💦🧚💦 Mon, Jun 22 Quiet are days when the orcas spend their time in other parts of the Salish Sea. Wondering if the brothers, Flotsam & Jetsam, are swimming about inland, but no reports of them yesterday. Perhaps today... 📷 Lovely T65A2 Ooxjaa close inshore in Hood Canal. By Barry Estes 6/15. #psws

🩷 Sun, Jun 21 Yesterday, humpbacks held our attention: Graphite off S Bainbridge & another, poss. Orion or the 2025 calf of Big Mama, off S Whidbey. Grays in the mix too. This morn a humpback in N Puget Sound! 📷 CRC-19313 Graphite off S Bainbridge yesterday. By @lisa-corona.bsky.social #psws

🩶 🌬️ Sat, Jun 20 Yesterday, the T64Bs & T65As exited inland waters of Puget Sound & headed up to the San Juans, meanwhile three humpbacks, Orion, Graphite & the 2025 calf of Big Mama, stayed in! 🐋🐋🐋 📷 Illuminated exhalation of Graphite in Dalco Passage on Monday. By Bonny Melton-Parker 6/15 #psws

💚♠️ Fri, Jun 19 Lovely & busy whale days: SRKWs & w/new calf L130; continuation of T64Bs w/T65As; rare & 1st time inland Puget Sound orcas... 
📷 T68C1 Sila slices thru glassy calm Hammersley Inlet before the family eventual Puget Sound exit & journey to the Pacific. By April Basham 6/12 
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🩵 🐦‍⬛ Thu, Jun 18 Awe sweet! New baby Southern Resident! Yesterday, the @whaleresearch.bsky.social announced L130. Hello lovely little cutie w/the most extraordinarily cool eye patch! We ♥️ U already. Awesome are the days we get lucky to spend time w/whales as they go about their lives... #psws

🖤🤍💙Wed, Jun 17 Grateful for these sunny days w/whales throughout the Salish Sea incl. inland Puget Sound. Yesterday again, several groups of orcas, humpbacks & grays. 📷 Resident orcas Js & Ls appear to have left again - here's a beautiful boy breach off San Juan by Hongming Zheng 6/15. #psws

💜🦋💜 Tue, Jun 16 The wonderful world of whales. Our beautiful late spring days & whales of all types continues this morning. So far, orcas & a gray whale reported- imagine there are more to come as the day unfurls. 📷 Humpback Graphite (BCX2077) in Dalco Passage. By Jason Cook 6/15. #psws

🐟🩵🐟 Mon, Jun 15 12:30 - Endangered Southern Resident orcas are heading back south in Haro Strait. Audible on Orcasound hydrophone, then likely Andrews Bay & then Lime Kiln. Orcasound hydrophones: www.orcasound.net The Whale Museum Live Stream: www.youtube.com/live/mZ0cCx_... #wssjis #psws

💕♥️💕 Mon, Jun 15 A very lovely yesterday w/so many whales, but the highlight was the return of the Southern Resident orcas (Js & Ls) to the Salish Sea. ♥️ Inland, we saw 2 different groups of orcas, humpbacks & gray whales. Who today? 🎥 Gray in Possession Sound by Marilyn Armbruster 6/14. #psws

💕♥️💕 Sun, Jun 14 - Special day & beautiful night in the Salish Sea! Southern Residents have returned & have been making their way inland. Currently in Haro Strait, nearing San Juan Isl. Audible J pod calls at least & visible on the Whale Museum livestream on You Tube. #wssjis #psws

🔥💛 Sun, Jun 14 Salish Sea was teeming w/whales yesterday! Orcas, humpbacks & grays (prob minke) throughout the San Juans, inland Puget Sound & tons more in between & beyond. ☀️ 🥵 Today should be lovely. Stay cool! 📸 Humpback from the Edmonds>Kingston ferry last night. By Christina Benitez #psws

🌅🧡 Sat, Jun 13 To awake to a breathtaking scene such as this & with a whale (presumably a gray, center) is a moment few take for granted. Yesterday at least 4 grays, 3 humpbacks, & those Bigg's orcas (T68s+) were accounted for. 📸 05:14 this morn in Penn Cove, Whidbey. By Steve DeKoekkoek. #psws

🗻☀️🌈 Fri, Jun 12 Sunshine & blue sky morning in the PNW - a beautiful way to meet the day. Yesterday orcas, humpbacks & grays; looking forward to seeing which megafauna is hanging around in Puget Sound under the sun today. 📽️ A humpback swimming by Edmonds on Sunday 6/7. By Alisa LB. #psws

