One of the four Bigg's (Transient) killer whales traveling northbound in Saratoga Passage, passing the seaside town of Langley, Whidbey Island, home of our Langley Whale Center. Photo by Marilyn Armbruster, February 4, 2016

This afternoon at 3:30 I saw two orcas (a male and a female) off the Amphitrite Lighthouse in Ucluelet. Frustratingly, despite scanning for half an hour, they only surfaced ONCE!
Monika Wieland

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Saw one breaching and moving slowly at 11:30 pm Saturday night. About 100 yards from the shore in Yukon harbour and west of Blake island. Snuck up on us while we were having a fire near the beach! Neighbors on both sides of us called us after they saw it too. Large dorsal was clearly visible.
Sam Wempe
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4:30 p.m. - Watching a pod of orcas in Saratoga Passage today = happy! There seemed to be four whales (one big one, two medium sized and a smaller one). They hung out in the area between Greenbank and Penn Cove for a couple of hours, seemed to be fishing. We last saw them heading south quickly around 4:30pm. The water was totally smooth so we had great viewing!Fran Farley Kendall

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1420 - by Duwamish Head marker.
Adella Mae Boyar
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1417 - they are in Elliot bay near the ferry terminal!
Alicia Toney
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3:00 p.m. - Orca whale sighting off of the Fauntleroy ferry dock. Four orca traveling southbound in a determined manner.
John Rogstad WSF
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3:00 p.m. - Pod of orcas in Elliott Bay at 3 pm today. Heading north from the grain elevator about 200 yards from shore.
Shelly Richer Edwards
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2:30 p.m. - Bainbridge to Seattle ferry.
Katie Flynn
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2:11 p.m. - 4 orcas that in Elliott Bay right now on the south side of the bay, a couple hundred yards east of the floating barge
Joey Duwe
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1:53 p.m. - 4 orcas in Elliot Bay right now!!! (Office says, two are babies?!)
Colleen McDevitt
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1:45 p.m.  - DJ Mar at Eco-Elements near Pike Place Mkt reports customers just saw four orcas only 100 yds from the ferris wheel, next to the Seattle Aquarium, in Elliot Bay, breaching, etc.
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1:30 p.m. -  a friend of mine reported seeing 5 or so orcas off Alki. She was on the BI ferry east bound, orcas were west bound. I'm looking from Rockaway, but not seeing them.
Susan Marie Andersson
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An orca spyhops near Discovery Park. There were at least 7 in the pod that passed by the South Bluff Trail. Photo by Steve Smith, February 5, 2016

12:25 p.m. -  I saw them...in the bay south of Discovery light, followed by small red boat which has now headed north. Photo by Steve Smith, February 5, 2016

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Noon hour- While walking Discovery Park myself and several others saw a good sized pod (at least 6) with babies halfway between Discovery Park and Bainbridge Island in the Sound. They seemed to be playing and feeding, active then quiet as a whale watching boat came nearer. They resumed play and then circled a speed boat, surrounding it,  jumping, and spouting. noon hour Feb 5th.
Adrienne Villa-Stanley
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12:05 p.m. - Just spotted a pod of orcas of the Discovery park south bluff trail, Heading south. 500m from shore. South of the lighthouse. Traveling fast when we last saw... An Argosy cruise ship was heading towards them.
Pwint Htun
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1030  - Faye Bainbridge S. Medium travel...coast guard boat behind them.
Bethany Ryals
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10:55 a.m. -  I gotta go. Last seen transect Golden Gardens/Shilshole and Faye Bainbridge park...still southbound steady clip east of mid channel.
10:40 a.m. - they are haulin. Now approaching Golden Gardens/Shilshole. I cannot keep up.
10:15 a.m. -  they are powering along southbound. Carkeek would be next..soon. They are just east of mid channel in choppy seas.
10:00 a.m. - quick glimpse too far for IDs..they are out from Richmond beach transect approaching Jefferson Head, Indianola. Southbound good clip. Adult male in group.
Alisa Lemire Brooks, Orca Network
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9:12 a.m. - line of sight to the Pod is between north Edmonds and north of Kingston
9:04 a.m. - looks to be a baby with this Pod...Definitely a small one and unique the way it surfaces.
8:53 a.m.  - looks more like 5 or 6 orcas.. Still heading south, still just north of Edmonds / Kingston ferry route.
8:47 a.m. - several + orcas closest to Edmonds side.. Just north of Edmonds / Kingston ferry run. They are heading south at a quick pace!!
Stu Davidson

