EncDate:07/11/24 

EncSeq:1

Enc#:118

ObservBegin:09:21 AM

ObservEnd:02:50 PM

Vessel:KCB III

Staff:Dave Ellifrit, Michael Weiss

Other Observers:Sara Hysong-Shimazu, Monika Wieland Shields, Jason Shields, Molly Henling

Pods:J

LocationDescr:Possession Triangle

Start Latitude:47 43.49

Start Longitude:122 26.97

End Latitude:47 52.62

End Longitude:122 25.54

 

EncSummary:

The morning started with more reports of J pod heading north off Shilshole Marina so the team geared up and left the harbor by 0905. We found the whales shortly afterwards and the encounter began at 0921 a couple miles southeast of Point Jefferson. J pod was once again very spread out and still heading north. We saw one small group on the west side of the channel that was the J31s and J27 traveling together. The rest of J pod was spread out and foraging in singles and the occasionally small group as they headed north while foraging. For the rest of the encounter, J pod stayed spread out and foraging within the Possession Triangle. We ended the encounter at 1450 somewhere in the middle of the triangle with the whales pointed north towards Saratoga Passage.