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4:30 p.m. - group of us at Richmond Beach Saltwater park saw several breaches out from mid northern part of Port Madison...could not find after.
4:03 p.m. -  still close together but have split up a bit and picked up pace to medium clip. Approaching Jefferson Head/Indianola shortly.
Alisa Lemire Brooks, Orca Network
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3:40 p.m. -  Central Puget Sound group- orcas off Kingston. I've been watching this group for about an hour now. They've been off of Apple Tree Cove, west and south of the yellow buoy/mid-channel market since 3 pm. There is one good sized male and several (4 or so) smaller dorsals. Staying together now, may be resting. Foraging behavior earlier. Still slowly moving south.
Susan Marie Andersson
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3:05 p.m. -  Male mid channel south of Kingston keeps making directional changes, probably chasing a salmon. Other male Kingston side trending south and female even closer surfacing out from breakwater at ferry dock few minutes prior.
2:30 p.m. - from Kayu Kayu in Richmond Beach spotted several mid channel between Point Wells & just north of Kingston ferry.
Alisa Lemire Brooks and Ed Brooks
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2:30 p.m. -  watching from North of Kingston ferry looking North of Edmonds ferry seeing 3-4 fins. Seem to be trending south. Due east?
Kimberly Sylvester-Malzahn
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2:37 p.m. - closer now to Kitsap side. About to pass Kingston.
2:15 p.m. -  They are still in the same spot. I can't keep track of them very easily. They were going north at one point, now they are headed back south. They've moved closer to the middle of the sound but are still north of Kingston.
1:04 p.m. - from Edmonds fishing pier I see several orcas breaching straight out from Eglon. Heading slowly south, closer to Kitsap side.
Sara Troyer
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12:05 p.m. - Jim & I saw them at Point No Point  moving southbound very fast in wild choppy water. Definitely saw three, anyway.
Marilyn DeRoy

K13 Skagit 11:21 a.m. - Kpod north of Double Bluff heading south! Really choppy out here. Photo by Renee Beitzel, November 6, 2015

K20 Spock, north of Double Bluff, Whidbey Island. Photo by Renee Beitzel, November 6, 2015

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10:57 a.m. - Just off Windmill heights (2 miles south of Bush Point), Putting on quite a show, jumping out of water.
Mike Meyer
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10:48 a.m. - A group passed Bush Pt at 10:30 slowly southbound. Another group closer to shore came up behind them. That group has been fishing off Bush Pt for ten minutes but may have moved on south now. One of them Sara ID'd as K33 from my pic
Rachel Haight
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10:30 a.m.  - Orcas spread out from south of Bush Pt., in slow travel mid channel, headed south. Choppy seas and too distant to ID or count with confidence.
Howard Garrett, Orca Network
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10:28 a.m. - Elsa Leavitt reported whales all over, just past the Bush Pt. Lighthouse, heading south. 1 Saw a spyhop, a calf, an orca swimming upside down, a big male
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10:10 a.m. - Sandra Pollard reports orcas heading south quickly off Bush Point, 5 including one male.
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9:52 a.m. - they are east of mid channel about to pass Lagoon Point. Southbound. No idea on numbers yet. Heading to Bush Pt.
Rachel Haight
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9:02 a.m. - On Kennewick ferry headed to Port Townsend, passed pod of Orcas, 5 or 6 with a calf! Heading south. Check that one off the bucket list!
Warren Griffith

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J 50 Scarlet - Haro Strait - west side San Juan Island. Photo by James Maya, November 6, 2015

J26 Mike - Haro Strait Photo by James Maya, November 6, 2015

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1:54 p.m. - Also just began hearing calls on the Orcasound hydrophone (NW San Juan Island). Later ID'd by many as the J16s.
Susan Berta, Orca Network

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Saw a small pod on Thursday around 4:00 p.m. off Possession Point beach. Three black fins. We are visiting from NJ for a family reunion- so excited to see these creatures!
Kate Stewart

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J pod - Quartermaster Harbor - Maury/Vashon. Granny (J2) in the front, foreground. Looks like Hy'shqa (J37) behind her with T'ilem I'nges (J49). The two males at the back are Onyx (L87) in the foreground, and sprouter Cookie (J38) behind. Photo by K Rachel Kiel, November 3, 2015 (Nov 6th report's 'Photo of the Day' but we forgot to include IDs by Sara Hysong-Shimazu)

