9:27am - humpback near Kitsap side just south of Point No Point heading southerlyStu Davidson
September 23 - north Puget Sound -Point No Point
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7:15 a.m. - One humpback whale at Point No Point
heading north towards Whidbey Island. Photo by Savanna Troka, September 23, 2015
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September 22 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
6:15 p.m. - seeing blows & tail flops from Richmond beach mid channel...6:35 still seeing blows. Not familiar with area but appears to be 2 humpbacks.Brittany Gordon
September 22 - north Puget Sound - east of Point No Point
6:20 p.m. - Like Stu, I also see two humpbacks NW of Edmonds, about a mile north of a huge mass of birds.Sherman Page
September 22 - north Puget Sound - east of Point No Point
6:17 p.m. - There are actually two southeast of Point No Point!6:11 p.m. - now southeast of
Point No Point heading south - close to Kitsap side near shipping lane - watching from north Edmonds.
6:03 p.m. - watching a humpback feeding east of
Point No Point back and forth north and south - from shore north Edmonds
5:40 p.m. - watching a humpback out east from Point No Point heading northerly.Stu Davidson
September 22 - Port Townsend
5:30 p.m. - Whale sighting; close enough to hear her blow. Humpback? Grey? I'm new at this. Looked as though the fishing might be good;
likely 2 or more. Between Port Townsend and Protection Island, heading towards North Beach in PT.Laura Lewis Thayer
September 22 - San Juan Islands
5:30 pm this evening - a humpback headed west-to-east past Flint Beach, Lopez Island. Tom Reeve
September 22 - Strait of Juan de Fuca
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Out in the Strait of Juan de Fuca between Victoria and Port Angeles. I'm not exactly sure where we were, and I forgot to snap a picture of the route map before I left the boat. Photo by Connie Bickerton, September 22, 2015
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September 22 - San Juan Islands
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The humpback whale was swimming against the Blakely Island shoreline in Rosario Strait. It made a large circle and then continued heading south. Photo by Sara Hysong-Shimazu, September 22, 2015
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September 22 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
2:50 p.m. - 2 humpbacks spotted from the top of the hill at Richmond Beach Saltwater Park. One has breached 5 times, mid channel! Very active at the surface.Kayli Ann Breitweiser
September 22 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
1:19 p.m. - surfaced further north again. Kayli saw a second fluke within 1-2 minutes, we think we have two whales.12:58 p.m. - Surfaced further north midway between mid channel and shore north Richmond Beach probably off from Kayu Kayu Ac park.12:37 p.m. - single whale surfaced just now northbound north of the weather buoy off Richmond Beach. Very shallow exhalations making sightings more difficult today.Alisa, ON
September 22 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
12:12 p.m. - Humpback sighted South of Richmond Beach Saltwater Park (12:12pm) heading North bound!Kayli Ann Breitweiser
September 22 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
11:48 am yay, finally resighted the (a) humpback... south of Richmond Beach off point between me and Carkeek. Very close to this side!10:09 a.m. - at least one humpback about 200 yards off shore off north end Richmond Beach Saltwater Park in Shoreline. Glassy calm water!
Alisa, ON
September 22 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
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9:00-10:00 a.m. - This morning I saw this beauty. The Whale stayed about an hour. Richmond Beach Saltwater Park, Shoreline. Photo by Susan Pope, September 22, 2015
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Humpback fluke off Richmond Beach this morning. Photo by Susan Pope, September 22, 2015 |
September 22 - central Puget Sound
11:18 - A humpback whale was reported in the same location just east of the north end of Vashon Island, so this is probably just one humpback and not a gray whale. Susan, ON
September 22 - central Puget Sound
11:10 a.m. - A small gray (probably humpback) whale was just reported about a mile east of the north end of Vashon Island by Maia of WA State Ferries. September 22 - north Puget Sound - Point No Point
9:40 a.m. - A humpback was just seen off Point No Point.Reported by Mark Loughlin of WDFW.
