Humpback Whales of Puget Sound
(Photo: Dave Hutchison)
In one of the most incredible wildlife conservation stories of our lifetime, after being extirpated locally by commercial whaling, Humpback Whales are now making an incredible comeback in the Salish Sea and more and more humpbacks are making their way further inland, deeper into the waters of Puget Sound proper.
There are several common breeding grounds in tropical and sub-tropical waters for humpback whales. The four main regions in the North Pacific are Hawaii, Mexico, Central America and Asia. The individuals that are most commonly spotted in Puget Sound have usually migrated here from the Hawaiian breeding grounds and are generally en route to their winter feeding grounds in the Bering Sea. When there’s confirmation of whales being cross-matched to their breeding grounds we include that below.
ID NOTES
Because humpback whales have such a long migration, covering many state and country lines, they tend to pick up not only an abundance of barnacles and admirers along the way, but also an abundance of ID numbers from various government and non-government organizations. We’ve organized our list according to Cascadia Research Collective’s identification numbers, which is our local baleen whale geniuses here in Puget Sound, but we have also included ID numbers from other entities when they’re known to make it easy to quickly search for your favorite whale.
CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES
Research — There are several great organizations working on research and conservation of humpbacks in the Salish Sea. Cascadia Research Collective is based in Olympia and has been doing extensive research across the entire Pacific Ocean for over 40 years. Salish Sea Humpbacks is an ongoing photo identification project for humpback whales in the Salish Sea and we would be completely lost without their great ID catalogs.
Sightings — There are a number of organizations that track humpback whale sightings. Locally, Orca Network tracks sightings of killer whales and baleen whales daily and you can submit your sighting via their facebook page. Globally, Happy Whale aggregates sightings through their website and provides a great public database to track migration patterns of individual whales.
Boating — If you’re viewing these magnificent creatures from the water please review the Be Whale Wise guidelines so you’re up to date on the regulations and the best ways to interact with the wildlife on the Sound. If you’re on the Sound frequently also consider purchasing a whale warning flag that you can fly when whales are around to alert other boaters.
While we adore the entire Salish Sea (of course!) with this list we’re focusing specifically on humpbacks that appear in the waters of Puget Sound and we generally aren’t including individuals that tend to stay in the Northern Salish Sea (the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the San Juan Islands, the Strait of Georgia, etc) without traveling further south into the collective basins that makeup Puget Sound.
*Big Mama is an exception because, well… she’s Big Mama. She belongs on every list.
*These creatures are ever changing and we’re updating this list daily as we discover new (and old!) information. If you notice something that we’ve missed, or if you’ve had your own encounter with a humpback whale in Puget Sound that you don’t think is listed here, please let us know in the comments!
Quick list of humpbacks that have been confirmed in Puget Sound
(More elaborate profiles + information below)
CRC-11831/Cassiopeia
CRC-13002/Vladavistok
CRC-13003/Equity
CRC-13632/Checky
CRC-13704/Pyramid/Monarch
CRC-13718/Tempest
CRC-13773
CRC-15061/Nike
CRC-15122/Big Mama
CRC-15262/Orion
CRC-15263/Mathematician
CRC-15350/Donegal/Windy
CRC-15444/Scoop
CRC-15808/Gator
CRC-15936/Vivaldi
CRC-15947/Sturgeon
CRC-15948
CRC-15952/Double Drop
CRC-15966/Merlin
CRC-15970/Zephyr
CRC-16008/Dalmatian/Heathcliff
CRC-16011/Slate
CRC16017/Two Spot
CRC-16019/Prowler/Baker
CRC-16031/Raptor
CRC-16237/Masquerade
CRC-16258/Uluka
CRC-16446
CRC-16455/Scratchy
CRC-16590/Chinook
CRC-16630/Apollo
CRC-16753/Ocular
CRC-16809/Google
CRC-16831/Ocean
