4:30 pm - Orcas off BI (Bainbridge Island)  ferry
Elyse Margaret

Washington State Ferries reported a pod of 3 orcas east of Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island, heading north in the southbound traffic lanes at 4:15 pm

4:11 pm - I just watched 2 Orcas pass by Carylon beach heading towards Totten! Totally magical! My husband thought he saw 5 by the time they came around the end of Steamboat Island I could only see 2. They were hugging the opposite shore pretty good! I'm so glad we got to see them.
Haley Valentine

2:45 pm -  Orca on the east side of Anderson island, maybe visible from the Anderson island Riviera boat dock, headed south. I can barely see them from the ferry, but 2 boats are following.
Belen Bilgic Schneider

2:00 pm - I did not see them but several people reporting orcas were headed north up Colvos Passage -Olalla this afternoon - seen around 2pm passing Al's and shortly after passing Prospect Point.
Katie Schmelzer

1300 hrs- They are north of Anderson now!
Matt Graham

12:41 pm - they are east of McNeil Island, yellow boat is in the center of 2 pods. They were moving fast!
12:35 pm - Orca spotted heading east around Eagle Island near Anderson Island.
Belen Bilgic Schneider

Alycia Warbington

There were at least 10 in Eld Inlet this morning....maybe more. Chainsaw and a few other BIG males. Just came in from photographing them. Lost sight of them after they hit Dana Passage around 11:00 heading east to Anderson Island area. LOTS of activity. Spread out. LOTS of animals.
Kim Merriman

9:30 am - A large Orca Pod with a male and calf  (Chainsaw T063 and the others) were spotted out front of my home in the Steamboat Community off of Hunter Point Road on Salty Drive this morning out in Eld inlet heading toward Dana Passage. I counted about 6 total. Photos to come!
Kristin Boberg Susalski (From photos, Melisa Pinnow ID'd T063 and T037 as being present)

T037 in the front. Photo by Kristin Boberg Susalski, May 21, 2015 (ID'd by Melisa Pinnow)

9:05 am - Orcas by Flap Jack in Eld inlet heading north.
Mary Lou Christenson

This is the "big male" (T087) that headed around Johnson Point first with 3-4 others. However, he was in Eld Inlet with Chainsaw and company (5-6 others) at 7:30 this morning.
Kim Merriman

(T087) that headed around Johnson Point Photo by Kim Merriman, May 21, 2015

7:15 am - This morning I saw a pod of 7-8 with a huge male with two large notches toward the tip of his dorsal. I did not see him a couple weeks ago. I live out at Steamboat Is here in Olympia. They were observed traveling SE toward Hunter Pt area.
Raven

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(Below is morning northbound north Puget Sound Pod who headed out Admiralty Inlet)

11:49 am - Just spotted KW's off Kinney Pt south end of Marrowstone - Puget Sound Express
Rob Sanderson

8:00 am - 3 (?) passing Eglon, northbound closer to Kitsap side. Looks like they will pass by Point No Point next. Moving fairly fast.
Rebecca French Gerke

6:00 am - my son saw some whales this morning about 6:00 am off President Point (Kingston, WA) going northbound.
Joanne Graves

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8:23 pm - Totten Inlet - beautiful pod just went by my house
Marsha Callahan

8:00 pm - Orca sighting - Little Skookum Inlet. Sighted three whales, either two females and one juvenile, or one female with two differently aged juveniles as there appears to be a size difference. Sighted them about 8 PM on May 20, 2015 in Little Skookum Inlet just east of the Narrows traveling eastwards with the falling tide, just after the peak of high tide, presumably on their way to Totten Inlet.
Ed Huber

8:00 PM - Orca sighting in Totten Inlet. Saw 3 Orcas splashing and playing, heading south down Totten Inlet. They then headed west into Little Skookum Inlet and disappeared from sight.
Lorren Garlichs