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September 21 - north Puget Sound - Possession Point
6:50 p.m. - Saw a humpback 3-4 miles NW of Edmonds, heading W or SW. Swimming right to left then back again every 5-10 minutes.
Sherman Page
September 21 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
6:45 p.m. - Just saw humpback whales at Richmond beach going south towards Elliot Bay. Monday September 21 2015.@ 6:45.
Gina Nolan Cohen
September 21 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
6:20 p.m. - Been watching them for more than an hour. Back and forth, Richmond Beach.Wendy Hagel
September 21 - Admiralty Inlet
What looks like a humpback whale just passed fort Casey headed north. Doing shallow dives every 4-5 minutes!Steven Seidel
September 21 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
4:30 p.m. - Lots of spouting just south of the refinery near Edmonds, pretty close to shore. 3 whales? The train was going to fast to see them well.
Caleb Thompson
September 21 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
1:00-3:00 p.m. - Came back down to the beach and with many others watched these two humpbacks travel in tandem northbound, southbound back and forth. Down times seem a bit shorter than this morning, more like 9-12 minutes vs. 15-18 this morning. These two are just trolling back and forth. Beautiful! Beach goers in awe!
Alisa, ON
September 21 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
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Two Humpbacks, Richmond Beach, Part Two: Clips from 8:00am - 3:00 pm off Richmond Beach, Shoreline, WA Video by Alisa Lemire Brooks, Orca Network September 21, 2015
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September 21 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
1:44 pm - report from Sandy Barnard, watched the two humpbacks head south past Richmond beach an hour ago, then just watched them (plus possibly a third?) heading back north past Richmond Beach.September 21 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
1:30 p.m. - two humpbacks still feeding parallel to Richmond beach... A little north then south back and forth. Currently a couple hundred yards west of weather buoy off of Richmond Beach.12:24 .p.m - just surfaced from long dive. Two are staying close together. They look awesome in parallel !! Still directly out from Richmond Beach
11:46 a.m. two humpbacks close to shore from Richmond Beach - long deep divesStu Davidson
September 21 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
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Two humpbacks foraging all day around Richmond Beach, Shoreline, WA. Photo by Stu Davidson, September 21, 2015 |
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Fluke of one of the two humpbacks off Richmond Beach. Photo by Stu Davidson, September 21, 2015 |
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Blow from trailing whale under the fluke of the one leading - at Puget Sound just offshore from Richmond Beach.
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September 21 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
12:23 p.m. Humpbacks still off Richmond close to shore. 12:40 p.m. surfaced again south end.Stephen Hullin
September 21 - Admiralty
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1:19 a.m. - Humpback just spotted off Port Townsend, northbound in the shipping lane.Mitch Bogrand
September 21 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
Noon - was last surface I saw out from Kayu Kayu beautiful tandem surfacing and dives. Long 15 + minute dives.
10:48 a.m. - surfaced again same general area, logged then deep dive. 10:24 a.m. - After nearly and hour I just re-sighted this pair just east of mid channel between Richmond Beach and Jefferson Head.Alisa, ON
September 21 - north Puget Sound - Possession- (3rd whale)
9:33 a.m. - Just saw the Possession humpback heading north, foraging near a bird pile, closer to Kitsap sideJanine Harles
September 21 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
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September 21 - north Puget Sound - Richmond Beach
9:25 am - 15 minutes plus of tail lobs...between Kayu Kayu and Presidents Point, mid channel. White sailboats with red parade flags you need to back off!7:50-8:50 a.m. - they've been foraging back and forth but trending north in general. Now both are off north Richmond Beach/ Point Wells. 3-4 surfaces then deep dives, 10-15 minute down times. 7:50 a.m.- 2 Humpbacks off south end of Richmond Beach (Shoreline) where I left them last night. Foraging.Alisa, ON
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September 20 - north Puget Sound
7:20 p.m. - they went a bit south and have turned back north bound...getting dark & rainy.6:55-7:15 p.m. - Found and am watching at least 2 humpbacks off Richmond Beach. Surfacing and fluking in southerly direction. Talked with Jeannie and Anan who said they've just been foraging around this general area off Richmond Beach Saltwater Park in Shoreline. Those two talked with a kite surfer who said there were 3 whales. 3rd whale may the southbound whale in Michelle Goll's 4:50 report.