 

Thank you Tom from BC Whale Tours for finding the T137's and 86A's off of Sooke late morning on November 6th.   Although we missed them predating on a California sealion
we were able to watch them feeding on the carcass for close to an hour.    On our way back to Victoria I spotted the T002C's and 123's in Race Passage. Mark Malleson

T002C1 and T123A in Race Passage on November 6th. Photo by Mark Malleson

T137A off of Sooke on November 6th. Photo by Mark Malleson

T123A in Race Passage on November 6th. Photo by Mark Malleson

2:34 p.m. - They went east of The Peapods on their way north.  I took some phone video but they were too far away from the Orcas Island shoreline to see well except with binoculars. Its always thrilling to see these beautiful creatures.
Israel Johngab
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11:56 - Marie Waterman of WA State Ferries reports a pod of about 1/2 dozen orcas were northbound off Lawson Rock in Rosario Strait.
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12:45 p.m. -  went past Windmill Hts (north Mutiny Bay) going south at a fast clip, closer to Hansville side.
12:26 p.m. -  Orcas, saw 3, south of Bush Point headed south mid channel.
Dennia Allen
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11:15 a.m. - A lot of splashing and some dorsals mid channel just south of Port Townsend ferry lane. They appeared to be southbound. We're headed to Lagoon now.
Rachel Haight
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10:30 - Jan Faulkner is watching a pod of orcas from Lagoon Point, Whidbey Island. She's looking through a good scope to north of Port Townsend, just off Fort Worden and the PT Marine Science Center. Very hard to count but it sounds like a resident pod, with at least two babies, going both north and south, so no direction of travel yet.

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Just got a report from a friend that we have whales near the Vashon Ferry at 8:45. No clear direction - just back and forth - which is common for that area. 2nd report as well from the same time. Both said about 5 and did not see big males. Visibility was not great to the south with fog and the squall. (several experienced spotters attempted to find this pod with no success)
Amy Carey 

Illuminated blows of two humpbacks near Edmonds at sunset! Photo by Stu Davidson, November 9, 2015

4:12 p.m. - Two humpbacks close together! Still due west of a mile north of Edmonds ferry terminal... less than a mile from North Edmonds shoreline
1:36 p.m. - seems to be up around four humpbacks between Point No Point and Elgon ?!
1:22 p.m. - looks like two humpbacks now in the area just south of Pt no Pt.
11:47 a.m. -  humpback just south of Pt no Pt near shipping lane. Last roll over and dive was heading north westerly.
Stu Davidson
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10:56 a.m. - Two humpback whales at Point No Point heading south.
Michelle LeMieux Hall

3:00 p.m. - There was a large whale just off shore at Pt. Defiance around 3:00 pm. Looked like it was headed towards Narrows Bridge or Gig Harbor. Was either a Gray or Humpback whale.
Brian Mickelson

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3:30 p.m. - Whales believed to be Humpbacks sighted off of West Beach, Whidbey Island due west of W Beach Road and Ft Nugent Rd. Appeared to be one large and one small likely feeding.
Kevin Knight
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3:30 p.m. - Humpback north of Vashon , near the ferry terminal.
Dale Blackburn
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4:00 p.m. - Fluke of the humpback traveling past Point Defiance north into Colvos Passage. Photo by Zeno Martin, November 8, 2015

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Just watched the humpback Gig Harbor swim past Pt. Defiance, still heading north towards Colvos.
Celestia Star
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3:25 p.m. - Humpback just passed the Narrows Viewpoint in Pt. Defiance Northbound close to Pt. Defiance side following a Barge closely.
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3:19 p.m. - Humpback right under Narrows viewpoint. He's moving pretty quick. A few tail slaps.
Lindsay Ekblad
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3:04 p.m. - Humpback approaching the south end of salmon beach, heading north. Photo by Dino Martini, November 8, 2015

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3:00 p.m. - We saw this humpback following a tug and barge headed toward Colvos past Gig Harbor today! Photo by Bill Foster, November 8, 2015