🏙️ 🩵 Thu, Jun 11 Yesterday, members of the T68s+ traveled southern waterways as did a humpback; other orcas reported to the east of them; at least 2 grays up north. 📷 Bros T65A2 Ooxjaa (b. 2004) & T65A3 Amir/a (b.2007) 📷 w/their youngest sister T65A6 Callisto (b.2018) By Jason Cook 6/7 #psws

👁️‍🗨️🧚 Wed, Jun 10 Orcas reported this morn, presumably the group who's been inland PS the past week, some for the 1st time ever. Sounder gray whale CRC56 Stardust was seen yesterday possibly exiting for 2026. If so, we wish him the best! 📷 Love her eyepatch; T68C1 Sila by April Basham 6/8. #psws

🩶💦🩶 Tue, Jun 9 The T68Cs, T73Cs, & T69A4 group is making full use of their Puget Sound time; yesterday they came north to Tacoma, ate & played, then returned south. Meanwhile, T68C's mama T68 & others were incoming Admiralty. 📷 Believe this is T68C & T68C6 in Case Inlet. By Jason Luc 6/7. #psws

Have you ever wondered how on earth people seem to find whales in Puget Sound all the time? Well, we're spilling all of our secrets so you can spot these wild orcas, humpbacks, grays, minkes + more for yourself. Happy searching, friends! Let us know what you find! 💕🐋

💦💦 Mon, Jun 8 When the Hammersley party's over... T68Cs & T73Cs spent a 2nd day shuffling in Hammersley Inlet b4 exiting & heading to Case Inlet while T64Bs & T65As (-A5) moved up the Sound & T124A2s & A4s moved in! Who, where today? 📷 T068C3 & T68C3A in Hammersley. By Susan Hoover 6/6. #psws

🐦‍⬛🖤🏡 Sun, Jun 7 Yesterday it was all South Puget Sound w/the T68Cs & T73Cs shuffling Hammersley Inlet all day & T64Bs & T65As (-A5) in Carr Inlet. Today again, orcas in Hammersley Inlet this morn! 📷 T65A3 Amir/a during close pass off Bella Bella 6/6. By Catherine Soto (video framegrab). #psws

💛 Sat, Jun 6 Happy Birthday to my lovely friend Iris who turns 100 years-old today! Iris has a strength, beauty, & grit which shaped her & those privileged to know her. Just as elder orcas guide their clans & pass down their knowledge, so to has Iris! 📸 Fun in Allyn, WA by Julie Davis 6/5. #psws

♥️ Fri, Jun 5 Extra dose of special yesterday! Tucked in w/all those orcas was T069A4, a juvie who dispersed young & hadn't been recorded for 2 years until May 19th on the central coast Van Isl, BC. Welcome cutie! 📷 Intimate pass by some members at Les Davis Pier, Tacoma. Jasmin Holm, 6/4. #psws

💙 🩵🩶 Thu, Jun 4 Yesterday, T68Cs & T73Cs (9 orcas), entered Admiralty Inlet/Puget Sound & continued well inland while others (presumably T64Bs & T65As) plied Hood Canal. 📸 Beautiful Ebey's Landing, entrance to Admiralty Inlet (main whale waterway to inland Puget Sound). By Alisa LB 5/31. #psws

💦🦋💦 Wed, Jun 3 At least 4 humpbacks were inland Puget Sound yesterday; 2 (incl. Orion) up north & 2 off South Vashon. Special days when humpbacks arrive, & when they overlap w/the remaining grays. Throw in some orcas... 📷 Spyhopping humpback (either Smoke or her calf). By Jason Cook 5/30. #psws

💚🤍🩶 Tue, Jun 2 We awake to another beautiful spring morning here in the PNW. Love anticipating who has stayed over. Last night, after listening to bullfrogs in a pond, visited gray whale Little Patch 🩵 who was feeding in Saratoga Passage. So happy he is staying inland to eat. 📽️Alisa LB #psws

💦🌪️💦 Mon, Jun 1 Babies abound: fledglings birds, baby deer, bunnies, & whales. Humpbacks Smoke & calf appear to have exited Puget Sound, but another pair were around yesterday, so too the orcas in S Sound & Hood Canal. 📷 Smoke (b/w sail) & calf ⛵ breaches in Seattle. By Jason Cook 5/30. #psws