Alisa, ON
September 20 - north Puget Sound-Richmond Beach
6:37 p.m. - Yes they are still here about 1 mile south of Richmond Beach. Still about 500 yard off of Innis Arden Beach.6:15 p.m. - there are two humpbacks just south of Richmond Beach. They seem to be hanging out in the same area for the past 2 hours.Diane Strecker
September 20 - north Puget Sound
4:50 p.m. - Saw humpback on ferry from Kingston to Edmonds out in shipping lanes, still southbound3:15-3:50 watched the humpback from Point No Point in front of the lighthouse, trending south.Michelle Goll
September 20 - north Puget Sound
3:40 p.m. - The humpback is still there ...the white caps and wind make it difficult to see the blows and whale.3:10 p.m. - I saw several blows and finally a humpback back and tail before its dive, 3-5 miles NW of Edmonds, which probably puts it a bit south of the line with Point No Point and Possession Point.
Sherman Page
September 20 - north Puget Sound
3:42 p.m. - Just saw him/her again. Mid channel, headed towards PnP/ Useless Bay.Laura Finch
3:06 p.m. - We just saw some blows between Point No Point and I think what would be Possession Point... Anyone else see anything? They were pretty large, thinking possibly the humpback... We're still trying to spot again. I'll post if we see anything else.
Laura Finch
September 20 - north Puget Sound
I arrived at Point No Point today @ 3:00 spotted a Humpback just South of Possession Point. We continued to watch for hours, over & over , many times we saw the Humpback surface, 1-4 blows and then take a big dive with the fluke way up in the air... This whale headed North towards the yellow buoy, directly across from Pont No Point. and continued milling further North just South of Double Bluff. Turning back around in the area , going away from PNP and then coming back for a closer look, keeping perimeters south of Double Bluff then treading south of the yellow buoy , towards Possession Point.
I left @ 6:30 last sighting was just south of the yellow buoy closer to Possession Point. Days like this makes my heart happy, and a reminder to buy a powerful lens/camera.
Kathe Bradley
September 20 - north Puget Sound
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Many people on shore left in awe at the sight of the humpback at Point No Point. Photo by Kathe Bradley, September 20, 2015 |
September 20 - south Puget Sound
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Happy Monday, everybody! I was encouraged to post this image that I took yesterday of our humpback friend breaching in the Colvos Passage. Still can't believe it! Photo by Tara Brown, September 20, 2015
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September 20 - south Puget Sound
12:30-3:00 p.m. - Saw two full breaches! One about 12:30pm other maybe 1:30pm. Made lots of observations until about 3 pm in Colvos area, no observed evidence of any fishing line entanglement.
Zeno Martin
September 20 - south Puget Sound
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1:00 p.m. - South End of Colvos Passage. Photo by Zeno Martin, September 20, 2015 (photo taken with zoom)
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September 20 - south Puget Sound
1:02 p.m. - From entrance to Gig Harbor, it took a long dive heading north.Jill Clogston
September 20 - south Puget Sound
1:47 p.m. - closer to the Gig Harbor side, boats still surrounding him. Haven't noticed any fishing gear on him.
1:00 p.m. - south of Point Defiance out from Salmon Beach about mid channel12:48 p.m. Just blew under viewpoint (Gig Harbor ) on the 5 mile drive at Point Defiance headed south.12:27 p.m. - still visible, middle of the mouth of Colvos.Brittany Gordon
September 20 - south Puget Sound
11:55 a.m. - Humpback and dolphin outside of Gig Harbor. Absolutely beautiful. To the boats keeping a quiet distance, kudos. To the boat that drug his fishing gear straight through them......that is bad juju man. Bad.