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2:59 p.m. - single whale spouting north of Narrows, Tacoma side, heading north.
Beth Blankenship
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2:55 p.m. - Donna Sibbers called to report seeing a humpback whale heading north, just north of the Tacoma Narrows bridge mid-passage.
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2:47 p.m. -  just drove over the Tacoma Narrows and saw humpback north of the bridge mid channel. Headed to Narrows park to get a better look! Couldn't tell direction of travel but defiantly not orca.
Brittany Gordon
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2:45 p.m. - Looks like gray moving north past Gig Harbor entrance and humpback still moving north towards east narrows bridge tower. Large blows and tail slaps.
Dino Martini
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2:15 p.m. -  Slowly trending north. Still across from Narrows Viewpoint and it's still south of Gig Harbor. (anyone else see two blows at once? I thought I did but just once).
1:55 p.m. -  At Narrows Viewpoint at Pt Defiance. Whale is directly across from us on Gig Harbor side.
Jill Clogston
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1:25 p.m. There is a single whale headed toward the fishing pier on Fox Island.
Bob Wagner
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1:26 p.m. - Humpback is north of Tacoma Narrows Bridge, hugging Gig Harbor shore. Still slowly making its way north.
12:53 p.m. - Just spotted the humpback, under Narrow bridge, looks to be heading north.
Zeno Martin
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12:52 p.m. - Yay! We finally see it! Blows and fins and flukes! It's just north of the west tower of Tacoma Narrows bridge. We are viewing from our house roughly above Salmon Beach.
Julie Merriam
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12:30 p.m. - Not sure if it's the same whale, but this update was posted at 12:30:  He is along McNeil in between the big dock and the prison. We saw him come up a few times so far from the ferry.
11:00 a.m. - Humpback southwest of Anderson Island as of 11am, posted on the Anderson Islander's FB page.
Belen Schneider
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5:29 p.m. - We sighted two humpbacks Sunday, 11/8, around dusk at Pt No Pt Lighthouse. The whales were close into shore and startled a fisherman. They weren't diving deep as they rounded the point, so only the dorsal fins and backs were visible. We were delighted to see these big guys again!
Carol Keathley
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3:30 p.m. - Saw the Humpbacks this afternoon at Point No Point, here's one breaching. Photo by Theresa Meek Merrill, November 8, 2015

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2:42 p.m. - Sitting in Edmonds we can see big blows way up by Point No Point. Two whales, not Orca.
Jack Nolan
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Noon - Seeing 2-3 humpbacks E/SE of PNP. Blows with naked eye, good views with binoculars.
Kristin Kreifels
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10:57 a.m. - Husband is out fishing and reports whales off of Point No Point. He is close to Possession Bar, south Whidbey. Go Whales!
Jessica Schneider Hockstedler
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10:23 .m. - can still see them although they're heading southeast. Not sure if they'll circle around and come back.
8:50 a.m. - 2 humpbacks at Point No Point looking toward Double Bluff (Whidbey)
Michelle Goll
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While fishing off of Point No Point we spotted two humpback whales several times taking air and diving several times. Whales were spotted feeding between Point No Point and Whidbey Island from 0730 to 1400. Photo by John Dawson, November 8, 2015

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12:33 p.m. - It's a humpback! Swimming south towards town of Steilacoom. 50 to 100 yards offshore.
12:29 p.m. - Whale sighted just offshore near Steilacoom. Just below Madrona Park! Big spout. Sloping back. Waiting to see more. First seen below Madrona Park, heading south. It swam further towards the shore, almost right up to the ferry dock. Then headed back out into the inlet and we lost sight of it in the rain. Lots of spouting. Saw its sloped back many times. Caught a good look at its tail once. Beautiful!
Tari Poe Norris
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10:36 a.m. - Watching spouts from the Steilacoom/Anderson Island Ferry this morning. They are near the entrance to Carr Inlet, between Fox Island and McNeil Island closer to Fox. To far off to have any details, can't identify the type of whale. It looks like more than just one, and they are pretty continuous. There appears to be two boats near them. No idea on direction.
Peace Corey
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A humpback headed down on a dive. Saturday in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. South of Race Rocks on the Canadian side. Photo by James Gresham, November 7, 2015

A BCX humpback headed down in a wind tossed Strait of Juan de Fuca Saturday. South of Race Rocks on the Canadian side. Photo by James Gresham, November 7, 2015

