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EventGray Whale Sighted
Date of Sighting03/24/12
CommentsMarch 24
We left Patch and another whale heading into Crescent Harbor (Oak Harbor) at 5:00 p.m. this evening.
Deception Pass Tours

March 24
4-6pm - Two grays feeding in shallow water just north of Langley, easily visible from the Langley waterfront.
Rob P

March 24
"Spouting News" SPRING HAS SPOUTED
At 4PM straight up today, with agenda to spot a gray whale; saw spouts off Forbes Pt/Seaplane Base area outside Oak Harbor. In 100 to 130 feet of water, a single gray continually stayed in this same area. Surfacing to spout a few times, then would roll, show its fluke/dive and each time stay submerged for 5 to 8 minutes. Sure seemed obvious feeding on something, but what? Left gray at 5:30PM with sun shining above Olympics. As, I headed back to Mariner's Cove, looking back from [Polnell Point] could easily see the spouts shoot up into the air from a distance of a couple of miles away. Great day to be out in the water and seeing my first gray of 2012. The law abiding gray kept 200 yards from the boat.
Robert S

March 24
1:40 pm - Patch is moving north 5 miles south of Oak Harbor 1 mile off shore and another about 2 more miles south of us and just heard of another gray just off Rosario beach at Deception Pass.
Deception Pass Tours March 24
12:50 - Watching # 21 & 22 on eastside of Camano near Hat
12:10 - Little Patch looking back toward Mukilteo.
David B

March 24
12:00 noon - There's a gray whale heading north up Saratoga Passage, across from Race Lagoon, closer to Camano side. The Victoria Clipper was with it.
Jill H

March 24
11:39 - Gray whale in the middle of saratoga passage right now! M

LocationSaratoga Passage
State/ProvinceWA
Latitude48.19
Longitude-122.56
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