🫧💚🫧 Sun, May 31 🦭Who today? Yesterday's lovely whales: T64Bs & T65As in Hood Canal; T137s in S Puget Sound; humpback Smoke + calf in S PS to N of Kingston; 2nd cow/calf pair incoming Admiralty to N Puget Sound; gray in Possession! 📷 During a hunt in Hood Canal. By April Basham 5/30. #psws

🧚🤍🧚 Sat, May 30 Each day we do our best to balance the array of challenges, experiences, & goodness unique to each of us. Appreciating the presence of whales, & knowing them, offers a particular lightness & lift. Hopeful for what/who today brings. 🩵 📷 T65A3 Amira by Jami Cantrell, 5/26. #psws

🖤🤍💦 Fri, May 29 The T64Bs & T65As exited Puget Sound yesterday morn; Indy stayed behind in Hood Canal; the T137s spent the day in Saratoga Passage. Maybe they stayed & you can see Ts, humpbacks &/or grays today! 🩵 📷 T65A3 Amira breaches in Bremerton. By Catherine Soto 5/26 [vid frame grab] #psws

💚 🩶🧚Thu, May 28 It's a lovely day; sunny sky blue sky morning & orcas already reported! Yesterday inland Puget Sound: orcas in abundance, at least 6 humpbacks & several grays. 📷 Half of one of Monday's groups (T124A, T124A6 T124A7, T124A1 & calf, & T100E) enjoying life. By Jason Cook. #psws

🩵 🌳 Wed, May 27 Goodness in abundance yesterday: T64Bs & T65As Agate to Dyes Inlet to Agate & north; T137s quietly moved up Saratoga Passage, exiting Deception Pass; 3rd group Seattle to S Sound & back?; Grays & humpbacks N & S! 📸 The understated sister T65A4 Ellifrit. By Jason Boddy 5/26. #psws

🤎🤍🩶Tue, May 26 Puget Sound is just one of many bodies of water w/in the Salish Sea, an astoundingly beautiful estuarine ecosystem we share w/large whales & so many species. Yesterday orcas, humpbacks, grays. This morning, word of orcas. 📷 Case Inlet, South Puget Sound. By Alisa LB 5/24. #psws

🧚💦 Mon, May 25 Got to meet the humpback duo (calf is so adorable) in South Puget Sound yesterday & updates for others suffered 😬: T64Bs & T65As all returned to Hood Canal while up north grays & beloved humpback Orion fed. 📷 🩵 T65A5 Indy & little sis T65A6 Callisto. By Jason Luc 5/24. #psws

🌥️ 🩵 ☁️Sun, May 24 Beautiful baleen whales inland yesterday w/gray whales in N Puget Sound & one heading up Admiralty; a humpback in "Possession Triangle" (S Whidbey/Edmonds/N Kitsap), & humpback w/young calf 🥹🤍 keeping a presence in S Sound. 📷 A mid-May WW community scene by April Basham. #psws

🐣 Sat, May 23 Yesterday many golden moments w/whales throughout Puget Sound. The Ts w/new calf, who’s been swimming in echelon w/T124A1 Bonapartes, still in thru evening. Let’s see what magic today. 📽️ Itty bitty cutie w/T124A1 & T124A2s. Saratoga Passage on Thursday by Marilyn Armbruster. #psws

🧡 🤎 Fri, May 22 Yesterday wonderfulness new babe & fam, T124A1 & T124A2s, were still around, ending the day off Edmonds/Kingston. Equally heartwarming, solo adventurers T65A5 Indy & big bro T65A3 Amir/a met up w/mommy & sibs in Hood Canal! 📸 Little one 👀 ferry off Edmonds. By Jason Luc. #psws

🩶 🎶 Thu, May 21 This amazing place, home! ♥️ Yesterday: the T124A2s, T124A1 & new baby group moved up the Sound; the T64Bs & T65As held presence in/out/in Hood Canal; a humpback off South Whidbey; grays in the Whidbey Basin. Who today? 📷 During the hunt off Bush Pt. By Kat Martin 5/17. #psws

💦💙💦 Wed, May 20 Orcas off Southworth this morn, possibly the T124A2s & T124A1 w/new calf group who've been inland. The T64Bs & T65As were in Hood Canal again yesterday while a humpback & grays kept to the north end. 📸 T124A2s & T124A1 +calf during the hunt off Bush Pt. By Kat Martin 5/17. #psws

