Weekly Whale Report: 08/24/26--08/30/26

The last week of the month brought us three humpbacks, the rare booby bird, and spyhopping orcas galore! Oh, August! How we will miss you.

Species Seen This Week

Across 21 tours this week, we encountered:

Killer whale - Total: 39

Humpback whale - Total: 3

Individual Whales Seen This Week

Killer Whale:

We encountered orcas times and identified 39 individuals across 11 matrilines.

These included:

• T19s

• T37A1s

• T37A4

• T46Bs

• T49As

• T60s

• T99s

• T65A5

• T100s

• T101s

• T109As

  
  

Humpback Whale:

We encountered humpback whales 2 times and out of the 3 humpbacks seen, we identified Yogi.

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Photos From This Week:

Mon. 08/24/26 AM Tour--Orcas: T49As & T46Bs

Photo credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T49A5 Neptune with mom T49A Nan

Left to right: T46B3A Munro, T46B8 Pi, T46B Raksha, & T46B6 Sol

Left to right: T46B2B Takaya, T46B2 Akela, T46B3 Sedna

Left to right: T46B2 Akela, T46B3 Sedna, T46B3A Munro

Mon. 08/24/26 PM Tour--Orcas: T37A1s & T65A5

Photo credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T65A5 Indy

T65A5 Indy

T65A5 Indy & T36A1 Tierna

T36A1 Tierna

T36A1 Tierna and son T36A1A Drift

T36A1A Drift

Tues. 08/25/26 PM Tour--Orcas: T99s & T65A5

Photo credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T99C Barakat

T99D Puck with older brother T99C Barakat

T99C Barakat with younger brother T99E Quinn Quinn

T99C Barakat

T99E Quinn Quinn

T99D Puck

Wed. 08/26/26--Orcas: T99s

Photo credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T99C Barakat

T99C Barakat

T99C Barakat

T99C Barakat

T99C Barakat

T99E Quinn Quinn & T99C Barakat

Thurs. 08/27/26 AM Tour--Orcas: T100s & T101s

Photo credit: Naturalist Sophia Madden

T100C Laurel

T100C Laurel with mom T100 Hutchins

Left to right: T101B Lagoon, T100C Laurel, T101 Reef, & T100F Estrella

T100C Laurel, T101 Reef (middle), & T101B Lagoon

Thurs. 08/27/26 PM Tour--Orcas: T109As

Photo credit: Naturalist Sophia Madden

T109A4 Garrett

T109A4 Garrett

T109A8 Weiss

Left to right: T109A8 Weiss, matriarch T109A Frio, T109A5 Argyle, & T109A7 Weiland

T109A Frio & son T109A4 Garrett

Fri. 08/28/26--Orcas: T100s & T101s

Photo credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T101 Reef

T101B Lagoon

T101B Lagoon

T101 Reef

T101 Reef with grandson T100F Estrella

T101 Reef with daughter T100 Hutchins and grandson T101F Estrella

T100C Laurel

Sat. 08/29/26--Orcas: T101s; Humpbacks: 2 Unidentified

Photo credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T101B Lagoon

T101B Lagoon

T101B Lagoon

Sun. 08/30/26--Orcas: T99s & T37A4

Photo credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T99B Holly & T37A4 Crinkle

T99C Barakat with younger brother T99E Quinn Quinn

T99D Puck

T99D Puck

T99D Puck

T99E Quinn Quinn

Photo credit: Guest Whitney Miller