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The Whale Hotline Recent Data

Hotline Last Updated:

5/17/2013


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
5/17/2013 13:25 American Camp Orca   N J  
5/17/2013 7:00 Dana Passage Orca 3 E   1 male and 2 females
5/15/2013 18:45 Orcasound hydrophone array Orca     J Faint calls.
5/15/2013 18:06 Orcasound hydrophone array Orca     J  
5/15/2013 17:32 Orcasound hydrophone array Orca     J  
5/15/2013 17:15 Center for Whale Research Orca     J All of J pod is present, and no new babies were seen. They all made it through the winter.
5/15/2013 16:20 Lime Kiln hydrophone array Orca     J  
5/15/2013 16:06 Hannah Heights Orca     J  
5/15/2013 14:30 Discovery Island Orca   E J  
5/15/2013 13:40 Trial Island Orca   NE J  
5/15/2013 12:10 Victoria Orca   E J  
5/15/2013 11:48 Victoria Orca     J Blackberry (J-27)
5/15/2013 7:50 Lagoon Point Minke 1 S   Possible Minke.
5/15/2013 Henry Island Orca   N J PM sighting
5/15/2013 Vashon Ferry Terminal Humpback 1 N    
5/15/2013 Malaspina Strait, BC Orca 25+   Ts T002Cs, T18-19s, T63, T100s, T101s, T102, T123s
5/14/2013 19:15 Sooke Orca 2   Ts T20 and T21. Rare to see in Sooke Harbor.
5/14/2013 14:45 Portland Island, B.C. Orca   milling Ts Attacking a SSL
5/14/2013 12:45 Portland Island, B.C. Orca   milling Ts Attacking Steller Sea Lion
5/14/2013 12:45 Portland Island, B.C. Steller Sea Lion 1     Attacked by Ts
5/14/2013 10:30 Fox Island, E side Orca 5 S Ts  
5/14/2013 9:44 Penn Cove Gray 1      
5/13/2013 8:30 Crane Island Orca   W Ts  
5/13/2013 6:41 Lopez Island ferry dock Orca 5 W Ts  
5/13/2013 Orcas Ferry Landing Orca   W Ts AM sighting. T 65As, T49Bs, T49A2. Travelled from Orcas Ferry dock, USA to Swartz Bay Ferry Dock, BC
5/13/2013 Swartz Bay, BC Orca   W Ts T 65As, T49Bs, T49A2. Travelled from Orcas Ferry Dock to Swartz Bay. PM sighting
5/12/2013 16:40 Fort Ward State Park Humpback 1      
5/12/2013 16:30 Point Caution Orca   NE Ts Heading twoard Wasp Island
5/12/2013 15:00 Fauntleroy/Vashon ferry Humpback 1 S    
5/12/2013 14:31 San Juan Channel Orca 5~ N Ts  
5/12/2013 14:14 Cattle Point Lighthouse Orca 5~ N Ts  
5/12/2013 13:30 Iceberg Point Orca     Ts T49Bs, T69As
5/12/2013 13:00 OR - Coos Bay Orca 3   Coast Male, mother, and calf
5/12/2013 12:30 San Juan Channel Orca 7   Ts T29Bs (3) and T69As (4)
5/12/2013 12:30 San Juan Channel Orca 7   Ts Three whales are T29Bs and 4 whales are T69As.
5/12/2013 7:30 Oak Bay, BC Orca     Ts  
5/11/2013 13:30 Open Bay Orca 1 ND   1 male elephant seal
5/11/2013 13:20 Richmond Beach Humpback 1 N    
5/11/2013 13:15 Shilshole Bay Humpback 1 N    
5/11/2013 13:00 Richmond Beach Humpback 1      
5/11/2013 9:10 Fauntleroy Humpback 1 N    
5/11/2013 Salmon Bank Minke 4      
5/11/2013 Pillar Point Orca   W Ts T068, T068A, and the T111s
5/11/2013 Trincomali Channel, midway Orca   E Ts Travelling down the channel.
5/10/2013 21:30 Elliott Bay Humpback 1 S    
5/10/2013 20:30 Elliott Bay Humpback 1      
5/10/2013 17:30 Edmonds Humpback 1      
5/10/2013 15:15 OR - Ona Beach State Park Orca 3   Coast 2 Orcas reportedly attacked a gray whale mom and calf pair
5/10/2013 12:30 East Point, Saturna Humpback 1 milling    
5/10/2013 11:00 CA - Fort Bragg Orca 2-3 N Coast Possibly feeding on seal
5/10/2013 10:35 OR - Ona Beach State Park Orca 2 N Coast  
5/10/2013 8:00 East Point, Whidbey Gray 1 N    
5/10/2013 7:30 Kayak Point Gray 1     Reportedly has been there everyday for two weeks
5/10/2013 OR - Yaquina Bay Orca     Coast