8:55 am - hearing calls again on Lime Kiln
7:04 am - start hearing vocals on OrcaSound.
Alisa, ON

6:45 am (PDT) vocalizations at Lime Kiln.
Cydnie Simons

I was listening to them on the hydrophone & watching them on the Line Kiln webcam this morning from the 6:30am to 7am. Sounded like J Pod. They were VERY active & vocal.
Jacqueline Slaughter

**********************

Just checked in on the Lime Kiln hydrophone at approximately 8:43pm. Heard very faint calls that sounded like S1's... Likely J pod. However a vessel of some sort arrived at around 8:50 making it too loud to hear SRKW, and the calls seem to have disappeared since the boat has been gone.
Grace Guiney

6:30 pm - Calls on Orcasound hydrophone
Stacy Boddy

5:30 pm - We saw the tail end of group (j pod?) from the pull outs above Lime Kiln, they were southbound.
Nadine Smith Cook

Went out on the afternoon tour on the Chilkat out of Edmonds, Wa. We travelled up North of Lime Kiln and spent some precious time with the J16's in particular. Mike (J26) was present as well as his family, breaches, spyhops, cartwheels and cute behaviors by baby J50!
Janine Harles

J50 spyhops beside mom J16 in Haro Strait in the late afternoon Photo by Janine Harles , July 4, 2015

J50 reaching higher Photo by Janine Harles , July 4, 2015

Photo by Janine Harles , July 4, 2015

7:18 am - S4 calls
7:13 am - S1 calls
7:03 am - Through the whir of the fans, hearing echolocation on Lime Kiln hydrophone. Faint calls shortly after. Southbound via visual on webcam.
Alisa, ON

**********************

Mako (J39) was doing some serious foraging today but he interrupted his salmon-chasing to do a cartwheel and breach in the wake of a boat that zoomed by completely oblivious to his presence. You tell him, buddy! Photo by Sara Hysong-Shimazu, July 3, 2015 (Photos taken with a 400mm lens)

Splashdown! Mako (J39) breaching in the wake of the boat. Photo by Sara Hysong-Shimazu, July 3, 2015

July 3

J34 Doublestuf fishing in a strong current. Evening near Eagle Point, San Juan Island. Photo by James Gresham, July 3, 2015

J27 Blackberry cruising in beautiful conditions along San Juan Island's southwestern coast. Photo by James Gresham, July 3, 2015

Lime Kiln, July 3rd, 1:30pm heading north. Photo by Alex Kremer See more of Alex's photos HERE

J35 Tahlequah (pictured here) and her son J47 Notch were full of all kinds of energy as they passed Lime Kiln. Photo by Monika Wieland, July 3, 2015

J pod breach sequence montage. Photos by Ali Barratt, July 3, 2015

8:24 am - Serious jumpers out there off Eagle Point... and a tight shoreline pass by my favorite black n whites! Hope they are enjoying a feast of salmon breakfast!!
Erin Corra

6:02 am -  Beautiful morning...SRKWs on Lime Kiln, including S4 calls and echolocation. Southbound via visual on webcam.
Alisa, ON

6:01 am -  Calls and echolocation on Lime Kiln hydrophone.
Jill Clogston

**********************

Sunset whales...The same whales that have been around for the past week or so (J-pod, Group A and the K14s) were off the west side and heading south in a hurry. On our way out we stopped for a quick but excellent look at a couple of minke whales that were foraging off of Salmon Bank. We continued north but we didn't have to go far before the evening light began illuminating the blows of our orca friends.
The first whales we saw were Hy'shqa (J37) and her young son, T'ilem I'nges (J49). This young male was the last baby to be born and survive before we welcomed our four new babies. He'll be three years old this year! He's growing up so quickly. I've noticed it a little recently but tonight especially so that his dorsal is starting to look a lot like his mother's...
Sara Hysong-Shimazu

Here's Eclipse (J41) surfacing off the west side of San Juan Island. I've been wishing for a sunset spent on the water with whales for a while now and tonight my wish came true. It was also spent with a great group of people who are just as crazy about orcas as I am. Photo by Sara Hysong-Shimazu, July 2, 2015

Yoda (K36) Photo by Sara Hysong-Shimazu, July 2, 2015 More of Sara's photos and full encounter report HERE.

5:34 pm (PDT) - Orca's vocal and visual at Lime Kiln
Cydnie Simons

loud vocals 5:30-5:35pm
5:08 pm - calls being heard on Lime Kiln hydro
Brendon Bissonnette

It's been incredibly hot here in the Salish Sea, but we've had some amazing encounters...J's and K's made their way down to Lopez Island, then turned around and went right back up the west side of San Juan Island.
Heather MacIntyre

J19 on the outside, little J51 popping up in the middle, with his mom J41 on the inside off of Long Island (south Lope. Photo by Heather MacIntyre, July 2, 2015

Distant breach cropped in! Off South Beach, San Juan Island Photo by Heather MacIntyre, July 2, 2015

And at 2:15 they came back the other way (east to west). At least a dozen orcas.
From 12:15 to 12:45 today we had a wonderful parade of orcas headed west to east off of Flint Beach on the south end of Lopez Island. Lots of whale boats out and lots of happy sunburned clients.
Tom Reeve

8:24 am - start hearing echolocation on Lime Kiln hydrophone, faint couple of calls shortly after.
Alisa, ON

8:05 am - hearing a few faint calls behind the ship noise on Orca Sound, echolocation now also.
Pam Ren

6:24 am - Pod of orcas. They're heading north, on the west side of Pender Island.
Chris Troutner

**********************

Hi,  I had whales this evening from 7:30PM to 8:50PM.  My rock lookout is between Eagle Point and False Bay. Closer to Eagle Point.  8 whales. No large males. Couple of little dudes.  A bit spread out.  One group of 3 then a group of two then a group of three.  Slowly, leisurely going from False Bay to Eagle Point.  Went around Eagle Point by 8:50.  Quiet and peaceful, no boats after the first 5 minutes.
Jenny Stands Wilson

We caught up to members of J pod foraging and moving south along the west side of San Juan Island. On the way home, we also found two minkes, and in Rosario Strait, two more humpbacks!
Rachel Haight

Breaching youngster south of Lime Kiln in the afternoon. Photo by Rachel Haight, July 1, 2015 Melisa Pinnow, volunteer Center for Whale Research, believes this to be L110

Photo by Rachel Haight, July 1, 2015

4:57 pm - hearing them on Lime Kiln
Gayle Swigart

5:45 pm - loud S4 calls on LK
5:15 pm - Southern Residents now on the Lime Kiln hydrophone.
4:22pm- sounds like Ks and/or Js on OrcaSound.
Alisa, ON