Weekly Whale Report: 09/07/26--09/13/26

What a whaley-filled week! Humpbacks, orcas, and even a sneaky minke. Summer may be ending but the whales, like Noir (above), hung around to say hello!

Species Seen This Week

Across 19 tours this week, we encountered:

Killer whale - Total: 37

Humpback whale - Total: 14

Minke whale: 1

Individual Whales Seen This Week

Killer Whale:

We encountered orcas 15 times and identified 37 individuals across 8 matrilines.

These included:

• T19s

• T35As

• T41s

• T49As

• T59As

• T60s

• T65Bs

• T109As

  
  

Humpback Whale:

We encountered humpback whales 5 times and identified 8 out of 14 humpbacks.

These included:

• Aerie

• Bump

• Exclamation

• Merlin

• Moonpie

• Noir (2020 calf of Nox)

• Vega

• BCX2266

Minke Whale:

We encountered a minke whale once and did not get an identification.

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Photos From This Week:

Mon. 09/07/26 AM Tour--Orcas: T49As

Photo Credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

Left to right: T49A Nan, T49A6 Charlie II, T49A4 Neptune

Left to right: T49A5 Nebula, T49A Nan, T49A8 Pi

T49A3 Nat (front)

T49A Nan spyhopping

Mon. 09/07/26 PM Tour--Orcas: T19s & T49As

Photo Credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T19C Spouter

T19C Spouter

T19C Spouter

T19 Nootka with son T19B Galiano

Matriarch T49A Nan

T49A Nan with six-month old T49A8 Pi

T49A3 Nat with sister T49A5 Nebula

Tues. 09/08/26--Orcas: T41s & T49As

Photo Credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T49A Nan, T49A5 Nebula, & T49A3 Nat

Left to right: T49A5 Nebula, T49A Nan, T49A6 Charlie II, T49A7 Pi

T49A5 Nebula

T49A7 Pi next to mom T49A Nan with T49A5 Nebula

Left to right: T49A5 Nebula, T49A Nan, & T49A3 Nat

T49A Nan with six-month-old T49A7 Pi

T49A Nan and T49A7 Pi

T41 Lawrie

T41 Lawrie

Fri. 09/11/26--Humpback: 2020 calf of Nox

Photo Credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

Fri. 09/11/26-- Humpback: Aerie

Photo Credit: Naturalist Sophia Madden

Fri. 09/11/26-- Dall's Porpoises

Photo Credit: Naturalist Sophia Madden

Fri. 09/11/26-- Minke Whale

Photo Credit: Naturalist Sophia Madden

Sat. 09/12/26 AM Tour--Orcas: T60D & T60E

Photo Credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T60D Onca

T60D Onca

T60D Onca

T60E Lynx

T60E Lynx

Sat. 09/12/26 PM Tour--Orcas: T60D & T60E

Photo Credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T60D Onca

T60E Lynx

T60E Lynx spyhopping next to brother T60D Onca

T60E Lynx

Sun. 09/13/26 AM -- T109As

Photo Credit: Naturalist Sophia Madden

T109A6 "Riley" and Family

T109A4 "Garrett" and T109A7 "Wieland"

T109A "Frio"

T109A "Frio" and T109A8 "Weiss"

T109A4 "Garrett"

T109A4 "Garrett" and T109A5 "Argyle"

T109A5 "Argyle" and T109A6 "Riley"

Steller Sea Lion eating a Great Pacific Octopus