🤎🤍🩶 Tue, May 19 At least one humpback stayed over into Monday, along w/few grays up north, & mystery orcas who made their way up the Sound. May today go your way if you are out. 📸 Who looks to be the new calf in the T124A1 & T124A2 group (maternity not confirmed yet). By Kat Martin 5/17. #psws

🌋⛰️ Mon, May 18 Mt St Helen's erupted 46 years-ago today, reshaping landscapes & waterways 🩵. Yesterday was lively incl.: solo adventurer; T64Bs & T65As; T124A1 & T124A2s (w/brand new itty bitty) who engaged in a wild sea lion hunt off Bush Point. 📸 New itty bitty orca. By Jason Cook 5/17 #psws

💚🩶🤍 Sun, May 17 Exciting to have humpbacks inland Puget Sound yesterday, be good to lay eyes on one. A lone orca is lingering, perhaps it is Indy, his older brother Amir exited out Admiralty yesterday. Sweet Sounder grays Tahoma & Thidwick are still here 🩶 📷 Dyes Inlet. April Basham 5/15. #psws

💦🌲💦 Sat, May 16 Yesterday: Artemis (T65A) & 3 off her offspring along w/T64Bs traveled narrower waterways & spent the day in Dyes Inlet, Bremerton, heading out by nightfall; T49A1 Noah hung around N Admiralty; 1-2 orcas (Indy?+) in S Puget Sound. 📸 Dyes Inlet, PNW beauty. By Jason Luc. #psws

🩵 🦋 Fri, May 15 We are so fortunate to live where orcas, grays, humpbacks, minkes & so many species of marine mammals call home. Spring means lovely humpbacks begin arriving to their feeding areas through out the Salish Sea - it's such a special time. 🩵 📸 BCX1800 Gretzky. By Jill Hein 5/2. #psws

💦🔹 Thu, May 14 Yesterday, beautiful solo guy T65A5 Indy was likely the orca last reported in South Sound. Hopefully he stayed over. The T137s, who were in for a few days, appear to have exited. 📸 A Mother's Day w/T137A Jack & younger sis T137D Wright in South Puget Sound. By April Basham. #psws

💜 Wed, May 13 Our beloved Indy, who most of his days travels solo, has been traveling about inland Puget Sound. Indy has many super powers, one being he’s often reported as multiple orcas when it’s just himself. Our 💗s are full when Indy is here. 📸 Indy last Aug in Admiralty off Whidbey. #psws

🪐✨ Tue, May 12 Mystery orca(s) in Central Sound while T137 Loon & her offspring Jack, Tempest & Wright traveled about South Puget Sound all of yesterday. Grays still occupy known feeding areas - not sure all which Sounders remain, but some do. 📸 Sounder CRC383 Cascade by Charlie Stanley. #psws

🩶 Mon, May 11 Typically by May's end the last of the Sounder gray whales would have left the Salish Sea to finish their northern migration. The past 8 years have been anything but typical. 📸 2362 Thidwick (2021 newbie) & 2246 Azulão (2018 newbie) in Possession Sound. By Cindy Hansen 3/14. #psws

🧚🔧 💚 Sun, May 10 Today we highlight T137 Loon, one of the many bad-ass whale moms, who w/her 3 offspring (Jack, Tempest & Wright) spends a lot of time inland Puget Sound. They've been in this week & may be who's off Bainbridge this morn. 📸 T137 Loon (b. 1984) by Jason Cook (July 2025) #psws

⚡ 💛⚡ Sat, May 9 The T137s, beloved regular frequenters of inland Puget Sound, came around yesterday & slowly made their way down Admiralty Inlet. Hopefully they stayed the night & we have a chance to lay eyes on them today. 📸 23-year-old T46E Thor ⚡earlier this week. By Janine Harles 5/7. #psws

🎱 Fri, May 8 Yesterday, T46s & T46Bs entered Admiralty Inlet, but ultimately headed west. At the same time T65A3 Amir was off Port Townsend. Amir headed south & likely stayed in. 📸 Little T46B8 "Pi" (1st seen on Pi day 3/14) amid the loving protection of mom & sibs ♥️. By Janine Harles 5/7 #psws

🩷 🧡 🩶 Thu, May 7 One of the smaller cetaceans you might encounter through out the Salish Sea is the Harbor porpoise. These cuties w/their triangular dorsals usually are in small groups, but can be in groups of dozens, even hundreds! 📸 Little buddy off Edmonds Pier. By Dave Fenwick (2022). #psws