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The Whale Hotline Recent Data

Hotline Last Updated:

3/21/2010

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
3/20/2010 17:00 Skagit Island Gray 1      
3/20/2010 14:30 Penn Cove Gray 1      
3/20/2010 14:00 Scatchet Head Orca   WNW    
3/20/2010 13:00 Possession Park Orca   S    
3/20/2010 11:23 Elger Bay Gray 1      
3/20/2010 10:00 Bells Beach Gray 1      
3/20/2010 10:00 Bells Beach Gray 3-4      
3/20/2010 10:00 Sandy Point, Whidbey Island Gray 3      
3/20/2010 9:10 Langley Gray 3 SE    
3/20/2010 9:10 Tulalip Shores Gray 1 N    
3/20/2010 8:45 Penn Cove Gray 1      
3/20/2010 7:15 Edmonds Gray 1      
3/20/2010 7:00 Dungeness Bay Gray 1      
3/19/2010 23:30 Penn Cove Gray 1      
3/19/2010 17:00 Dungeness Bay Gray 1      
3/19/2010 15:30 Mutiny Bay Gray 1 S    
3/19/2010 10:00 Bells Beach Gray 2      
3/19/2010 8:30 North Head Lighthouse Orca 10+     Swimming around a crab pot
3/19/2010   Redondo Gray 1      
3/18/2010 16:46 Orcasound hydrophone array Orca     Ts  
3/18/2010 16:46 Orcasound hydrophone array Orca     Ts?  
3/18/2010 16:30 Sunny Shores Gray 2      
3/18/2010 14:30 Ebeys Landing Gray 1      
3/18/2010 14:20 Ebeys Landing Gray 1 S    
3/18/2010 14:20 Ebeys Landing Gray 1 S    
3/18/2010 12:40 Mukilteo/Clinton ferry Gray 2 S    
3/18/2010   Kelp Reefs Orca     Ts Ate a Steller sea lion
3/18/2010   Kelp Reefs Orca 6   Ts T86A and 124As ID'd
3/17/2010 23:30 Mariner's Cove Gray 1      
3/17/2010 19:45 Smallpox Bay Orca 5 N Ts  
3/17/2010 18:45 Hannah Heights Orca   N   Two males in group
3/17/2010 16:40 Mukilteo/Clinton ferry Orca 4-5 N    
3/17/2010 14:30 Edmonds Gray 1      
3/17/2010 14:00 Columbia Beach Orca 5 N   Calf in group
3/17/2010 14:00 Edmonds Gray 1      
3/17/2010 13:00 Clinton ferry dock Orca 8-12     Caller took a video
3/17/2010 9:30 Double Bluff Orca 4-5 S    
3/17/2010 9:25 Edmonds Gray 1      
3/17/2010 8:33 Hidden Beach Gray 1      
3/17/2010   Baby Island Gray 1      
3/16/2010 10:55 Langley Gray 2      
3/16/2010 10:55 Fort Casey State Park Orca 5 N   Moving fast
3/15/2010 18:30 West Seattle California Sea Lion 7+     Very agitated - likely Ts in the area
3/15/2010 18:00 Warm Beach Gray 2      
3/15/2010 17:00 West Seattle Orca     Ts  
3/15/2010 16:30 Edmonds Gray 1      
3/15/2010 16:30 Eld Inlet Gray 1      
3/15/2010 15:11 Vashon Island, NE tip Orca   S    
3/15/2010 14:50 Olalla Gray 1      
3/15/2010 14:30 Fauntleroy/Vashon ferry Orca        
3/15/2010 14:30 Hidden Beach Gray 1-2      
3/15/2010 13:40 Fauntleroy/Vashon ferry Orca 3      
3/15/2010 12:50 Gedney (Hat) Island Gray 2      
3/15/2010 12:10 Camano Island, SW side Gray 2      
3/15/2010 11:40 Fauntleroy/Vashon ferry Orca   mill    
3/15/2010 11:30 Possession Point Steller Sea Lion 2      
3/15/2010 11:00 Fauntleroy/Vashon ferry Orca        
3/15/2010 10:40 Lincoln Park Orca 3     Spotted from the Vashon ferry
3/15/2010 10:27 Vashon Ferry Terminal Orca 6      
3/15/2010 8:27 Madrona Beach Gray 1      
3/14/2010 19:10 Camano Head Gray 1 N    
3/14/2010 18:10 Grapeview Gray 1      
3/14/2010 18:00 Edwards Point Gray 1 S    
3/14/2010 16:40 Possession Beach Dall's Porpoise 6-8 S    
3/14/2010 16:30 Edmonds/Kingston ferry Gray 1      
3/14/2010 16:30 Ebeys Landing Gray 2      
3/14/2010 16:20 Edmonds Gray 2      
3/14/2010 15:30 Ebeys Landing Gray 2      
3/14/2010 15:00 Otter Point Orca 5 W Ts T7, 7A, 7B, 41, 41A ID'd
3/14/2010 14:30 Quad 267 Orca 5 W Ts T7s and 41s
3/14/2010 14:00 Edmonds/Kingston ferry Orca 4     One adult male
3/14/2010 14:00 Edmonds Gray 1      
3/14/2010 13:30 Gedney Island, E of Gray 1      
3/14/2010 13:00 CA - Moss Landing Orca 5     ID'd as CA51 matriline by Shulman-Janiger
3/14/2010 11:00 Gedney (Hat) Island Gray 1      
3/14/2010   Ebeys Landing Gray 2      
3/14/2010   Otter Point Orca 4     T7, 7A, 41, 41A
3/13/2010 16:30 Eld Inlet Gray 1      
3/13/2010 12:30 Dungeness Bay Gray 1     Feeding in shallow water
3/13/2010 9:30 Langley Gray 1 S    
3/13/2010 9:08 Fauntleroy Orca 5+     One adult male
3/13/2010 8:00 Cooper Point Gray 1 N    
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  
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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