We saw them. Male was quite a distance behind the others. It seems like they were past Pt. Wilson by 4:30 or so. Victoria Clipper went by northbound and didn't slow down, so they must not have seen them.
Jill Hein

3:10 pm - north of Lagoon point heading north at a good pace. East side of midchannel
2:55 pm -  watching northbound Transients from Fort Flagler. Mid-channel - appear to be in southbound shipping lane. Approaching Lagoon Point from my vantage.
Connie Bickerton

Was hoping to see them nearer Bush Point but was so happy to see them at all....Transients, about 4 of them. One lone male way ahead of group.
Marilyn Armbruster

Transients northbound, Admiralty Inlet Photo by Marilyn Armbruster, May 26, 2015

12:45 pm -  watched the Ts for 45 min. From Norweigan Pt. making their way slowly north. Lots of activity. Now they are off Mutiny Bay.
Susan Marie Andersson

12:30 pm - Spent the day with T036's, T087, T036B's and T124's on the Edmonds Puget Sound Express tour. Caught up to these T's in Admiralty Inlet, South side of Whidbey Island.
They were headed north west when we left them approx. 12:30. They active! Cartwheels, breaches, tail lobs, spyhops, lunges and babies!
Janine Harles

Photo by Janine Harles, May 26, 2015

11:35am - We caught up with another group that was s little further north. They've all come together and lots of surface activity going on!! Breaching, spyhopping, tail lobs, etc. slowly trending north closer to Whidbey side.
10:32 am - We are sitting out off Possession Point with a small group that just made a kill. One large male and 3-4 females.
Renee Beitzel, Naturalist

Transient breaches in Admiralty Inlet Photo by Renee Beitzel, May 26, 2015

This morning east of Double Bluff, Whidbey Island Photo by Stu Davidson, May 26, 2015 (More photos HERE )

Photo by Stu Davidson, May 26, 2015

8:51am -  4-5 surfaced about 100-150' offshore north end of Edmonds Marina Beach.
Ariel Yseth

8:47 am - Mid channel heading south
8:33 am - moving south slowly further south of Kingston ferry
8:25 am - I see 4 just North of Kingston ferry heading south slowly...now they are circling.
Janine Harles

7:51 am - orca whales off President Point  heading north toward Kingston slowly.
Joanne Graves

5:00 am - John Miller of WA State Ferries left a message that 4 orcas were seen at 0500 in the Seattle/Eagle Harbor ferry lane, due north of Alki.

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Great day today spent with many different groups of Transient (marine-mammal hunting) orcas. We were on the water for about seven hours and loved every minuet of it!
The first group of Transients we saw were the T018's/T019's, T124A's, and T051 who seemed to have switched groups overnight (he was traveling with the T075B's and T036A's yesterday). These whales were traveling west close to Sooke, BC. On our way home Captain James Maya found the other Transients that had been seen earlier today near Kelp Reef!
Thankfully Captain Jim stayed with the orcas until we got on scene! On our second trip, we got the treat of being the only boat with the orcas for about an hour as we observed T077A (one of the "twins") and T124C in the beautiful evening light. It was totally serene ...
Oh, and did I mention I got to see my first SEA OTTER EVER?!!! Yeah ... that happened!
Heather MacIntyre

T124C in the foreground with T077A in the back with the double notches. Photo by Heather MacIntyre, May 25, 2015

T018 and T019's Photo by Heather MacIntyre, May 25, 2015

Made the long trip to Race Rock to see the Ts heading west, and then found some on the way home! Great day.
James Mead Maya

Photo by James Mead Maya, May 25, 2015

Photo by James Mead Maya, May 25, 2015

8:50 pm - I can still hear them but no visual. Happy Memorial Day orcas!
8:30 pm -3 -4 orcas headed slowly south off of Dilworth -Vashon
Aimee Demarest

5:45-5:50 pm - From Bremerton Ferry, I spotted orcas spread across the eastern half of Elliot bay in/near Bainbridge Ferry lanes. There were at least 3 small groups of 4-6 orcas per group heading due west towards Eagle Harbor. Robust tail slaps, strong blows and a synchronized surfacing of 4 large orca. Smaller one in lead group. Awesome! Only a few other people looked up from their cell phones when I yelled "ORCAS!!!
Donna Green Van Renselaar

Returning from Blake Island around 5:30 today we observed a pod working approx 1/2 to 1 mile north of Alki point. They were working as a team circling around in about a 1/2 mile radius. Tail slaps and a couple of nice breaches. Cool for sure.
Lori Hunt

5:30 pm - Single Orca sighted in Elliot Bay headed East.
Ian Smith

4:30 pm - Orcas spotted by Jefferson Point headed south, 2 adults one baby
Gary Peterson

4:30 pm -  Michelle Goll and I followed them south past Richmond Beach, they are just west of mid channel, split into 2 groups, one group should be visible from Carkeek by now.
Janine Harles

