*** 4/12/99 Look for GRAY WHALES in Puget Sound! Right now, scientists are
struggling to find out why there are more Gray Whales in Puget Sound than ever before.
Let us know of any sightings so we can post/track them!
| Date |
Time |
Place |
Observations |
| 9/98 |
9 AM |
West Point, Seattle |
Superpod of Orcas
offshore! |
| 10/98 |
2 PM |
Alki, West Seattle |
Gray Whale just 100
yards offshore! |
| 1/99 |
anytime |
Seacrest, West Seattle |
6-GILL SHARK
reportedly 6-10 feet long has been seen on several occasions at 95-125' off coves 2 &
3 during the past 3-4 weeks. |
| 1/99 |
|
anywhere |
The opalescent squid
are spawning. |
| 2/15/99 |
anytime |
Three-tree Point,
North |
The squid eggs are
ready to hatch! |
| 2/17/99 |
7 PM |
100' Rock,
Lynnwood |
2 Snailfish
sightings. One was 4" long, 25' deep off the pier. |
| 2/22/99 |
6 PM |
Three-tree Point,
North |
The squid eggs are now
hatching. Each pulsating squid is about 2mm long, so bring a magnifying glass.
The eggs that I have found range from 10 to 60 feet deep. Squid Photo |
| 2/28/99 |
3:30 PM |
Harper's Pier |
A 20' boat is tied to the pilings
and SINKING! The boat is 3/4 submerged. Today, I had two rare
sightings. East of the pier in 40' of water, we located a family of PACIFIC SPINY
LUMPSUCKERS, one adult and baby sharing a moon snail "shell-ter". In the
same area, a 16" True or PACIFIC COD was cruising the bottom. The dive itself
is pretty silty. |
| 3/5/99 |
AM |
Seacrest, Cove 1 |
Another reported 6 Gill
Sighting, this time at 109 feet! Only a few feet of visibility. |
| 3/10/99 |
8PM |
100' Rock, Lynnwood |
The waters are thick with krill
swarming to our dive lights. |
| 3/17/99 |
3PM |
Sunrise Beach |
1 Pacific Giant Octopus cannibal,
an overly aggressive juvy wolf eel, and a dive buddy who is now nursing a hand with
multiple octopus hickies! |
| 4/07/99 |
8:30PM |
Seacrest |
A couple of the guys from Discount
Diver's Supply saw several octos and had a harbor seal follow them around, feeding off the
stunned fish in their dive lights! Cove 2 |
| 4/99 |
|
Edmonds ? Seattle |
The Edmonds/Kingston ferry was
delayed this month for several gray whales in the vicinity and the Seattle Times has
recently run a photo of a gray whale in front of the Downtown piers. |
| 4/10 |
|
Zee's Reef, Fox Island |
Some boat divers had a gray whale
surface just 50' from their boat while moored and some divers were still in the water! |
| 4/24 |
9AM |
West Seattle, Lincoln
Park |
Another gray whale sighted just
200 feet from shore! |
| 4/30 |
6 PM |
West Seattle |
1/4 mile north of Lincoln Park, I
spotted a gray whale resting 150' off shore in 15' deep water. As he drifted with
the current, I went for a dive... I'm still waiting to get that shot of a
lifetime.... ej |
| 5/12 |
|
Gig Harbor |
2 med size grey whales feeding at
the mouth of gig harbor. They left south bound just off the shore line in the kelp beds to
the narrows bridge. Thanks Dave, for the sighting! |
| 6/19 |
|
Seacrest, W. Seattle |
A 9' six-gill at 100' near the
I-beams again! Reportedly, it has a distinguishable scar. |
| 6/23 |
|
West Seattle |
A gray whale sighted halfway
between Blake Island and W. Seattle |
| 8/10 |
PM |
West Seattle |
She's back! I have heard of at
least 5 separate 6-gill shark sightings at Seacrest off Cove 1 during the past 6 weeks... |
