The Whale Hotline

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The Whale Hotline Recent Data

Hotline Last Updated:

3/12/2010

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
3/12/2010 12:06 Budd Inlet Gray 1      
3/11/2010 14:20 Point Williams Orca   NW    
3/11/2010 11:00 Commencement Bay Orca 4+ N Ts ID'd by CWR as T87, 88, 90, 90B, and T30s
3/11/2010 8:45 Witter Beach Gray 1 N    
3/10/2010 16:50 Orcasound hydrophone array Orca     Ts Loud!
3/10/2010 16:45 Halibut Island Orca 1 NW T T87
3/10/2010 16:30 Halibut Island Orca     Ts T87++
3/10/2010 16:15 Kelp Reefs Orca     Ts At least one adult male in group
3/10/2010 15:20 Orcasound hydrophone array Orca     Ts  
3/10/2010 14:12 Orcasound hydrophone array Orca     Ts  
3/10/2010 14:09 Orcasound hydrophone array Orca     Ts  
3/10/2010 14:08 Lime Kiln hydrophone array Orca     Ts Intermittent calls
3/10/2010 13:50 Lime Kiln hydrophone array Orca     Ts Faint
3/10/2010 11:12 Lime Kiln hydrophone array Orca     Ts faint
3/10/2010   Budd Inlet Gray 1      
3/9/2010 20:31 Orcasound hydrophone array Orca     Ts  
3/9/2010 20:06 Lime Kiln hydrophone array Orca     Ts  
3/9/2010 16:10 Everett Gray 1 N    
3/9/2010 15:55 Cama Beach State Park Gray 1 N    
3/9/2010   Victoria Orca     Ts T87, 88, 90, & 90B
3/8/2010 14:00 Budd Inlet Gray 1     Appeared a little skinny but active
3/8/2010 13:30 Gedney (Hat) Island Gray 2     Feeding
3/8/2010 9:30 Bells Beach Gray 1      
3/8/2010 9:00 Dungeness Bay Gray 2      
3/8/2010   Budd Inlet Gray 1     Not one of the "regulars"
3/7/2010 11:30 Gedney (Hat) Island Gray 1      
3/7/2010 8:30 Polnell Point Gray 2      
3/7/2010 7:15 Bells Beach Gray 1      
3/7/2010   Barkley Sound Orca 26+   G  
3/7/2010   Dana Passage Gray 1      
3/6/2010 18:30 Beverly Beach, Holmes Harbor Gray 2 mill    
3/6/2010 17:00 Beverly Beach, Holmes Harbor Gray 2 N    
3/6/2010 16:00 Beverly Beach, Holmes Harbor Gray 2      
3/6/2010 7:18 Polnell Point Gray 3      
3/6/2010 7:00 Polnell Point Gray 2      
3/6/2010   Polnell Point Gray 1+      
3/5/2010 10:30 Langley Gray 1      
3/5/2010 10:19 Edmonds/Kingston ferry Gray 1 N    
3/5/2010 10:06 Camano Island State Park Gray 4      
3/4/2010 18:10 Redondo Gray 1 S    
3/4/2010 14:00 Alki Point Gray 1 S    
3/4/2010 10:07 Elliott Bay Gray 1      
3/4/2010   North Bluff Gray 2      
3/4/2010   Mabana Gray 1      
3/4/2010   West Seattle Gray 1      
3/1/2010 19:28 Fox Spit Gray 1 S    
3/1/2010 9:15 Kayak Point Gray 2 N   Feeding
3/1/2010 8:30 Mabana Gray 1      
2/28/2010 18:00 East Point and Baby Island, b/w Gray 1     Feeding
2/28/2010 17:30 Elger Bay Gray 1     Feeding
2/28/2010 16:00 North Bluff Gray 1 S    
2/28/2010 14:15 Rocky Point Gray 1 E    
2/28/2010 12:00 Gabriola Passage Orca 7      
2/27/2010   Elger Bay Gray 3      
2/26/2010 14:30 Mabana Gray 2     One whale much smaller than the other
2/26/2010 11:45 Kayak Point Gray 2      
2/26/2010 10:00 Tulalip Shores Gray 2-3      
2/26/2010 9:15 Tulalip Shores Gray 1     Mid-channel
2/25/2010 11:45 West Beach, Whidbey Island Gray 2      
2/25/2010 8:40 Witter Beach Gray 1      
2/24/2010 13:10 Point Wilson Minke 2      
2/21/2010 16:30 Cordova Bay Orca   S Lp  
2/21/2010 16:10 Cordova Bay Orca   S L12s New calf for L-77 (L-114)
2/21/2010 15:25 Island View Beach Orca 9 S   One male and 2 calves in group
2/21/2010 14:45 Prevost Island, E side Orca   N JKp  
2/21/2010 14:15 Prevost Island, E side Orca     J  
2/21/2010 14:00 Ebeys Landing Gray 1      
2/21/2010 11:00 Thieves Bay Orca   N JKpL87 Whales ID'd by photos sent to CWR
2/21/2010 10:20 Bush Point gray? 2 S    
2/21/2010   Island View Beach Orca   S L12s  
2/20/2010 8:30 Pebble Beach Gray 1 S    
2/18/2010 15:30 Tulalip Gray 1 N    
2/18/2010 15:00 Possession Point Humpback 1     ~30' long
2/17/2010 14:45 Tulalip Gray 1-2 SE    
2/17/2010 11:30 Trial Island Orca 1   T14 T14
2/17/2010   Victoria Orca     Ts T030s and T172
2/16/2010 14:25 Neah Bay Orca 4 W    
2/16/2010 10:30 Point no Point, Kitsap Peninsula Gray 1 N    
2/16/2010   Saltspring Island, south end Orca   S Ts T060s and T02B
2/15/2010 14:20 Point no Point, Kitsap Peninsula humpback? 1      
2/15/2010 12:20 Langley Gray 2      
2/15/2010 12:15 Point no Point, Kitsap Peninsula humpback? 1      
2/15/2010 11:30 Langley Gray 2 N    
2/14/2010 19:00 Witter Beach Gray 1      
2/14/2010 17:30 Point no Point, Kitsap Peninsula Orca   S    
2/14/2010 16:00 Witter Beach Gray 1     Feeding
2/14/2010   Race Rocks Orca   E Ts T030s and 172
2/13/2010 15:00 Steilacoom Humpback? 1      
2/13/2010 10:00 Tulalip Gray 1 N    
2/12/2010 15:15 Witter Beach Gray 1 N    
Abbreviations:

SRs = Southern Residents

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.

Note: The Whale Museum does not have the resources to confirm the accuracy of the Hotline reports it receives.

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