CRC-16840/Delta
CRC-16888/Speckles
CRC-17319
CRC-17392/Titan
CRC-17836/Shell
CRC-17938
CRC-18015/Honu
CRC-18300/Drogon
CRC-18502
CRC-18710/Holey Moley
CRC-18757
CRC-19189/Annabelle
CRC-19313/Graphite
CRC-19710
CRC-19816/Astroboy
CRC-19820/Malachite
CRC-19881
CRC-19888/Zindigo/Schooner
CRC-20107
CRC-20148/Squint
CRC-20210/Quest
CRC-20539/Kata
CRC-20876/Galaxia
CRC-20898
CRC-20899
CRC-21218
CRC-21328
CRC-21520/Iota
CRC-21605/Thumderbolt
CRC-21647
CRC-22026
CRC-22145
CRC-22469
CRC-22584
CRC-22825
CRC-22858
CRC-22862
CRC-22909
CRC-11831/Cassiopeia — male
Cassiopeia is the 2003 calf of Juneauite.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2015
CROSSMATCH
Mexico
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY0796
FIBB-4BB525
HW-MN0510091
MERS-BCYuk2010#2
MMY0052
SEAK-1447_calf_2003
SPLASH-450082
CRC-13002 / Vladavistok
Vladavistok was spotted in Eld Inlet and Nisqually Reach by Cascadia Research Collective in 1988. Since then they’ve been seen as far north as Alaska and as far south as Hawaii
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
1988
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
HI05-0113
HW-MN0440906
PWF-NP_0506
SEAK-1963
SPLASH-474502
TDI-15400
CRC-13003 / Equity — female
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
1988
KNOWN CALVES
2022 calf
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX0039
CSX0198
TDI-15839
CRC-13632 / Checky — male
This whale has significant scarring from an entanglement, highlighting the alarming statistic that 50% of all humpback whales show signs of being entangled at least once in their lifetimes.
BCX0700 was seen for a few days in early September of 2017 in Commencement Bay.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2017
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX0700
CS146
HIHWNMS-2011-04-27_A01
SPLASH-460318
GALLERY
CRC-13704 / Pyramid / Monarch
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2004
CROSSMATCH
Mexico
ALTERNATE IDs
BCZ0180
FIBB-3BB406
SPLASH-450039
CRC-13718 / Tempest — female
Tempest has been spotted in Possession Triangle and Admiralty Inlet.
Tempest’s 2019 calf was first spotted on July 5, 2019 and then was spotted again on July 31st with a large bump that had not been seen earlier, potentially caused by a vessel strike. The last known sighting of the calf was on August 13th, 2019. (Source: Marine Education & Research Society)
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2018
KNOWN CALVES
CS295 — born in 2007
Calf — born in 2019
CROSSMATCH
Mexico
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX0837
CS229
HW-MN0510082
SPLASH-450233
CRC-13773
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2006
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY0380
CRC-15061/Nike
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2024
CROSSMATCH
Mexico
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1377
FIBB-5BB640
HW-MN0510038
MERS-BCXuk2017#11
MMX0014
CRC-15122 / Big Mama — female
While Big Mama spends most of her time in the northern Salish Sea and hasn’t made a regular home out of Puget Sound proper, her storied past absolutely deserves a nod here as she’s an iconic symbol of the Humpback Comeback. In 1997 she was reportedly the first humpback whale spotted in the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 100 years when she was seen by then Prince of Whales Whale Watching skipper Mark Malleson. Since then she has returned every year since 2003 and has brought seven known calves back to the Salish Sea with her. It’s suspected that she could even be the reason that so many humpbacks now know about the historic feeding grounds of the Salish Sea.
Big Mama, along with her calves Divot, Split Fin and Poptart have all been cross-matched to Hawaii.
In a unique pairing, in 2019 Poptart was seen traveling side-by-side in the Salish Sea with a gray whale for over two hours.
It’s been previously reported that BCY0160/Heather is also Big Mama’s daughter, but that information seems to be incorrect as the timeline doesn’t quite add up and Heather has been matched to the breeding grounds in Mexico, which contradicts with Big Mama’s breeding grounds.
KNOWN CALVES (+ Calves of Calves!)
