The Whale Museum Hotline Update

The Whale Hotline Recent Data

Hotline Last Updated:

2/7/2010

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
2/5/2010	15:30	Belfair, Hood Canal	Gray	1
2/5/2010	14:30	Race Rocks	Orca		E	Ts
2/5/2010	14:12	Golden Gardens Park, Seattle	Minke	1
2/5/2010	6:39	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca				Faint calls
2/5/2010	6:35	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca				Faint calls
2/4/2010	23:45	Port Townsend hydrophone array	Orca			Ts
2/4/2010	16:15	Foulweather Bluff	Orca			Ts	2 groups
2/4/2010	15:45	Skunk Bay	Orca			Ts	Observed them from the air and saw a kill
2/4/2010	15:45	Mutiny Bay	Orca	3	S		One male, one female, and one calf
2/4/2010	15:30	Mukilteo ferry dock	Minke	1
2/4/2010	15:30	Lagoon Point	Orca	3-4
2/4/2010	15:20	Double Bluff	Orca	~6		Ts
2/4/2010	14:25	Hood Head	Harbor Porpoise	2
2/4/2010	12:15	Foulweather Bluff	Orca	14+		Ts
2/4/2010	11:58	Foulweather Bluff	Orca	4	S		One male
2/4/2010	11:50	Foulweather Bluff	Orca	10+		Ts
2/4/2010	11:45	Skunk Bay	Orca	6
2/4/2010	11:30	Bush Point	Orca		S	Ts
2/4/2010	10:30	Nodule Point	Orca	4-6	S
2/4/2010	10:30	Tulalip	Gray	1
2/4/2010	10:30	Bush Point	Harbor Porpoise	12+
2/4/2010	10:25	Bush Point	Orca	5-6	S	Ts
2/4/2010	10:20	Lagoon Point	Orca	4	S
2/4/2010	10:15	Lagoon Point	Orca		S
2/4/2010	9:56	Lagoon Point	Orca	4	S
2/4/2010	9:15	Lagoon Point	Orca		S
2/4/2010		Point no Point, Kitsap Peninsula	Orca	27		Ts	NOAA deployed two satellite tags on T100B and T100C
2/3/2010	12:35	Oak Bay, BC	Orca	20-25		Ts
2/3/2010	8:30	Kelp Reefs	Orca			Ts
2/3/2010	6:23	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca			Ts
2/3/2010	6:15	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca
2/3/2010	6:10	Orcasound hydrophone array	Orca
2/3/2010	6:00	Orcasound hydrophone array	Orca			Ts
2/3/2010	5:58	Orcasound hydrophone array	Orca			Ts	Louder now
2/3/2010	5:51	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca			Ts	Very faint calls
2/3/2010	5:03	Orcasound hydrophone array	Orca
2/3/2010	4:21	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca
2/3/2010		Race Rocks	Orca	15+		Ts
2/2/2010	13:42	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca				Faint calls
2/2/2010	12:16	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca			Ts
1/29/2010	12:19	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca
1/29/2010	11:20	Land Bank West side preserve	Orca		S	J	All calves accounted for
1/29/2010	10:25	Hannah Heights	Orca			J
1/29/2010	9:59	Lime Kiln State Park	Orca		S	J
1/29/2010	9:56	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca
1/29/2010	9:40	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca
1/29/2010	9:40	Orcasound hydrophone array	Orca
1/29/2010	9:20	Orcasound hydrophone array	Orca
1/29/2010	9:05	Orcasound hydrophone array	Orca			J	S1 calls
1/29/2010	8:54	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca			J
1/29/2010	8:53	Orcasound hydrophone array	Orca				S1 calls heard
1/28/2010		Indian Island	gray?	1
1/27/2010	15:00	Turn Point, Stuart Island area	Orca	1	N	J1	J-1 traveling solo
1/27/2010	13:30	Battleship Island	Orca	1	N	J1	J-1 traveling solo
1/27/2010	12:36	Orcasound hydrophone array	Orca				Sounds like S42 call
1/27/2010	12:00	Sidney Island, E side	Orca	1	SW	J1	Only J-1
1/27/2010	11:47	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca
1/27/2010	11:34	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca	1			High-pitched tone
1/27/2010	11:30	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca
1/27/2010	10:30	Malaspina Strait, BC	Orca	5-8	E		One small animal in group of adults
1/26/2010	13:20	Lime Kiln State Park	Orca	1	S	J1	J1 only swimming alone - couldn't spot any other whales
1/26/2010	12:48	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca	1			Seems to be only one animal making calls
1/26/2010	12:21	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca				Faint calls
1/26/2010	9:00	Mystery Bay	Gray	1			~20 feet long
1/23/2010	15:00	Ebeys Landing	Gray	1
1/23/2010	15:00	Ebeys Landing	Gray	1
1/22/2010	13:00	Drayton Passage	Orca	3
1/18/2010	21:46	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca			Ts	Calls long and drawn out for a few minutes
1/18/2010	20:00	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca			Ts	Faint calls
1/18/2010	9:45	Tulalip	Gray	1-2	NW
1/17/2010	17:30	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca			Ts	Calls a bit louder now
1/17/2010	15:43	Lime Kiln hydrophone array	Orca			Ts	Calls very faint and intermittent
1/17/2010	14:00	Robinson Point	Dall's Porpoise	7-12	NE
1/17/2010		Hartstene Island, N half	Brydes	1			Dead floater; Cascadia responding. Performed necropsy on 1/19/2010.
1/16/2010	13:50	Mukilteo/Clinton ferry	Gray	1
1/16/2010	9:40	Langley	Gray	1	W

1/13/2010	13:45	Discovery Island	Orca	2	E	Ts	T093 and 097
1/12/2010	15:50	Race Passage	Orca	3	E	Ts	T097, 093 and 124C
1/12/2010	13:30	East Sooke Park	Orca	3	E	Ts	T097, 093 and 124C
1/11/2010		Redondo	Orca	4
1/10/2010	15:10	Oakland Bay	Orca				1 male in group
1/10/2010	13:00	CA - Mendocino	Orca	4-6	S
1/9/2010	17:00	Loman Beach Park	orca?	6	S		Too big for porpoise but a bit small for orcas
1/9/2010	12:30	Robinson Point	Orca	4-10
1/9/2010	10:00	Alki Point	Gray	1			Swam right by divers
1/9/2010	9:30	Totten Inlet	Orca	1	S
1/6/2010	13:40	Point no Point, Kitsap Peninsula	Gray	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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