12:02 p.m. - That boat is gone now. They whale and the dolphin are headed up towards Colvos Passage now.Heidi Gerling
September 20 - south Puget Sound
11:15 a.m. - Humpback south of Gig Harbor, out towards Narrows. White boat near it, appears to be following at a respectful distance. Nice flukes. Feeding?
Alan Passero
September 20 - Cannon Beach, OR
Via my dad, Robert... He saw about a dozen whales from Breaker's Point, Cannon Beach, Oregon today. He said he saw many spouts and spurts of breaching from this morning around 10 am until the afternoon. The whales didn't appear to be traveling in any direction. They were off the surf zone clearly visible from shore.
When they breached he saw long white pecs and he thinks they were humpbacks.Whitney Neugebauer
September 20 - north Puget Sound
7:30 a.m. - Humpback is at Point No Point, heading NW. Worth getting up early!Judith Wood
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September 19- eastern Juan de Fuca Strait
Day report: Cool and misty day, with light winds, as we headed out toward
Smith Island and McArthur Bank to catch up with some humpbacks, and they were magnificent! One did a full out-of-the-water breach! We watched two as they moved through the area, feeding on small fish.
One was catalog number MMX0006, with close to an all black tail fluke,
and the other had a lot of white, but I couldn't find a match in the catalog.
(see photo below) They eventually joined up and swam quite close to each other, giving us some wonderful views of their flukes and rostrums...
Bonnie Gretz, volunteer naturalist
September 19 - eastern Juan de Fuca Strait
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Humpback at McArthur Bank.
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September 19 - north Puget Sound
At 6:00 pm I saw a humpback a couple of miles south of Cultus Bay.Sherman Page
September 19 - central Puget Sound
5:30 p.m. - We were in a sailboat across from Carkeek Park around 5:30 when we first saw a group of whales. There was a cruise ship on the other side of the whales but maybe it was a later one.
The whales were humpbacks and it was awesome. There were at least 2, maybe 3 that we saw several times over 15 or 20 minutes.
Charles O'Hern
September 19 - central Puget Sound
Just before 5:00 p.m. - Just saw several whales, (
humpbacks, see 5:30 report- ALB),
from the Westerdam cruise ship as we were leaving Seattle about 30 minutes ago! My first whale sighting! A friend told me to let you know.
Meg Taylor
September 19 - south Puget Sound
3:01 p.m. - A humpback just swam a few feet offshore from Point Richmond Beach in Colvos Passage, heading S past the No 6 marker.
Christy Robinson
September 19 - north Puget Sound
2:32 p.m. - frequent blows seen in a line between Pt no Pt and north Edmonds .. My guess it's the same
humpback that been in the area for awhile now.
Stu Davidson
September 19 - south Puget Sound
Between 2:00 and 2:30 pm saw the humpback whale heading NE through Colvos Passage between Sunrise Beach and the southern tip of Vashon Island.Ann Marie Eberhart
September 19 - south Puget Sound
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1:00 p.m. - Taken from the old ferry landing in Gig Harbor. Photo by Jill Clogston, September 19, 2015
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September 19 - south Puget Sound
12:28 p.m. - Humpback just south of Gig Harbor, heading slowly north, 3-4 boats floating with it. Dino Martini
September 19 - south Puget Sound
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11:30 a.m. - Between Point Defiance and Gig Harbor ...Right now the porpoise (Pacific white-sided dolphin) is enamored with our sailboat and so we are not moving! 10:58 a.m. - Humpback between Point Defiance and Tacoma Narrows bridge heading sideways across channel. Photo by Janet Buzzard, September 18, 2015 (11:30 a.m.) |
September 19 - south Puget Sound
Humpback between Pt Defiance, Tacoma and Vashon at 11:15 a.m. Gaby Kinner
September 19 - south Puget Sound
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10:20 a.m. - Humpback whale at Gig Harbor.Spent a hour watching a humpback whale surfacing in close proximity to the half a dozen boats watching. Once along with a pacific white sided dolphin who leaped totally clear of the water. Photo by Paul Smith, September 19, 2015
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September 19 - north Puget Sound
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From a friend who was fishing off Scatchet Head. He witnessed one breach. Photo by Ed Wix, September 19, 2015 (Report sent by Tom Trimbath)
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September 19 - north Puget Sound
9:00 a.m - The birdwatchers at PNP this morning (19th) had seen the humpback heading north at about 9 a.m., so it wasn't moving with the tide. Point No Point is very, very busy this morning with fishing boats.