BCX1057/Divot — female, born in 2003
BCZ0414/Zephyr — female, born in 2011
Calf — born in 2019
Calf — born in 2021
BCX1641/Windsock — born in 2014
Olympus — female, born in 2018
Slice — male, born in 2021
BCZ0298/Split Fin — male, born in 2006
BCY0864/Canuck — born in 2010
In 2011 Canuck was seen entangled and is presumed to be deceased
BCX1560/Tulip — female, born in 2012
Calf — born in 2020
BCX1606/Beak — male, born in 2014
BCY1014/Poptart — female, born in 2016
Calf — male, born in 2022
Calf — born in 2025
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDS
BCY0324
CS26
HI18-0021
PWF-NP_6026
SPLASH-460104
CRC-15262 / Orion — male
Orion spends a lot of his summer time in the northern Salish Sea, but has been known to pop down south to Puget Sound once in a while. Over the years he’s been spotted as far south as Olympia.
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1251
CS354
HW-MN0510076
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2017
2023
2024
CRC-15263 / Mathematician
Mathematician has been spotted in Admiralty Inlet and Possession Triangle. This whale has also been cross-matched to Hawaii and has been seen as far north as SE Alaska.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2019
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY0785
CS419
HI17-0025
SEAK-5305
CRC-15350 / Donegal / Windy — male
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2011
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY0893
MERS-BCYuk2014#3
MMY0006
OSUWTG-MnHI121
CRC-15444 / Scoop — female
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2020
KNOWN CALVES
Calf — born in 2021
Holey MoleyCRC-18710/ — born in 2018
CRC-19355 — born in 2016
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX0870
CS149
HW-MN0510055
SPLASH-560227
GALLERY
CRC-15808 / Gator
Most sightings of Gator have been near Hecate Strait, but they were seen in Budd Inlet in August of 2013
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2013
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATIVE IDs
BCY0429
CSY0050
SEAK-1005
SPLASH-460133
CRC-15936 / Vivaldi — female
Vivaldi has been cross-matched to breeding grounds in Hawaii and in Puget Sound she spent an extended period of time near Tacoma during the fall + early winter of 2018. There are conflicting reports about her official CRC number, but CRC-15936 seems to be the most current ID.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2018
KNOWN CALVES
Mozart — born in 2020
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1704
CS346
HIHWNMS-2018-3-13_G10A03
MERS-BCXuk2018#9
MMX0128
OSUWTG-MnWA014
PWF-NP_5660
CRC-15947 / Sturgeon
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2014
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY1005
MMY0028
CRC-15948
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2015
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX0887
HI20-0276
HW-MN0552567
SPLASH-530769
CRC-15952 / Double Drop
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2015
CROSSMATCH
Mexico
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1661
HW-MN0510020
MERS-BCXuk2018#7
MMX0006
PUBLISHED ENCOUNTERS
September 2019 — Cattle Pass | All Aboard Sailing
September 2019 — Cattle Pass | All Aboard Sailing
GALLERY
CRC-15966 / Merlin
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY1033
HW-MN0510045
MERS-BCYuk2020#11
MMY0038
CRC-15970 / Zephyr — female
Zephyr was born in 2011 to mom Divot/BCX1057. It’s been suspected, and recently all but confirmed, that Divot is Big Mama’s daughter, which would make Zephyr Big Mama’s first grandchild.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2018
2019
KNOWN CALVES
Calf — born in 2019
Calf — born in 2021
ALTERNATE IDs
BCZ0414
CRC-16295 (old CRC #)
HW-MN0510026
MMZ0004
CRC-16008 / Dalmatian / Heathcliff — female
Dalmation was born in 2015 and is the daughter of BCY0160/Heather.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2017
2018
CROSSMATCH
Mexico
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY0994
HW-MN0510088
MERS-BCYuk2016#3
CRC-16011 / Slate — female
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2015
2016
2018
KNOWN CALVES
Graphite/CRC-19313 — born in 2019
Malachite/CRC-19820 — born in 2021
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1210
HW-MN0510050
CRC-16017 / Two Spot — male
Two Spot was first documented in Puget Sound in 2015 and has returned every year since then. He tends to stick around Possession Triangle, but has also spent some time north in Possession Sound and south in Elliott Bay.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCZ0432
CS631
HW-MN0510017
MERS-BCZuk2018#1
MMZ0013
CRC-16019 / Prowler / Baker
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2015
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1660
KEX0047
MERS-BCXuk2016#9
MMX0171
CRC-16031 / Raptor — female
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2016
KNOWN CALVES
Calf — born in 2014
Harpy — born in 2020
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY0458
CS272
MMX0005
SPLASH-560092
CRC-16237 / Masquerade