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4:09 p.m. - While watching J Pod Orcas in the distance, this humpback surfaced several times below us at Dalco Passage Viewpoint. We heard it before we saw it.  Photo by Melissa Bird, November 6, 2015

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Humpback diving down in Dalco Passage. Photo by Marilyn Armbruster, November 6, 2015

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3:41 p.m. - Humpback is back off the mouth of the harbor and we can see the Orcas far away in the distance!
Jessica Hill
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12:37 p.m. - Humpbacks (multiple!) in Colvos Passage, just N of No 6 marker, on Gig Harbor side of passage, heading N toward Olalla. Definitely one very large whale , and at least one smaller.
Christy Robinson
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11:30 a.m. - ...some paddle boarders reported to me a humpback viewable from Sunrise Beach in Gig Harbor, to the north near Vashon Island's shore. I saw a blow and a dive, but no tail fluke.
Sarah Carter

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Even though it's November, and fairly late in our whale watching season, we've still been having incredible encounters on the water! ...we counted over ten individual humpbacks all within five miles of each other...
Heather MacIntyre

BCY0160 "Heather" and her calf off Henry Island. Photo by Heather MacIntyre, November 5, 2015

Un-identified Humpback in Haro Strait. Photo by Heather MacIntyre, November 5, 2015

BCZ0298 "Split Fin" ID shot- Haro Strait. Photo by Heather MacIntyre, November 5, 2015

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Two Humpbacks in Haro Strait. Right off Smugglers Cove. I heard them before I saw them. Photo by Laura Goode, October 25, 2015

Photo by Laura Goode, October 25, 2015

 

I was at Old Ferry Landing in Gig Harbor this afternoon and watched the gray whale coming up the Narrows from about 2:00-3:00 pm today. It was hugging the Gig Harbor side for the most part and even swam a bit into the mouth of the harbor as it passed by. Photo by Heidi Powers Armstrong, November 8, 2015

Photo by Heidi Powers Armstrong, November 8, 2015

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2:45 p.m. - Gray at the mouth of Gig Harbor. Photo by Gaby Kinner, November 8, 2015

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2:40 p.m. - Too far north to be seen from the Narrows Viewpoint, but trending a little faster northward, still hugging Gig Harbor side. Definitely a heart-shaped blow like a gray whale.
Jill Clogston
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2:25 p.m. - Hold on, much larger blows now coming up just south of Narrows bridge..much higher and straight up.. So is there a grey and humpback now??
Dino Martini
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2:20 p.m. - We are at the old ferry dock in Gig Harbor, whale spotted just south of us but very close to Gig Harbor side heading north towards us.
Jacy Newcomer
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1:37 p.m. - Well, our sneaky gray has given us the slip just north of the Narrows Bridge, slightly inside the west tower. Perhaps he's resting at the surface? We'll leave him at peace. Thankful to have been able to spend time with him. Thanks Orca Network for answering our questions and humoring us newbies on "The Whippoorwill".
11:56 a.m. - We're comfortable reporting this as a gray whale, unable to determine size, meandering in a north easterly direction just south of the Narrows Bridge.
11:42 a.m. -  With think it's actually a gray, traveling NE, approx 2 kts through the water, near the Narrows.
Tyler Fisher

On the left the fluke of the gray whale near the Narrows today. We stayed quite a ways away, but even at that distance it was pretty awesome to hang out and watch him. Photo by Sierra Lynn Fisher, November 8, 2015

Heart-shaped spray that's typical of grays - Tacoma Narrows. Photo by Sierra Lynn Fisher, November 8, 2015

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Noon - Hello, While riding my bicycle across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, I happen to see this thing agitating the water. It surfaced at least three times and submerged, but shallow enough that I could still see where it was and where it was going. I was able to get these pictures, before it fluked, and disappeared as a boat was coming at speed, not at it, just close by. If it came back up, it would have been under the bridge and out of my sight.
Ralph Reed

Gray whale surfing near the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Photo by Ralph Reed, November 8, 2015

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1 Gray Whale along the west side of San Juan Island on November 7th. Photo by Mark Malleson

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4:20 p.m. - They (J pod) are just now headed up Colvos Passage. Very large group. Beautiful. I can't even describe what an amazing sail it was yesterday. We also had a dolphin playing under our bow.
Julie St John