.James DeRoy
September 19 - north Puget Sound
8:41 a.m. - Humpback whale at Point No Point off the north side of the beach headed north.Connie Bickerton
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September 18 - south Puget Sound
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8:25 p.m. - Humpback near Gig Harbor Photo by Carol Troup, September 18, 2015 |
September 18 - south Puget Sound
8:00 p.m. - Just saw the humpback again feeding just a half mile north outside Gig Harbor. The whale has been here several nights along with huge herring balls.Carla Malich
September 18- north Puget Sound
7:00 p.m. - the humpback was seen blowing quite aways south and east of the lighthouse. 6:30 p.m. - from Point-No-Point...watching the humpback about 200 yards out, east and slightly south of the lighthouse. Blows & dives. Marilyn DeRoy
September 18 - south Puget Sound
6:00 p.m. - They (humpback & dolphin-ALB) came back after that. I was there about 6 ish, they were not in sight when i got there but they showed up after a few min and they were
still there when I left around 7pm. Jessica Hill
September 18 - south Puget Sound
6:00 p.m. - playful dolphin and a humpback between Salmon Beach and south tip of Vashon. Breached twice... spectacular! Seemed to be progressing north.
Randy Wickers September 18 - south Puget Sound
4:35 p.m. - Gig Harbor humpback, seen with dolphin buddy not far offshore on Gig H side just south of tip of Point Defiance Patricia Damron
September 18 - south Puget Sound
3:29 p.m. - It's off the South end of the Mouth of the Harbor now. It looks like it's turned and headed back North now Old Ferry dock would be good right now.
3:05 p.m. - Gig Harbor Humpback and Dolphin BFF are just North of the Lighthouse very close to shore feeding & trending South towards Gig Harbor. Melissa Bird
September 18 - south Puget Sound
3 p.m. - saw Humpback and dolphin from end of Gig Harbor for about an hour. Then headed North...Henry Pedersen
September 18 - south Puget Sound
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Gig Harbor Humpback. I was happy to get a photo of it's head this afternoon. Photo by Heidi Powers Armstrong, September 18, 2015
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September 18 - north Puget Sound
2:20 p.m. - Still seeing one of the north sound humpbacks a couple of miles south of Scatchet Head (Whidbey)Sherman Page
September 18 - north Puget Sound
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1:45-2:30 p.m. - The humpback whale at Point No Point, Hansville. Photo by Becky Newell Woodworth, September 18, 2015
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September 18 - central Puget Sound
After watching the Richmond Beach Humpback footage (from 9/21),
I'm confident that I witnessed 2 Humpbacks blowing and slapping tails elsewhere. It was last Friday 9/18 and they were about halfway between Points Monroe and Jefferson, seen from Fay Bainbridge. There was a crowd of visiting school children watching and shouting with each splash, but the whales were just too far away for anyone to make a positive ID. After an hour or so-between about 1-2 PM-most watchers gave up. The shared assumption was Orcas, but now I'm convinced that they were Humpbacks, mostly because the slashes were large but no one really ever saw a breaching body. There were also sailboats in the general vicinity, but none too close.
James Hill
September 18 - south Puget Sound
12:41 a.m. - Dolphins and Humpback very active outside Gig Harbor! (Viewing from Old Ferry Landing)
Jessica Hill
September 18 - eastern Juan de Fuca Strait
Noon - We're headed south for Port Townsend, and sailed past a humpback feeding over McArthur Bank. We first saw it around noon!
Melissa L
September 18 - south Puget Sound
11:35 a.m. - Humpback and dolphins are excited by Gig Harbor right nowJohn Siemssen
September 18 - south Puget Sound
11:00 a.m. - Humpback and dolphin companion are back between Pt. Defiance and Gig Harbor. Milling around, probably feeding. Boats are getting way too close.
