11 orcas, 3 grays, 1 rogue buoy, and shrimpers! It felt like we saw it all on our May 21, 2025 Seattle (Edmonds) half-day tour. 11 Bigg’s killer whales (T124A2s, T124Ds, T100s, T49A2) were together north of Edmonds racing northbound before making a U-turn to take a siesta! Then we passed Sounder gray whale “Thidwick” (1:05 in video) who was traveling solo, before heading to Hat Island to catch Sounders “Earhart” and “Cascade” spyhopping like crazy (1:15 in video).
Speaking of crazy, there were large amounts of shrimpers out on the water and we were grateful to be there to perform Sentinel actions – warning numerous boats to slow/stop in the presence of the grays (also shrimping 🙂 Our crew also came upon a rogue buoy floating in the water, which we scooped up (2:19).