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2018
CROSSMATCH
Mexico
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY0349
SPLASH-460142
CRC-16258 / Uluka
Uluka has been spotted in Possession Triangle and Admiralty Inlet.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2015
2018
2022
2024
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1702
HW-MN0510109
MERS-BCXuk2017#8
MMX0132
CRC-16446
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2015
CRC-16455 / Scratchy
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2018
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY1022
HI21_0050
HW-MN0510156
MERS-BCYuk2020#7
MMY0079
CRC-16590/Chinook
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2023
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY0996
HI20-0328
HW-MN0510087
MERS-BCYuk2015#2
MMY0057
CRC-16630 / Apollo — female
Apollo is the 2010 calf of BCY0172/Horizon. Apollo has a calf of her own, Nova, who was born in 2018 and is believed to be a male.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2018
KNOWN CALVES
Nova
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY0862
CSZ0011
HW-MN0510056
MERS-BCY0172 calf 2010
PWF-NP_1160
CRC-16753 / Ocular
Ocular is the 2016 calf of BCY0177/Slash/Humpless.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2017
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1705
HW-MN0510102
MERS-BCY0177 calf 2016
CRC-16809 / Google
Google was born in 2016 and is the calf of BCX1188/Jigger. In 2017 Google was spotted around Harstine Island in Case Inlet from May - July.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2017
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY1015
MERS-BCX1188 calf 2016
CRC-16831 / Ocean — female
Ocean was seen in Puget Sound in 2022 with a rambunctious little calf.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2022
KNOWN CALVES
Calf — born in 2022
ALTERNATE IDS
BCX1710
HW-MN0510051
MERS-BCYuk2017#13
MMX0120
CRC-16840/Delta
Delta was seen in Commencement Bay in Tacoma in July of 2023
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2023
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1747
HW-MN0510144
MMX0076
CRC-16888 / Speckles
Speckles spent a substantial amount of time during the 2016 + 2017 winter deep in Puget Sound. At the time they were a young juvenile and showed obvious scars from entanglement.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2016
2017
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1761
HW-MN0510117
MMX0166
PWF-NP_3038
CRC-17319
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2016
ALTERNATE IDs
BCZ0504
MMZ00075
CRC-17392 / Titan
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2015
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY1007
HW-MN0510042
MMY0048
PWF-NP_3055
CRC-17955
HW-MN0510250
CRC-17836 / Shell
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2019
2020
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1441
CS309
HW-MN0510229
MMX0049
PWF-NP_6148
CRC-17938
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2018
CRC-18015 / Honu
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2019
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1856
HW-MN0510206
MERS-BCYuk2020#10
MMY0149
CRC-18300 / Drogon
Drogon was spotted in Admiralty Inlet in 2022. Their tail is almost a doppelgänger to Scoop/BCX0870, so if you think you spot one of them look extra closely. Drogon and Scoop both have a similar notch out of the right side of their fluke, but the left side of Drogon has a much more noticeable hook to it.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2022
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX2141
MERS-BCXuk2021#7
MMX0344
CRC-18502
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2020
CRC-18710/Holey Moley
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2019
2020
ALTERNATE ID
BCX0870 calf 2018
BCY1220
HW-MN0510325
PUBLISHED ENCOUNTERS + STORIES
October 2019 — Edmonds | Janine Harles
September 2019 — Point No Point | Janine Harles
CRC-18757
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2020
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY1211
MMY0207
PUBLISHED ENCOUNTERS + STORIES
CRC-19189/Annabelle
Annabelle was first seen in Hawaii in 2008 and was first seen in the Salish Sea in 2021. They finally made their way into Puget Sound for the first time in August of 2023.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2023
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCZ0478
MMZ0055
PWF-NP_1343
CRC-19313 / Graphite
Graphite is the 2019 calf of CRC-16011/Slate
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2019
2020
ALTERNATE IDs
HW-MN0510324
(Video: Francoise Marmillion | Puget Sound Express)
CRC-19643 / Crackle
This calf was seen in Commencement Bay in January of 2022 and then was photographed off the coast of Hawaii one month later.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2022
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY0523 calf 2019
HW-MN0510442
PWF-NP_6066
CRC-19710