Amy Bliss-Miller
September 18 - north Puget Sound
10:27 a.m. - watching the humpback all morning - it's east of Point No Point and seems slowly heading northerly towards Scatchet head, as seen from north Edmonds shoreline
Stu Davidson
September 18 - north Puget Sound
10:10 a.m. - Seems to be feeding right straight out from the Point. I do not have a camera but with binocs whale
tail is mostly white.9:50 a.m. - One closest to shore seems to be trending north. But very slowly. Doing down for long dives
9:42 a.m. - Just saw 2 definitely distinct different blows. One for sure a humpback. Not sure about the 2nd one yet, maybe 1/2 mile apart from each other?
9:34 a.m. - Just got to PNP. Found it. About a mile south of lighthouse, mid channel with a bunch of fishing boats. Saw blows with binocs. Pretty windy out.
Kimberly Sylvester-Malzahn
September 18 - north Puget Sound
8:22 a.m. - The humpback is still here at Point No Point! (Hansville) A little south (of the point) - maybe a few hundred yards. She's fishing with me and all the other boats!
Jason R Bourne
September 18 - north Puget Sound
6:25 - Marilyn Deroy is watching the humpback again off Point No Point, about 300 yards off the beach to the east.*************************
September 17 - north Puget Sound
We watched it until dark on the 17th (almost 8:00), just making out the blows. Even though it was out pretty far (Pt No Pt, east of the lighthouse in the boat traffic), we could hear the blows. Generally, in the days we've been watching it, it seems to do 3 or 4 blows at short intervals, then show its fluke for a deep dive before it appears again several minutes later.
Marilyn & James DeRoy
September 17 - south Puget Sound
1:00 p.m. - Humpback feeding in Colvos Passage 1.2 N of Gig Hbr entrance @ 1300 on 9/16/2015. Accompanied by a very playful acrobatic dolphin. If this was not outside their range we would ID as. spinner Dolphin. Could have been a Pacific White sided, but was not a harbor porpoise.
John OliveiraSeptember 17 - south Puget Sound
11:17 a.m. - Humpback and dolphins close to Gig Harbor shores just north or the mouth of the harbor. Should be good viewing from the lookout by old ferry landing and from 5-mile and Point Defiance.
Michel Riley Campbell
September 17 - north Puget Sound
10:25 a.m. - I don't know if this is the same one that was off of Point No Point, but I just saw a humpback 1-2 miles off of Edmonds...heading south. When I saw it from Edmonds Bowl, it was in line with PNP.
Sherman Page
September 17 - south Puget Sound
10:25 a.m. - Just spotted the humpback going past the mouth of Gig Harbor. Already out of sight headed up Colvos. Watched the dolphin do 6 leaps in a row. Amazing!
Heidi Powers Armstrong
September 17 - south Puget Sound
10:07 a.m - Humpback heading north in Narrows now towards Gig Harbor. His buddy, the rogue Pacific white-sided dolphin is with him. Asher Beckett
September 17 - north Puget Sound
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Point no Point humpback Photo by Janine Harles, September 17, 2015 |
September 17 - south Puget Sound
9:00 a.m. - Whale/dolphin duo sighted out side mouth of Gig Harbor...Janet Perry
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September 15 - south Puget Sound
I was out fishing with my grandpa when we spotted a humpback whale along Sunrise Beach in Gig Harbor...It also appeared to be by itself.... I shouldn't say it was entirely alone. It was actually swimming with one or two porpoises
(Pacific white-sided dolphins-ALB). It was interesting because for nearly an hour, they swam together. Often, when the whale spouted water, the porpoise would leap out of the water simultaneously or seconds after....
Dieter Veitenhans
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September 14 - north Puget Sound
Sighted a humpback 1 mile S of Point No Point 9/14/15 at 1215 hrs. Whale was traveling south. One blow, rolled one flipper into the air, the a large blow and the whale sounded with flukes high.
John Oliveir