3:35 pm -  I'm at Kayu Kayu Park (Richmond Beach, Shoreline) and they're spread from north of the ferry (Kingston) to quite a ways south from there past the yellow mid channel buoy and the point south from there... They're moving south quickly.
3:07 see several at Kingston ferry now
Michelle Goll

3:23 pm -  they are hauling south past Kingston. Still on Kitsap side.
Sara Troyer

3:05 pm - North of Kingston a mile or so... Now seeing another group still heading south a little ahead of the single coming into north Kingston ...group of about 4 crossing the Kingston Edmonds ferry crossing route
2:49 pm - single male orca heading south on Kitsap side by Elgon.. Very active breaching, jumping flipping , tail flops. Etc
2:37pm - single orca (male) heading south in shipping lane between Point No Point and Kingston
Stu Davidson

3:36 pm - We are seeing them from Kingston. On Edmonds side
2:23 pm - I have them at Eglon closer to Whidbey
Elyse Margaret

2:53 pm -  from Edmonds Water street, see single orca more on Kitsap side approaching cell tower north of the Kingston ferry.
Michelle Goll

2:47 pm -  1/4 mile south of Eglon boat launch two southbound moving fast - almost snuck by me
Rebecca French Gerke

2:00 pm - We saw at least seven or eight Orcas off Point No Point Beach in Hansville around 2 p.m. on Memorial Day. One came within 40 feet of shore and surfaced at least twice (see photo). They were visible off in the deeper water for at least a half hour.
Steven Gardner

Male Bigg's/Transient came within 40 feet of shore and surfaced at least twice. Photo by Steven Gardner, May 25, 2015

We were on a 30' sailboat coming down from Mystery Bay on Monday, and saw a pod of at least 5 close to the mark just north of Point No Point. Then the pod moved and stayed very close to the Point No Point light house and fed there for some time. We saw either the same pod or another one about 6 or 7 times on the way back to Elliott Bay! They seemed to be paralleling our path! Have never experienced so many orca sightings in one day! Incredible!!!!
Marty Wilhelm

3:00 pm - Lone Orca taken from Eglon. Around 3pm ish..(I think) I hope some one can identify and let me know who I caught on camera! It was a great day. Saw a total of 3 different groups and the lone guy today.
1:45 pm - At Point No Point Saw 3 total one group. And the baby included! And another who has some scarring on the side. Hope this one can be identified. ( "I see T124 and T124E in there but that's the best I can do", Dave Ellifrit-Center for Whale Research)
Becky Newell Woodsworth

Point No Point, Hanseville Photo by Becky Woodsworth, May 25, 2015, 1:45pm

 

Point No Point, Hanseville Photo by Becky Woodsworth, May 25, 2015, 1:45pm

1:35pm - There's a pod of whales hanging out at Point No Point (Hanseville, Kitsap peninsula) Another pod went by about a half an hour ago and a big male (guessing) came right up by the shore!
Debbie Ike Mangano

1:20 PM - Orcas at Point No Point. We were on the Southeast shore of Point no Point and sat down. When we looked up we saw a huge dorsal fin right in front of us! The Orca swam off and we thought it odd it wasn't in a pod. Then we walked back around by the lighthouse and the pod was out there meandering. We tried to take a video but our phones could not zoom in. It was a Beautiful sight and I will never forget how big that dorsal fin looked!
Betsy Tarpley


Noon - they are nearing yellow channel marker
11:55 am -  About 6 transients near Foulweather Bluff and closer to Kitsap side moving fairly quickly south. I'm on Whidbey side at Shore Meadows/ Mutiny Bay
Marilyn Armbruster

11:45 pm - Large solitary (?) male orca sighted heading south toward Point No Point by crew of S/V Aurora just north of Foulweather Bluff.  We are volunteer docents at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center.
Jack and Carol McCreary

11:45 - 8-12, maybe more, in two groups heading steadily south off Foulweather Bluff coming up on Skunk Bay.
HG/SB

10:42 am -Transients on a kill mid channel in Admiralty Inlet. Moving south at Bush Point....There are more really spread out. Not sure who they are but definitely transients
We only saw one male, the rest were females (at least 5-6) with a juvenile in the mix. They were not traveling with the male at all. He was alone, on the perimeter. There was also either a lone female or possible pre-sprouter male closer to Marrowstone. As I mentioned previously, they were really spread out today.
Renee Beitzel

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Humpbacks in the morning and T36A,T36A1, T36A2, T36A3 (the older new baby) T75B and her new baby T75B2, and T75C and the male T51, in the afternoon and evening. I love to watch them as a family. Haro Strait.
James Mead Maya

Bigg's/Transients in Haro Strait. Photo by James Mead Maya, May 24, 2015

Photo by James Mead Maya, May 24, 2015

Photo by James Mead Maya, May 24, 2015

Photo by James Mead Maya, May 24, 2015

5:00 pm - 7 Transients passed Lime Kiln heading north. Quite a ways offshore. One adult male and one calf in the group.
Monika Wieland