7:30 PM - Orcas in Totten Inlet. Just saw 5 to 7 orcas heading into Skookum inlet which goes west off Totten inlet. Seem to be cruising, at least one playing a bit, breaching and tail slapping. traveling, some playing, at least one breached several times, perhaps same one slapped tail several times. Beautiful, heading into the setting sun.
Randy Johnson

Bigg's/Transient orcas in Totten Inlet Photo by Randy Johnson, May 20, 2015

3:30 pm -  saw a group of at least 10 Orcas within 100 yards of the entrance to Zittels marina on Johnsons Point. They were initially traveling south towards Nisqually, but turned back to the north. There was a least one male. Appeared to be multiple juveniles.
Tim Archer

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We had 5 (including Chainsaw) from 4:00-7:00 in Case Inlet. Then at 9:00, there were 7 (including Chainsaw) heading deep into Budd Inlet. No I.D. on the two other stragglers who joined the group in that 2 hour time frame.
Kim Merriman

Jen Harris

These were shots I took the 19th as this pod played between Fox Island and Chambers Bay.
Glenn Hansen

Between Fox Island and Chambers Bay. Photo by Glenn Hansen, May 19, 2015

T063 and family between Fox Island and Chambers Bay. Photo by Glenn Hansen, May 19, 2015

Photo by Glenn Hansen, May 19, 2015

Photo by Glenn Hansen, May 19, 2015

Photo by Glenn Hansen, May 19, 2015

Northbound in Colvos Passage around 7pm. Photo by Melissa Bird, May 19, 2015

Northbound in Colvos Passage around 7pm. Photo by Melissa Bird, May 19, 2015

From the group that traveled up Colvos Passage this eve. Photo by Katie Schmelzer, May 19, 2015

Transient orcas passing through Colvos Passage! Photo by Brittany Gordon, May 19, 2015

5:09 pm - 4-5 orcas in front of Salmon Beach (Tacoma Narrows Bridge) heading north
Corrie Githens

4:45 pm - A pod of Orcas passed Point Fosdick  A boat came a full speed from the direction of Chambers Bay. He cut his engine before reaching the whales, but coasted right through the middle of the pod. As you can see from the picture, he passed within 15 feet of the Orcas. Feeding, then traveling on the east. I took the picture from my back yard.
Dave McClung



4:35 pm - Now heading towards the Narrows Bridge. Looked like they just made a kill.
4:05 pm - Pod of maybe 6 orcas in Hale Passage heading towards Wollochet. A slow meander.
Anita Asmussen

A close-to-shore pass by Transients in Hale Passage. Anita Asmussen, May 19, 2015

6:00 pm - I spotted plumes this afternoon just to the WSW of Dutchers Cove on the Key Peninsula. It was difficult to get a good count, but I estimate 4 to 6 whales. They would resurface every five to seven minutes, heading slowly WSW toward Hartstine Island. My last sighting was around 6:35pm. traveling. They tended to surface together...lots of spumes then none. This is a first for me...really exciting!
John Lauber

4:30 pm - just sighted 4 orcas headed north up Case Inlet. 3 were grouped together and 1 was a little ways out. I'm located about 1 mile north of Joemma state park in Lakebay.
Herald Ugles

4:05 pm -  Nisqually reach Baird/dogwood beach. 6 whales, 2 males, 4 females AND a baby! Close to shore. Must of been getting a snack on the sandbar in front of the house. They were beautiful as always! Even burned my dinner when we saw them ! Worth it!
Denise Roswell