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2020
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX2045
HW-MN0510497
MMX0277
CRC-19816/Astroboy
CRC-19816 was spotted in Commencement Bay in February of 2023
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2023
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX2152
CS762
HW-MN0510520
CRC-19820 / Malachite — male
Malachite is the 2021 calf of CRC-16011/Slate. He was seen in May of 2022 traveling through Puget Sound with CRC-19881/Wisp and spent a significant amount of time near Tacoma in fall of 2022. Malachite + Wisp were seen traveling together again, and lunge-feeding together, near Howe Sound in June of 2025
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2021
2022
2023
2024
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1210 calf 2021
FIBB-2BB436
HW-MN0510515
CRC-19881 / Wisp
Wisp is the 2021 calf of CRC-15309/Ghost and was spotted in Puget Sound in May of 2022 traveling with CRC-19820/Malachite. The two were spotted together again in 2025, traveling and lunge-feeding together near Howe Sound.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2022
ALTERNATE ID
BCX1333 calf 2021
CRC-19888 / Zindigo / Schooner
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2022
ALTERNATE IDs
HW-MN0510490
CRC-20107
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2024
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1212
PWF-NP_5296
CRC-20148 / Squint — female
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2008
KNOWN CALVES
Deca — born in 2020
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY0685
CSY0049
CSY0057
CRC-20210/Quest
This whale was seen south of Edmonds in December 2020, off Ten Mile Point (B.C.) in 2021, and then spent several months in Case Inlet in the winter of 2022.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2022
2020
ALTERNATE IDs
BCZ0502
HW-MN0510543
MMZ0085
CRC-20539 / Kata
Kata is a juvenile humpback that showed up in Puget Sound in April of 2022 and made Commencement Bay its home until July, delighting beachgoers in Tacoma for months with near-shore breaches. We’re always eager to see where this beloved individual pops up next and as of February 2024 Kata has been cross-matched to Hawaii!
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2022
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE ID
BCY1218
MERS-BCYuk2021#2
CRC-20876 / Galaxia
Galaxia is the 2021 calf of CRC-15316/Andromeda and was spotted in Elliott Bay in June of 2023
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2023
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1301 calf 2021
HW-MN0510587
CRC-20898
This is the 2022 calf of CRC-15936/Vivaldi
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2023
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1704 calf 2022
CRC-20898
CRC-20899
This is the 2022 calf of CRC-17358/Smiley
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2023
ALTERNATE IDs
BCY0995 calf 2022
HW-MN0510662
CRC-21218
This is the 2022 calf of CRC-16831/Ocean
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2022
2024
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1710 calf 2022
HW-MN0510700
CRC-21328 / Poseidon
Poseidon is the 2019 calf of CRC-13702/Whiskers
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2025
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX2078
MERS- BCZ0200 calf 2019
CRC-21520 / Iota
Iota is the 2022 calf of CRC-16012/Phi
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2023
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1416 calf 2022
HW-MN0510570
CRC-21605 / Thunderbolt
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2025
2024
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1675 calf 2023
HW-MN0510667
CRC-21647
This is the calf of CRC-19171/Olympus
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2025
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX2075 calf 2023
HW-MN0510670
CRC-22026
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2024
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
HW-MN0510776
CRC-22145
This is the 2023 calf of CRC-16588/Guardian
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2024
ALTERNATE IDs
BCZ0408 calf 2023
CRC-22468
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2025
ALTERNATE IDs
HW-MN0510718
MERS-BCYuk2023#11
CRC-22584
This is the 2024 calf of CRC-15955/Anvil
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2025
ALTERNATE IDs
BCZ0410 Calf 2024
HW-MN0510750
CRC-22825
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2025
ALTERNATE IDs
HW-MN0510797
CRC-22858
This is the 2024 calf of CRC-16012/Phi. It traveled from North Puget Sound to Central Puget Sound in mid-May 2025 and then continued north into the Strait of Georgia.
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2025
ALTERNATE IDs
BCX1416 2024 Calf
CRC-22862
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2025
CROSSMATCH
Hawaii
ALTERNATE IDs
HW-MN0445009
CRC-22909 / Ulli
Ulli is the 2024 calf of CRC-15731/Slits
YEARS CONFIRMED IN PUGET SOUND
2025
ALTERNATE IDs
HW-MN0510749
