The Whale Museum Hotline Update

The Whale Hotline Recent Data

Hotline Last Updated:

5/12/08

Blank fields mean no information was provided by caller.

View a series of graphs that show since 1978 when the orcas were seen in the San Juan and Canadian Gulf islands, and in Puget Sound (south of the San Juans).

Also see monthly arrivals and departures of each pod since 1976.

SightDate	Time	Location	Species	Count	Direction	Pod	Comments
5/9/2008	9:00	Kayak Point	Gray	2	N
5/8/2008	23:50	OrcaSound hydrophones	Orca			Ts	Heard vocalizations over hydrophone array
5/8/2008	21:30	Sandy Point, W of	Gray	1			Heard one feeding and blowing
5/8/2008	18:30	Langley - across from on Camano side	Gray	2
5/8/2008	17:30	Langley	Gray	1	NW		#723?
5/8/2008	17:30	Langley	Gray	1	SE
5/8/2008	15:45	Point Wells	Minke	1	N
5/8/2008	13:40	Gedney, W side	Gray	2			Feeding
5/8/2008	13:00	Camano Head	Gray	2
5/8/2008	11:15	Rollingbay	Minke	1
5/8/2008	8:00	Sandy Point, W of	Gray	2
5/7/2008	19:00	Langley	Gray	2			#49 and another one feeding
5/7/2008	17:30	Langley	Gray	1			#49 - Feeding for almost an hour
5/7/2008	14:55	Sooke	Orca	2	W	Ts	T20 and T21 ID'd
5/7/2008	13:42	Sooke	Orca	2		Ts	T21 and T20 ID'd
5/7/2008	6:30	Kayak Point	Gray	1
5/6/2008	20:30	San Francisco, CA - 90 mi N	Orca	1			Adult male
5/6/2008	18:00	Witter Beach	Gray	1
5/6/2008	15:35	Camano Island, SW side	Gray	2	S
5/6/2008	7:30	Kayak Point	Gray	1	N		Feeding
5/5/2008	13:00	Otter Point	Orca	2	W	Ts	T20 ID'd as one of the animals
5/5/2008	12:00	Possession Point	Elephant Seal	1
5/5/2008	12:00	Sooke, 2 NM offshore	Orca	2	W	Ts	T20 ID'd as one of the animals
5/5/2008	11:00	Texada Island, N end	Orca	3+
5/4/2008	19:00	Maxwelton Beach	minke?	1
5/4/2008	12:50	Tulalip, SW of	Gray	1
5/4/2008	12:45	Gedney, NE of	Gray	1			#49 (Patch) ID'd
5/4/2008	11:17	Point Jefferson	Harbor Porpoise
5/4/2008		East Point and Baby Island, b/w	Porpoise	~20
5/3/2008	19:00	Mariner's Cove	Gray	1			Feeding
5/3/2008	13:07	Gedney, E of	Gray	3	SSW		#49 (Patch) ID'd
5/3/2008	12:15	Possession Point	Humpback	1
5/3/2008	10:10	Newport, OR	Orca	3		T?	Swimming up the Yaquina River
5/2/2008	17:55	Onamac Beach, 1/2 mi N	Gray	1
5/2/2008	17:30	Race Rocks	Orca	15	E	Ts	T100s, 101s, 124s, 90 and 90B ID'd
5/2/2008	15:30	Pillar Point	Orca	15	NE	Ts	T100s, 101s, 124s, 90 and 90B ID'd
5/2/2008	10:40	Hein Bank	Minke	2			Feeding
5/2/2008	1:34	OrcaSound	Orca				Hearing vocalizations over hydrphone array
5/2/2008	1:33	Lime Kiln hydrophones	Orca			Ts	Hearing vocalizations over hydrphone array
5/1/2008	18:45	Baynes Channel exit	Orca	1	N	T	T14 ID'd
5/1/2008	17:00	Trial Island	Orca	1	E	T	T14 ID'd
