If orcas, any males?: 1 large male with very large dorsal finĪny unusual markings?: too far away to see Sun, Aug 7 - Puget Sound - 20:45 - At least two orcas seen straight off of Weather Watch Park in southern Alki, southbound. Is there anything else you’d like to share about your encounter?: Made us very happy! Where seen: Admiralty Inlet east of Fort Casey Sent via form submission from Orca Network Sun, Aug 7 - Admiralty Inlet - 20:00 - Pat & Kara Scott called from Bush Point, they are seeing at least 2 orcas: one headed northbound toward Lagoon Point, the 2nd one is heading back south again, but they had been traveling together. īIGG'S KILLER WHALES (mammal-eating ecotype) - Sun, Aug 7 - Strait of Juan de Fuca - Today with Bigg's/transient killer whales T49A2 hunting seals deep into Esquimalt Harbour, quite the amazing experience! -Sooke Coastal Exploration - T49A2 - photos and ID by Paul Pudwell, August 7, 2022 Ariel Yseth, Whale Scout Ġ6:30 - Donna Sanders, WSF Marine Ops emailed to report: SAMISH Captain reports 6 Orca doing a circular pattern North of Bell Rock in ANAC. Cathleen Burns Ġ6:33 - Pod of orca going south in Rosario. Alex McIntire ġ0:00 - Surface active whales northbound/heading up island off American Camp -Monika Wieland Shields, Orca Behavior Instituteġ0:13 - A few orca at Cattle Pass, right at the point, headed north against the tide, closed saddle patches. But they're definitely getting further offshore and most seem to be pointed west offshore.ġ0:52 - 5 more northbound from Eagle Point.ġ0:26 - I have at least 6 in between Eagle Point and Pile Point making good pace northbound. Ariel Yseth, Whale Scout ġ1:20 - Still out of False Bay/Pile Pt. Monika Wieland Shields, Orca Behavior Institute ġ1:28 - We’ve had 8 or so fishing off False Bay for about an hour but they’ve all moved out of sight up island.ġ1:19 - Lots of fishing off False Bay. Does look like Js and at least some Ls - pretty sure I saw L25. ġ3:00 - Whales off Eagle Point and north of there, milling trending south. ġ6:45 - Leaders north of Eagle going north.ġ3:40 - Wide spread and trending south/offshore from Eagle. ġ7:50 - Still spread and milling between Eagle and Pile. Michelline Halliday, SJIġ8:15 - Still widely spread now trending south and offshore from Eagle. , I estimate the orcas are off of Pile Point and they slowly drifted south, out of sight. Possibly resting on a calm and quiet sea.Ġ3:00, The resting orcas began to travel south until out of earshot.ġ1:47 - 12:30, 4-5 orcas milling, seeing fins and distant blows far to the south, viewing from 1 mile south of Landbank. There were no other sounds surface activity and it doesn’t seem like they are milling the blows are coming from the same spot for over an hour. I can hear the inhalations so the orcas aren’t far from shore. I’m hearing a repeated pattern of a quick succession of many blows followed by silence for 30 seconds to as much as one to two minutes long. No direction, estimating 8-10? individuals. L-Pod, Haro Strait, SJI - 01:40, Loud orca blows 1 mile south of Landbank’s Westside Preserve. SOUTHERN RESIDENTS (fish-eating ecotype) - Sun, Aug 7 - Haro Strait (Lpod in the morning Js head south down Rosario Strait then west towards SJI, merging with L pod)
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