Weekly Whale Report: 6/15/26--06/21/26

Whales in Anacortes WA: Who We Saw

Species Seen This Week

Killer Whale - Total: 42

Humpback Whale - Total: 37

Gray Whale - Total: 1

Individual Whales Seen This Week

Killer Whale:

We encountered orcas 18 times and identified 42 individuals across 11 matrilines.

These included:

• T46Bs

• T49C

• T64Bs

• T65As

• T86As

• T99s

• T100s

• T123s

• T124A2s

• T124A4s

• T125As

Humpback Whale:

We encountered humpback whales 7 times and saw 37 individuals.

Of those identified, these included:

• Gretzky

• Kiara Kelley

• Scuttle

  
  

Gray Whale:

We encountered Paul the gray whale 7 times.

Highlights from Anacortes Whale Watching Tours

In addition to whales, our guests also enjoyed sightings of several other iconic Pacific Northwest species, including Tufted Puffins and Steller Sea lions.

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Photos from this week:

Mon. June 15th, AM tour--Orcas: T86As & T100s

Photo Credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T86A3, Tyndall

Sisters T86A1 Nahanni & T86A3 Tyndall

Three-year-old T86A1B Denali, son of T86A1 Nahanni

T86A1 Nahanni

T100E Tharaya

Tues. June 16th, AM tour--Gray whale: Paul

Photo Credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

Wed. June 17th, PM tour--Orcas: T123s

Photo Credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T123 Sidney and T123A Stanely

T123 Sidney lunging during a hunt

T123C Lucky

T123A Stanely

T123D Darcy

Fri. June 19th, AM tour--Orcas: T64Bs & T65As

Photo Credit: Naturalist Sophia Madden

T65A4 Ellifrit

Sat. June 20th, AM tour--Orcas: T125A & T128

Photo credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T125A Jetsam aka 'Bill'

T128 Flotsam aka "Ted"

Sat. June 20th, Rosario tour--Orcas: T123s

Photo Credit: Naturalist Sheila Bolka

T123C Lucky

T123C Lucky & T123D Darcy

T123A Stanley

Sun. June 21st, AM tour--Orcas: T46Bs & T49C

Photo credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor

T46B6 Sol

T46B3 Sedna and 3-year-old calf T46B2b Munro

T49 C Neilson