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Orca Pod hunting sea lion east of Sequim - A pod of five orcas was hunting a sea lion at Diamond Point yesterday, 4 Feb 2016. This family had two full grown adults and three smaller juveniles. They seemed to be teaching the little ones to hunt. The whole grouping slowly drifted west from Diamond Point to Thompson Spit from 3:30 - 5:30 PM. The sea lion seemed to escape into the shallow waters and the orcas didn't follow it onshore into the shelf area. It got dark, so we don't know if the sea lion finally escaped or not. They were hunting a large sea lion. Breaching, heading, spy hopping, and pouncing. They hunt like cats!
Megan Black

5:09 p.m. - They have now past Camano State Park still heading north......seemed to me like 3 females and one baby. (Notes by Melisa Pinnow, Center for Whale Research: These ones are probably the T100Bs and T124A1 . They were up at San Juan on Jan 29th.)
Marilyn Arbruster

Pod of 4, traveling steadily northbound up Saratoga Passage mid channel - Camano State Park in background.  Photo by Marilyn Armbruster, February 4, 2016

 

3:58 p.m. - Passing in front of Dog House, downtown Langely, Whidbey Island - now mid channel. Photo by Marilyn Armbruster, February 4, 2016

 
3:50 p.m. - They have just passed marina and just this side of Langley east. They are moving somewhat slow...at a leisurely pace.
3:35 p.m. - Sitting above Langley Marina...here they come at Sandy Point just east of Langley, saw one blow.
Marilyn Armbruster
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2:43 p.m. - 4 orcas near the Clinton ferry terminal on Whidbey. Just saw them on the crossing. initially headed west. Can't tell if they were going north into Saratoga Passage or south into Possession Sound...First had them right in front of the boat headed west when we were mid channel. then they went under and found them again just out from the Whidbey dock. ...on the way home the ferry captain announced orcas just off the bow. We had a super close and headed straight on pop up within about 5 feet of the stopped ferry then they dove under and didn't come back up.
Amy Carey

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T101's east bound off of Victoria. Photo by Mark Malleson, February 1, 2016

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Saw two maybe three orcas south Camano Island west side. About 3:00pm. Second time I have seen orcas first time in my kayak. They where traveling south then came in close to shore maybe looking for something to eat. Picture was taken with a point and shoot water proof camera, south end of Camano Island west side just off shore of Wilkes Gary Hts Road. It is about a half mile up from the south tip of the Island.
Andrew Dillon

Pod of orcas  southbound Saratoga Passage with Whidbey Island in the back ground.    Photo by Andrew Dillon, January 25, 2016

Photo by Andrew Dillon, January 25, 2016

 

Had to google it to ID it. Fin whale spotted off Duwamish Head, Elliott Bay, on Monday, Feb. 1 about 2:30 p.m. Moving very slowly, gradually headed north. Someone in a row boat (!) was standing up taking pictures. Hope someone sent one to you. I saw a huge back, what I thought was a back. Rounded and gray. At first I thought it was a humpback, and that's what I was googling for today. What threw me was that 'in front' it had a sharp dark 'thing' stick out, so at first I thought it was a gigantic sea lion. Then I realized that I didn't know what it was, but it was large enough to be a whale, just one I hadn't seen before. When I saw the picture online of the fin whale in September that's when I knew what it was. I saw nothing else. Slowly moving north.
Robyn Fritz

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Gray whale also reported by the WS Ferries at 4:15 outside Eagle Harbor, headed west.
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4:15 p.m. - Gray whale seen from Bainbridge ferry at mouth of Eagle Harbor, near ferry marker bouys south end.
Daniel Lipinski
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One of the monitors spotted a Gray Whale between Vashon and Fauntleroy at 12:55 today. It was closer to Fauntleroy. It surfaced twice and showed it's fluke before diving. We have completed pile driving for the day. No pile driving is planned tomorrow or this weekend.
Burt Miller, WSF  

9:43 a.m. - Just noted spray and tail north of Johnson Point, Case Inlet, southeast of Harstine Island, southwest of Key Peninsula, heading west....too far away and mostly spray. Hump was dark and we did see a tail once.
Tina Davis