5/1/2008	11:15	Bechey Head	Orca	1		Ts	T14 ID'd - all by himself this time
5/1/2008	10:40	Camano Head	Gray	1
5/1/2008	10:10	Sooke	Orca	1	E	T	T14 ID'd
4/29/2008	12:30	Becher Bay	Orca	7	SW	Ts
4/29/2008	12:24	Tulalip shallows	Gray	1
4/29/2008	12:11	Gedney, S end	Gray	1			#49 identified
4/29/2008	11:30	Columbia Beach	Harbor Porpoise	5	S
4/29/2008	8:00	Camano Head and Whidbey, b/w	Gray	2	E
4/27/2008	17:45	Beaumont Shoals, 1.5 m E	Orca	7+		Ts	T14, T49As, and T36As ID'd - trying to kill a steller sea lion
4/27/2008	14:35	Salmon Bank	Orca	7+	W	Ts	T14, T36As, T49As
4/27/2008	14:30	Salmon Bank	Orca			Ts	T14 positively ID'd
4/27/2008	6:30	Iceberg Point	Orca			Ts
4/27/2008		Gedney Island, S of	Gray	6-7
4/26/2008	13:30	Zero Rock, 1 mi N	Orca		S	Ts	T14 and others
4/26/2008	13:20	Possession Point, SE of	Gray	1	S
4/26/2008	13:00	D'Arcy Island, W of	Orca	7+	S	Ts	T14 only adult male in group - possibly T36As and/or T49As
4/26/2008	11:20	Skunk Bank	Humpback	1	NW
4/26/2008	10:20	Rollingbay	Minke	1	S
4/26/2008	9:20	Useless Bay and Point no Point	Humpback	1	NW		Did about 20 taillobs
4/26/2008		Mutiny Bay	Humpback	1
4/25/2008	21:30	Kelp Reef	Orca			Ts
4/25/2008	20:00	East Point	Dall's Porpoise	6
4/25/2008	19:00	Grief Point, Malaspina Strait	Dall's Porpoise	70+	SE
4/25/2008	16:30	Greenbank	Dall's Porpoise	6+			Foraging
4/25/2008	15:00	Race Rocks, 3 mi E	Orca			Ts	Tried to take out a Steller sea lion
4/25/2008	11:30	Race Rocks	Orca		E	Ts	T36As and T49As
4/25/2008	11:29	Victoria	Orca	1	W	T	T14 ID'd
4/25/2008	11:00	Edmonds Pier	Dall's Porpoise	5	S
4/25/2008		Gordon Head	Orca	7	W then E	Ts	T14, T36As, and 49As - unsuccessfully attacked a Steller SL
4/25/2008		Camano Head and Mukilteo, b/w	Gray	5
4/25/2008		Monterey Bay, CA	Orca	30		Ts	Feeding on a gray whale they killed on 4/23/08
4/25/2008		Gedney Island	Gray	3			#49, 21 and 383 ID'd
4/23/2008	11:00	Everett marina, W of	Gray	2	S
4/22/2008		Monterey Bay	Orca	~20			Hunting a gray whale calf which escaped
4/21/2008	17:00	Halibut Island, S of	Orca	6	N	Ts
4/21/2008	16:45	Kelp Reef, 1 mi N	Orca	6	N	Ts
4/21/2008	15:40	Discovery Island, E of	Orca	6	N	Ts
4/21/2008	14:50	Beaumont Shoals	Orca	6	N	Ts	T100s and T101s ID'd
4/21/2008	14:35	Discovery, S of	Orca		N	Ts
4/21/2008	13:30	Sea Bird Point	Orca	6	E	Ts	One adult male plus 5 others
4/21/2008	11:42	Gedney, W of	Gray	2	S
4/21/2008		Gedney Island, W side	Gray	4			Whales #22, 383, 49, and ? ID'd
4/21/2008		Kelp Reef, 3 mi S	Orca			Ts	T100s and 101s ID'd
4/19/2008	11:15	Camano Head	Gray	2
4/19/2008		Green Point	Steller Sea Lion	6
4/19/2008		Mandarte, E of	Orca	1		T	T14 ID'd - made several kills
4/18/2008	19:45	Mariner's Cove	Gray	1	S
