News from Observation Post #11 Depoe Bay, Oregon, United States Spring watch week is March 22- March 29, 2008. Trained volunteers at 28 "Whale Watching Spoken Here" sites help visitors spot gray whales during the spring migration. The volunteers are on duty 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Morris Grover of The Whale Watching Center sends the latest news: May 6: Here are the details for the gray whale spring watch: April 432 Gray whales sighted. The last week of April we saw 4 Orca. (Orcas usually show up about the same time as the baby whales arriving in Oregon waters.) March 356 Gray whales sighted. One positive ID on a Humpback (we have a herd of about 1,100 humpbacks that travel the same course as the Gray whales). February Most whales should have been in the Baja but we saw 29 stragglers still going south. April 8: Scroll down on the official Website of Post #11 to see the daily counts from Whale Watch Week, and the photo of the week! March 25: We are starting our 4th day of the Spring Whale Watch. Whales have been farther from shore because of rough sea conditions. We are constantly seeing swells of 14-20 feet. It not only causes the whales to travel farther from shore but it also makes it difficult to see the whales. An 8-10 foot blow goes by unseen unless the whale happens to be on the crest of a swell. We have seen 736 whales in the three days ... more to come if the sea calms down. The Spring Whale Watch week began on March 22 and continues for four months. Feb. 26: irst Northbound Sightings! Morris Grover of The Whale Watching Center sent the exciting news: "As of Feb. 26 we have seen the first 2 Gray whales migrating north toward the Arctic. We have also seen a few Gray whales (stagglers) heading south at the same time. Stagglers passing Early Birds is not an unusual occurance."     Depoe Bay, Oregon (44.84N, -123.95W)     This Season Teachers Kids Orientation Registration Search Copyright 1997-2009 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Questions or comments? Contact us.