spot, thus being possible to find them doing this?

[@niceprguy2]

+Kenn Quayle (Feral Fae) They have certain beaches that are perfect for this, (Robson Bight is one of them, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robson_Bight ) and they do return from what the people at Fisheries and Oceans say. I am not suppose to say where this is though... :)

[@feralfae]

+niceprguy2 thanks for the info. I won't tell. 😜

[@hannahburke7328]

Where's Powell River At?

[@niceprguy2]

North of Vancouver in Canada.. :)

[@hannahburke7328]

@@niceprguy2 Thanks! 🐋😁

[@niceprguy2]

@@hannahburke7328 n/p

[@elizabethrigby3901]

Spa days 😌☺

[@niceprguy2]

It must feel good to them.. :)

[@elizabethrigby3901]

@@niceprguy2 I'm sure! I hope to visit them one day. They come up the straight this time don't they ? :) beautiful collection of videos, by the way !

[@niceprguy2]

@@elizabethrigby3901 Thanks Elizabeth about the videos.. The Orca are here all through the year.. We see them all the time. :)

[@lisapecaskie9737]

Unreal 🐳

[@marygranger6075]

wow, where is this place?

[@niceprguy2]

Close to Powell River British Columbia.. I am not suppose to say exactly.. :)

[@nisk.nielsen9051]

niceprguy2 Can i be as specific as to ask if that’s Malcolm Island? I was there last summer, at a rubbing beach like this, camping for a few days hoping to see orcas:) ended up “only” seeing a couple of huge bluewhales swimming by a little way out from the beach! Great video, thank you!

[@lillydolcini2292]

WHERE IS THIS?!😭😍

[@niceprguy2]

Hey.. It is in British Columbia, North of Vancouver around 100 miles.. :) Thanks for watching

[@MinewsAJ]

@1:09 i think thats Scooter K-25 or Lobo K-26

[@niceprguy2]

I don't know the names of the whales. I just feel lucky to be able to post this footage.. :)

[@LaLa-g1w]

What happens if you get in the water with them, Wheres that video? Kidding.....probably not wise!! As one scientist said, just dont mess with them & youll be OK.

[@niceprguy2]

I think they would be curious... I have seen videos where people actually swim with them in the wild...kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipOTZJKcrJmJo6s

[@benjamin6492]

why did you say where this is ,have you know respect for these whales ,this little town needs to use this kinda ads to get tourist ,sorry people are going to come there and they are going to mess up the beach while they hang around there and ruin it for the whales,my advice .lets leave the whales alone!they were not put here to be human entertainment!!!like people in boats now are abusing these whales for a utube vidieo sad!!!! very foolish to name where this is ,just take your film and leave them be now you watch this place is going to turn into a human dump !!!

[@niceprguy2]

+benjamin6492 I didn't say where they were exactly and I would not say for just that reason. There is a lot of coast line here as you know and this place is not easy to find.

[@benjamin6492]

its not hard to figure out by the stuff on your page ,these whales have enough problems surviving and i hate seeing people take advantage of them for own personal gain ,i say count yourself lucky and privilage to see this but you know its getting worse for them with tourist and everyone wanting to get a shot with them ,i see boats racing out of the harbour when the whales are sighted so they can get close up to them which is a big no no but people do it out regard for the whale,mys well just put them all in a tank right,no!they have whale watching in some places and they have strict rules they abide by to protect the spots whales go to ,im not critisizing you just telling you to protect them where you live ,dont add to there stress to survive ,you are very lucky to see what you saw !sorry i love all livingthings dont want to see your secret spot get ruined seen that happen too by people who have no regard for animals or humans and are garbage pigs that ruin all the beautiful spots

[@niceprguy2]

I agree with you about the people who race out to get to the whales in their boats... they are a bunch of dumb asses. I was very vague when I said where abouts they were. I will never tell exactly where, and it is not an easy place to get to. Thanks for thinking about the whales and other animals like I do.. :)

[@JenelleD12]

There’s a live cam setup purposely to view the orcas at Rubbing Beach because this a unique behavior to these Orca’s. Calm down. It isn’t this youtuber’s responsibility to protect these animals and the areas where they reside. It is all of ours. If their isn’t some specific rule in place to keep the location secret, then they did nothing wrong. Especially since it isn’t a secret where this is.