The Whale Hotline

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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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