Orca Encounter 2.0 (Full Show) - SeaWorld San Diego - November 7, 2025

This was my first time seeing Orca Encounter 2.0, which debuted in summer 2025 at SeaWorld San Diego. It draws inspiration from many past and present SeaWorld orca shows in terms of music, animal behaviors, and education/conservation messaging.
Six orcas out of the eight that live here also made appearances, with Corky, who is 61 years old this year, being present from start to finish. See below for highlights:

0:40 Intro with Shouka, Kalia, and Corky starting with Shouka's fast swim
1:00 Kalia's bows
1:28 Shouka's kicker and Corky's side breach
2:05 All 3 hula!
2:57 Kalia slides out to demonstrate how whales are weighed

4:00 Play with Kalia and Shouka at the glass and Corky at stage
4:49 Corky lobtails
5:10 Kalia high five

6:25 Hunting with Corky then Keet, Ikaika, and Orkid in about 2 minutes, starting with Corky's profile slideout
7:50 Corky's thrash slideout
8:39 Keet's TNT and Orkid's thrash high jump
9:55 Ikaika's fast swim with volunteers
10:33 Orkid had more gusto than usual on her fluke splashes, sent in tandem with Keet
11:58 Ikaika's signature fluke fling
12:21 Orkid's belly breaches then Keet and Ikaika center fluke fling

14:20 Care & Commitment + Finale with Corky, Ikaika, Keet, and Orkid, starting with all 4 asked to spyhop then Corky makes them all hula with her lmao
15:24 Orkid's backdive
15:46 Ikaika's marlin
17:30 Orkid's breakspin as Ikaika and Keet fluke wave at the glass
18:08 Corky's kicker which she refused earlier but finally did

Corky, Shouka, Kalia, Ikaika, Keet, and Orkid (Killer Whales) at SeaWorld San Diego on November 7, 2025.

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