5:08 PM: Via Orca Network on Twitter and Facebook, “Washington State Ferries reports a large whale, probably a humpback, off the Fauntleroy dock in West Seattle.” Please let us know if you see it (and which way it seems to be heading)!
6:50 PM: Sheri reports, via Twitter, that she just saw it dive off Lincoln Park, and that it’s heading north.
My son and I were fishing at the point by Colman Pool, it cruised by 50′ out from the flagpole as the sun was setting. Spray, back, tail. It was pretty awesome.
I saw a large whale – grey or humpback — of Lowman Beach Park around 7PM.
Saw just the tail this morning at Alki near the picnic shelter between 10:30 and 11:00. It was heading east.
Does anyone know if whales this large typically come this deep into the Sound? I thought they were more ‘open ocean’ whales.
Humpbacks in Puget Sound apparently aren’t that rare, at least in recent years, but elsewhere in the Northwest they have even ventured into the Columbia River in search of food:
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http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33542676-75/humpback-whales-visit-the-columbia-river-near-astoria.html.csp
I was on the Fauntleroy ferry on my way to Vashon island, front car in the lane on Saturday, around 5 PM. First, I saw the tail, quickly got out of my car, and saw a full breach. It must have been 50 – 100 feet in front of the boat. Everyone quickly rushed out of their cars to the front of the boat. I JUST missed snapping a pic.
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