2:20 pm -  Just off Anderson Island Ferry Dock
Lisa Elliot

Encounter report: It was lots of fun seeing Chainsaw (T63) and his friends around Anderson Island. The most I have in any one shot is 5, but I think there were 2 distinct groups of 4-5 individuals, and maybe more than that. We were shooting entirely from beaches, and they came across from the center of the Sound between Chambers Bay, McNeil, and Steilacoom, then headed around the tip of McNeil so they were between Anderson and McNeil, heading toward Eagle Island. Once they got to the pier on McNeil beyond the prison, they milled around and went back the way they came, played off the Anderson Island ferry dock for a while, and then headed up the east side between Anderson and Ketron islands. At that point, they were moving fast in two widely spaced groups toward the south tip of Anderson Island and were out of our sight. What a day! (I definitely got my exercise booking it up and down beaches . Still working on IDs, but we got a lovely visit from the orcas today - at least the T65s (matriarch T65, her daughter T65B, and grandchild T65B1), adult female T37, T63 "Chainsaw" (the male with the huge notches in his dorsal), and the T124s (matriarch T124, daughter T124D, son T124E, and grandchild T124D1).
Many thanks to Sara Hysong-Shimazu for working on IDs with me!  
Belen Bilgic Schneider

Transient orcas T065 and (may be her son) T063 "Chainsaw" in the South Puget Sound, off Anderson Island, with Steilacoom in the background. Photo by Belen Bilgic Schneider, May 19, 2015

2:10 pm - Changed direction and now headed between Ketron and Anderson Island...there were so many originally...the ones we saw heading south past Anderson Island were probably 7, and I think prior to that, we saw 9-12, so it wouldn't surprise me if they split.
Belen Bilgic Schneider

1:45 pm - I lost them at the SE end of McNeil Island.
1:10 pm - I see them from the park just up the street from the Steilacoom ferry terminal, closer to McNeil Island and heading toward the prison complex (south).
Gayle Swigart

1:00 pm -  they are heading south, up close to McNeill Island still North of the pier now.
12:52 pm - from Chambers Bay, they are close to McNeill Island, heading south towards the pier. Very active right now.
12:35 pm - I'm way behind them so hard to tell.. but looks like they are between the Buoy & McNeill Island pier, heading south.
12:32 pm - off the south tip of Fox Island, before the McNeill Island pier. Milling.
Melissa Bird

11:50 am - they have stayed South of the fishing pier. Lots of breaching, tail slapping, etc. 9 we're counted. Definitely one or more babies
Heidi Powers Armstrong

10:32 am - Now they are heading toward the SE end of Fox Island, towards the fishing pier, theres at least 7!
10:15 am - We are watching a pod of orcas from SW Fox Island. The orcas are near the SE side of Mc Neil. It looks like 6 or more and some little ones too!! So excited!!!
Julie Gonsalves

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Sighting Solo Point. We were out filming the Oil Rig protest in Seattle, when we returned home to Steilacoom we ran in to a pod of about 20 Orcas. We took a bunch of still photos and were lucky enough to have one battery left for our DGI Inspire Drone (cutting edge drone) and took some awesome drone video. I cannot post the done video on here but after editing we can get it to you. FYI we could have gotten much better Drone video but we wanted to keep our distance.
Christpopher Cardillo

I saw these orcas in Tacoma by the Narrows Marina in the evening. Photo by Matt Graham, May 18, 2015

Early evening - 8 to 10 orcas spotted just north of Narrows bridge, feeding in the rip currents. A very pleasant first day of boating!!!
Don Curtis

2:00 pm - just off the entrance to the Winslow Ferry entrance we encountered a pod of orcas. Over 20 were seen.
Anne Burrell-Smith

Many matrilines of Transients heading south in Puget Sound Photo by Anne Burrell-Smith, May 18, 2015

12:40 pm - Observed 1 male and, at least, 3 female, 4 confirmed, moving south, 1 mile ESE of Point Jefferson.
David Kobernuss

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10:07 am - Saw two orcas, going east at Blueback Beach (North Nanaimo, BC). Traveling close to shore for a short time. Then headed out when I lost sight of them. Only saw them for short period before lost sight of them. First time the orcas were going south, every other time they've been heading north.
Pat Beaton

Orcas going east at Blueback Beach (North Nanaimo, BC) Photo by Pat Beaton, May 15, 2015

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We saw several orcas very near the shore off of fort warden in port Townsend from about 7:30-8:30 pm... think there were 6 of them. The look to be rolling up on the rocks
David Murman

T65A3 and T65A Photo by David Murman, May 13, 2015 (ID's by Dave Ellifrit, Center for Whale Research)