Adoptable Whale Sightings Page

August 2024 – Coral was spotted in a group of whales by our Whale SENSE partners on the Dolphin Fleet on August 12th.

September 2023 – This handsome guy waited until September to shine, he was spotted by our Whale SENSE partners on the Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch on September 12th, feeding with more than a dozen of his friends.   

July 2024 – Our Whale SENSE partners at Jersey Shore Whale Watch sighted Mars and her new little bundle of joy on July 14.

September 2023 – She’s back and decided a vacation in the Hamptons was on her bucket list. Our friends at the Coastal Research & Education Society of Long Island saw Mars off Montauk, NY on August 13th. WDC saw Nile and Putter (Mars’s daughter and son) hanging out together- we don’t normally see known related animals hanging out together, never mind siblings! We also saw Sprinkles (Mars’s grandson). 

August 2024 – Center for Coastal Studies saw Midnight on July 28!

August 2023 – This introvert was sighted south of Martha’s Vineyard by our friends at the Center for Coastal Studies on August 17th. While other whales were in the area, she was doing her own thing.     

We hoped for some “peppered” sightings of her, but unfortunately, she’s playing hard to get. Thankfully, her children are less camera shy and her daughter, Habanero, and son, Striation, made appearances in August 2023.

Although we haven’t seen Pepper in a while, it is not unusual for whales to start feeding in areas outside of the public eye. One time, a humpback whale was resighted after 35 years of evading cameras.

July 2024 – Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch had sightings of Reflection and her calf at the end of July.

April 2024 – Reflection is back with a new calf! Captain John Boats saw her and her calf on April 16.

August 2024 – Center for coastal studies saw Salt off long island NY in early August.

May 2024 – Hyannis Whale Watcher, a Whale SENSE whale watch partner, saw Salt on their very first trip of the year on May 17! Mostaza, Salt’s 24-year-old daughter, was spotted at the end of April.

August 2023 – We know he’s been around but managed to evade cameras in August.

July 2023 – He has been seen out and about, hanging out in the Gulf of Maine.

August 2024 – Fife was seen by MacKay Whale Watching on August 20th in Blackfish Sound and through Blackney Passage.

July 2024 – Fife and his family usually swim long distances in winter, often scouring the waters of the Central Coast and the Salish Sea (Georgia Strait) for wintering salmon. Recently, these orcas have been using their old migration routes again, such as the “Fife Sound” (after which Fife was named). They had long avoided this route because of fish farms. It took many years for Fife to reclaim this important “waterway”. The male orca and his family have appeared several times in recent weeks in front of the cameras of the orca researchers in the OrcaLab. Everyone seems to be doing well!

September 2023 – Soon after Fife’s family, Holly’s family returned again! 

August 2023 – Holly and her family have made brief appearances this month in the Johnstone Strait but spent most of their time in the Strait of Georgia.