Weekly Whale Report: 09/14/26--09/20/26

RIP sea lion! This week the T36 pod, including T36B Tattertip (above), took part in a sea lion hunt with the T65Bs and T49A1. Let the fall fun continue!

Species Seen This Week

Across 14 tours this week, we encountered:

Killer whale - Total: 28

Humpback whale - Total: 12

Individual Whales Seen This Week

Killer Whale:

We encountered orcas 12 times and identified 28 individuals across 9 matrilines.

These included:

• T19s

• T36s

• T49A1

• T59A4

• T60s

• T63 & T65

• T65Bs

• T123s

• T137A

  
  

Humpback Whale:

We encountered 12 total humpback whales across 3 tours and identified 3 of them.

These included:

• Aerie

• Hydra

• Reaper

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Photos From This Week:

09/14/26--Orcas: T60s

Photo Credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T60G Uncia

T60 Panthera & T60G Uncia

Left to right: T60G Uncia, T60F Tigris, & T60 Panthera

T60G Uncia

09/16/26--Orcas: T60D & T60E and T19s

Photo Credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T19 Nootka with younger son T19C Spouter

T19C Spouter

T19B Galiano

T60D Onca (left) & T60E Lynx (right)

T60E Lynx (left) & T60D Onca (right)

T60E Lynx

T60E Lynx

09/18/26--Orcas: T65Bs

Photo Credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T65B1 Birdsall

T65B2 Nettle & T65B1 Birdsall

T65B1 Birdsall

T65B2 Nettle, T65B1 Birdsall, and T65B Chunk

Left to right: T65B1 Birdsall, T65B3 Rook, T65B2 Nettle, T65B Chunk

T65B1 Birdsall

09/19/26--Orcas: T36s, T49A1, T65Bs

Photo Credit: Naturalist Sam Wallace

T49A1 Noah

T36B1 Bhotia

T65B1 Birdsall (left) and T49A1 Noah (right)

Matriarch, 56-year-old, T36 Flapjack

Left to right: T36B Tattertip, T36B4 Auk, T65B Chunk, & T65B3 Nettle

T49A1 Noah

T49A1 Noah

T36 Flapjack

T65B Birdsall & T49A1 Noah

09/19/26--Orcas: T36s, T49A1, T65Bs

Photo Credit: Naturalist Katie Dunbar

T49A1 Noah

T65B1 Birdsall

T36B Tattertip

T36B Tattertip charging a sea lion

T36B1 Bhotia

Left to right: T65B2 Nettle, T36B4 Auk, T65B Chunk, T36B Tattertip, T36 Flapjack, & T65B3 Rook

09/20/26--Orcas: T123s

Photo Credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

Left to right: T123 Sidney, T123D Darcy, T123C Lucky

Left to right: T123D Darcy, T123A Stanley, T123 Sidney

T123 Sidney

T123 Sidney & T123C Lucky

T123A Stanley

T123A Stanley