12:14 - orcas in Sinclair Inlet off Navy Station heading SW. EC is on scene doing 3.6kn. [AIS]

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11:35 - Bremerton group, passing Bachmann Park heading for Sinclair Inlet.
11:47 - off Bremerton Marina trending towards Manette Bridge currently. [Melissa via ONCG]

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🐬ORCAS - Central Puget Sound

Bremerton
11:10 - At least 4 orca traveling south between Port Orchard and Enetai towards Bremerton marina. Mid Channel. [Peter via ONCG]

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Central Puget Sound
09:50 - East Passage. Gold Beach, Maury island. Gray Whale 50 feet off shore feeding. After a few short dives it continued north. [Burt via ONCG]

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🐳 GRAYS

Possession Sound
10:15 - Relaying report that Cindi xx aboard the Emerald Clipper has a gray milling near Priest Point in Possession Sound.
[Rachel via ONCG]

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🩵🎶🐬 Beautiful recordings of J pod off the west side of San Juan Island early this morning, both listener and auto-detected on @orcasound.bsky.social Orcasound Lab hydropone.
Have a listen:

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⛰️🧚⛰️ Thu, Sep 17

Wed: T36/36Bs ended up back in Possession Sound while lovely J pod was exiting Puget Sound as the sun settled in. Recordings on Orcasound tell us Js were off San Juan Isl. early this morning.

📷 Js off Ebey's Landing, Whidbey. Framegrab of video by Marilyn Armbruster 09/16.

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18:20 - Resident Orcas J Pod. Passing Ebeys Landing northbound. Sublime. [Marilyn via PSWS]

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18:35 - Just saw an orca at Edgewater beach in Muk - headed towards the ferry lane - Whidbey [westbound]. [Amy via ONCG]

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❤️ Bye for now J pod…

17:57 - loosely spread in groups, northbound, pin is group closest to shore. [Rachel via ONCG]

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16:00 - Orcas between Hat and Tulalip. Heading toward Everett. [Dianna via HIWS]

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🐳🐳 GRAY whales in the Whidbey Basin

Possession Sound
12:10 - Another gray whale (crc-2687) is on the SE side of Hat Island in Possession Sound. [Xack via EC]
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14:15 - Possession Sound Gray whale between Hat Island and Everett Jetty. 2:15 9/16/2026 [Nancy via PSWS]

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13:53- Just saw a big gray whale between Shilshole and West Point!
14:08 - Southbound, out front of the lighthouse at Discovery park at 1408. [Alyssa via ONCG]

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The T36s started making their way south earlier today & are now nearing the southern end of Port Susan. Here's the latest:

13:34 - Southbound midchannel south of Tillicum Beach. [ON]

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After spending some time milling in the "Possession Triangle', J pod headed up Admiralty Inlet, here's the latest:

15:10 - J pod all grouped finally nearly to Bush Point northbound very Whidbey side. [Rachel via oNCG]

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11:25 - seeing some approx here [map pin ~ 1.5 miles south of Scatchet Head/Cultus Bay], likely milling. [Rachel via ONCG]

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🐳 GRAY whale in North Puget Sound
One of the four (53 Little Patch, 2686, 2687, 2700) who have oversummered? Or a new straggler?

11:03 - Viewing from Sunset [Ave] in Edmonds gray whale close to shore heading south towards ferry dock. [Joe via ONCG]

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This group is Bigg’s (mammal-eating type):

10:44 - T36/T36Bs in Port Susan, northwest of Kayak Point trending west/northwest. [ON]

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10:20 - J pod northbound in ferry lanes mid channel between Kingston and Edmonds Marina Beach. [various via ONCG]

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This group is J pod:

08:38 - 10 plus SRKWs. Wide spread beyond traffic lanes [a beam of Port Madison]. Very surface active. Slowly northbound...[Ryan via ONCG]
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08:50 - from fast ferry to seattle- saw one male south of the ferry lanes by Presidents Point NB. [Jenny via ONCG]

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