The Whale Museum Hotline Update

The Whale Hotline Recent Data

Hotline Last Updated:

3/6/2010

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
3/1/2010	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
2/11/2010	14:40	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca			Ts
2/11/2010	13:24	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca				Very faint
2/11/2010	10:45	Sunrise Beach	Gray	1	N
2/9/2010	15:30	Tahlequah	humpback?		W		Dove and fluked 3x
2/9/2010	15:15	Tulalip	Gray	1
2/9/2010	12:00	Point Defiance	humpback?	1
2/8/2010	17:00	Tulalip	Gray	1
2/7/2010	15:50	Constance Bank	Orca			Ts	T030s and T172 - hunting seals
2/7/2010	10:45	Constance Bank	Orca			Ts	T030s and T172
2/7/2010		Gedney (Hat) Island	Gray	1
2/6/2010	15:06	Shilshole Bay	Humpback	1
2/6/2010	14:10	Shilshole Bay	Humpback	1
2/6/2010	12:00	Discovery Park	Humpback	1

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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