2:00 pm - We spotted 6 or 7 whales at Salmon Bank, south of San Juan Island, at N48° 23.435' W123° 02.258'. They appeared to be transients slowly moving northeast....We believe we counted 5 adults and one calf.
Patrick Heys

Transients at Salmon Bank near Cattle Point, San Juan Island Photo by Patrick Heys, May 24, 2015 (See more photos HERE)

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This was the T77 group, inbound just east of Albert Head near Victoria at about 7:30 pm, May 24. We were the only boat on scene. As indicated in the file names, one shows T77 and T77C, the other shows the sprouter male, T77B, and sibling T77D. The transient invasion continues!
Cheers, Val Shore, Naturalist
Eagle Wing Tours

Sprouter male, T77B, and sibling T77D. Photo by Val Shore, May 24, 2015

T77 and T77C Photo by Val Shore, May 24, 2015

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12:18 pm - Just saw a group of whales off the Hood Canal bridge? Any details?
They appeared to us on the left side of the bridge as we were driving over to Sequim from Tacoma. We were driving so didn't get to stop and observe as we would have liked to, but it was clear there were several dorsal fins popping up. (Unconfirmed but sighting of earlier reports and timing makes this possible-ALB)
Amber Wilson

7:14 am - 3 Orca Whales heading south in Possession Sound.
Jonathan Keag

6:58 - Small pod headed south between Clinton and Mukilteo, 2 males & 3 females.
John Crawford

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6:04 pm - A pod of orcas in Colvos pass at the north end of Vashon!
Kristin Amrine

5:15 pm  - I saw two orcas traveling north at about the halfway point in Colvos Passage.
Tara Morgan

3:15 pm - Moderate size pod of Orca heading North in North end of Saanich Inlet, BC on west shore. Playing and travelling. Breaching. Young and juvenile seen as well as adult.
Very young whale looked playful and active.
Martin Model

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4:15-4:55 pm - We were headed over to fish for ling cod and this pod of orca surrounded us between Bainbridge and Seattle. Do you know which family group it was? The big male had 2 big notches out of its dorsal fin....they were playing with a sea lion for a good 30. At one point the sea lion tried to hide next to my 19' boat. Made me very nervous with the orcas coming in and out under my boat trying to get the sea lion...there also was an orca about 4-6' long with them. They kept circling around like they were waiting for it. Did those transients recently have a calf?
Video taken around 4:55PM between Yeomalt Pt on Bainbridge and West Point on the Seattle side in the middle of the shipping channel. here was a separate group of 4 that were right off Yeomalt that we saw earlier that were moving quickly heading north and hugging the shoreline. That was around 4:15.
Scott Orness
(Video ID comments per Melisa Pinnow: Chainsaw T063 is that male with the two notches. The T037, T065, & T090 matrilines were probably there too and if you saw another male, he was probably was T087)

Bigg's/Transients Puget Sound Video by Scott Orness, May 21, 2015

6:30 pm - Well, the day started with with Chainsaw and ended with another sighting of 3 orca heading SE in Squaxin passage toward Hunter Pt and the inlet of orca sausages in Henderson Inlet. Harbor seal pupping is close at hand and there is not one orca sausage around Steamboat Is /Carlyon Beach Marina right now.
Lourdes Flores-Skydancer

1:30 pm - South Sound Sighting. Observed group of 4, possibly 5, including 1 male, traveling W through Balch Passage, adults feeding; young playing.
Rob Hamilton

11:15 am - Group of approximately six Orcas, presumed transients, were spotted heading North in South Puget Sound. A big male was one of the six.
Walker Duval

10:00 am - Four, possibly five orcas cavorted this morning in Eld Inlet, headed north.
Dennis Johnson

Drone footage of some of the "super pod" of transients who visited Frye Cove, Olympia at 9:00a.m. May 21, 2015. T63 and T87 were here at the same time. Thanks to Chris Hamilton for the great capture on film. What grace.

Bigg's/Transients Frye Cove, Olympia Video by Chris Hamilton, May 21, 2015

7:15 am - T63 (Chainsaw) & family in South Puget Sound. A calm foggy day was greeted with Chainsaw and family cruizing by Hope Is here in the south Puget Sound @ 07:15am. Traveling southeast toward Hunter Point. Fantastic!!
Lou & Raven Skydancer

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6:30 pm - 7:15 pm - At least 8 orcas seen off north tip of Steamboat Island. They then moved into Totten Inlet. One was likely Chainsaw.
Eric Gardner

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We spent Sunday with the T101's near Deception Pass and watched as the whales tried to push against an 8 knot flood tide to get out of the pass for over a half and hour! It was an amazing display of power and strength. They eventually made it through a smaller section of the pass and cruised north in Rosario Strait.
Katie Jones

T101s near Deception Pass Photo by Katie Jones, May 19, 2015