WEST SEATTLE WHALE WATCHING UPDATE: Orcas in the area again

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(Added 4:55 pm: Photo by Trileigh Tucker)

8:37 AM: Thanks to Kersti Muul for sharing the report: Orcas seen off Alki this morning, headed southwest. Let us know if you see them – commenting here is great, and/or use our 24-hour text/voice hotline, 206-293-6302 – thank you!

12:28 PM: Alisa from the Orca Network is reporting that the orcas are confirmed as Southern Residents and are now northbound again, passing the Fauntleroy ferry terminal area as of less than 15 minutes ago.

2:10 PM: Now reported to be off Lowman Beach. Thanks again for the updates!

3:33 PM: We are at Constellation Park, where the orcas are visible – albeit in major sun glare – north of Blake Island.

Kersti Muul November 6, 2017 (12:55 pm)

Segment of Lpod

Ms. Freestar November 6, 2017 (2:46 pm)

Anyone know if they’ve already passed Alki Point/Beach headed back North yet?

Kersti Muul November 6, 2017 (3:13 pm)

They are mid Blake NB

Big crowd here at constellation

Kersti Muul November 6, 2017 (4:36 pm)

Glad you came out and saw them!

WSB November 6, 2017 (4:49 pm)

I didn’t get to … forgot my binoculars and sat down for a while a ways from the big viewing spot due to suddenly not feeling so great. But Patrick walked over and checked in. Thanks again for the updates! – TR

Susan Berta November 6, 2017 (8:12 pm)

Thanks for sharing the news of Southern Residents in Puget Sound again today! We invite your readers to also please report orca (or other whale sightings) to our Whale Sighting Network via our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OrcaNetwork/ or our toll free #:1-866-ORCANET. Southern Resident orcas tend to come into Puget Sound several times a month from October – January, and of course we’ve had Transient orcas year round, along with Humpback whales and even common and bottlenose dolphins this year ~ your reports help us provide data to researchers, NOAA Fisheries and other agencies to track all these species in our inland waters, and to help us track habitat use by our endangered Southern Resident orcas. Plus, we are blessed with many miles of shoreline to watch whales from in Puget Sound, and you can find the best viewing spots near you from our Sighting Network Viewpoints map at http://www.orcanetwork.org/Main/index.php?categories_file=Viewpoints.  If you are a boater or know boaters, please share the http://www.BeWhaleWise.org boating regulations to make sure to keep the whales safe. Hope the whales stick around for a few days, enjoy!

fiz November 6, 2017 (8:37 pm)

Hope you are feeling better, Tracy! Please take good care of you.

Timothy Levison November 8, 2017 (7:21 am)

Leave them alone they need a two mile distance between them and us.There nothing worse than a whale surrounded.We lost several calfs this year.Wake up you people help the whales by leaving them alone or otherwise they will slowly die off it’s all of your choice!

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newnative November 8, 2017 (8:27 am)

What are you talking about, Timothy Levison?! This is an alert for whale watching from the shores of West Seattle.

Tabi November 9, 2017 (6:42 am)

where can I see the orcas today?

WSB November 9, 2017 (9:36 am)

The Orca Network has reports of orcas heading southbound off Edmonds as of just before 9 am. That’s still a ways north of here, and sometimes they turn around, but that’s an early POSSIBLE heads-up.
- WSB November 9, 2017 (1:11 pm)
  
  … and checking back with ON, its watchers say it looks like those whales turned north again. So maybe no sightings here today after all, though a couple of dolphins have been reported off West Seattle’s north shores.

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