4/18/2008	14:00	Depoe Bay, OR - 16.5 mi W of	Orca	8-9			One calf in group
4/17/2008	12:00	Tacoma Narrows, S of	Dall's Porpoise	7
4/17/2008	9:00	West Point, S of	Minke	1
4/17/2008		Santa Barbara Channel, CA	Orca	6
4/16/2008	18:30	Elger Bay	Gray	2	N
4/16/2008	16:00	William Head	Orca	2	S	Ts	T20 and T21 ID'd
4/16/2008	13:30	Hannah Heights	Orca	6	S	Ts
4/16/2008	12:41	Edwards Point	Orca	7		Ts	T49A, 49A1, 49A2, 49B, 49B1, 36A, and 36A1 ID'd by CWR
4/16/2008	10:40	Oak Bay	Orca	6	E	Ts
4/16/2008		Camano Head	Gray	4-5
4/14/2008	22:00	Polnell Point	Gray	1
4/14/2008	18:30	Strawberry Point, S of	Gray	1
4/14/2008	17:00	Brown's Point	Gray	1
4/14/2008	13:40	Kingston	Minke	1	S
4/14/2008	11:45	Pebble Beach	Gray	1	N
4/14/2008	10:50	Possession Point, W of	minke or humpback?
4/14/2008	9:20	Astoria, OR - 1/2 mi inside jetty	Orca	4+		Ts	Going after a gray whale and her calf
4/13/2008	13:45	Mabana	Gray	2
4/13/2008	13:00	Lighthouse Point, Deception Pass SP	Harbor Porpoise	3-5			Feeding
4/13/2008	12:50	Onamac, S of	Gray	1
4/13/2008		Port Madison	minke or humpback?	1			Whale would fluke when diving
4/13/2008		Port Madison	Humpback	1
4/13/2008		Greenbank	Gray	1			Feeding and rolling
4/12/2008	17:00	Discovery Park	Minke	1	S
4/12/2008	14:30	Mukilteo, N of	Gray	2			#22 and #383 ID'd
4/12/2008	14:00	Hat Island and Everett, b/w	Gray	2			#383 ID'd
4/12/2008	13:50	Kingston	Minke	2-3	S
4/12/2008	12:00	Mabana	Gray	1
4/12/2008	12:00	Protection Island, N of	Minke	1
4/12/2008	11:45	Jetty Island, S of	Gray	1
4/12/2008	11:45	Possession Point and Mukilteo, b/w	Gray		N
4/12/2008	10:30	Langley	Gray	1			"Patch" was ID'd
4/12/2008	10:00	Suquamish	Minke	1
4/12/2008	10:00	Langley	Gray	1			"Patch" was ID'd
4/12/2008	8:30	Clinton/Mukilteo ferry	Gray	2	S
4/12/2008		Suquamish	minke or humpback?
4/12/2008		Kingston ferry	Minke	2
4/12/2008		Shelter Cove, CA	Orca			Ts	Attacking and killing a blue whale calf
4/12/2008		Eel River, Humboldt County, CA - 9-12 mi offshore	Orca	6		Ts
4/10/2008	12:00	Hat Island	Gray	3			#21, 22 and 49 ID'd
4/10/2008	11:20	Langley	Gray	1
4/10/2008	10:30	Clinton ferry	Gray	2	W
4/10/2008	3:00	Bells Beach	Gray				Heard them blowing

Abbreviations:
T=Transient orcas
Offs=Offshore orcas
SJI=San Juan Island
BC=British Columbia
VI=Vancouver Island, BC

If you see whales or marine mammal strandings in the Puget Sound and Washington coast area, call the Whale Hotline and report your sighting: 1-800-562-8832 (this number is to report sightings only).
OR e-mail us at hotline@whalemuseum.org. Please give us the date, time, location, species, and if possible, number of animals, and direction they were traveling.

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