The 19,000 whales passing Oregon northbound have started, seeing good numbers now!
Spring Whale Watch counts below
		Daily Whale counts from the Whale Watching Center, Depoe Bay Oregon
						Gray Whales Today						Hours Visible
							11						8
								Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
					Whale Counts			5	8	10	11		1	7
						Visibility		S	S	S	G		G	S
Whales in the News
Stranded Sei Whale, Oregon		Total Whale Sightings from the Whale Watching Center
Gray Whale dies of Ship Strike		Date		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year	Breach	Spyhop	Orca	Hump
Whale Meat on Sale		2006		82	5	188	106	67	36	87	234	270	167	97	84	1423
Brazil Whale Sanctuary		2007		443	24	356	215	101	183	87	134	100	145	7	51	1846
Whales defeated by Navy		2008		456	93	378	432	47	32	109	294	357	178	6	140	2522	76	8	31	21
Western Grays Extinction?		2009		823	74	303	163	47	137	10						1557
Chile Whale Sanctyary		Humpback							7							7
Divers rescue whale video		Orca		25			7		19							51
White Orca		Breach		31	6	6	5		4							52
		Spyhop					1									1
								1 Sperm whale
	Spring Whale Watch Week: Mar 21-28th
We are seeing good numbers of gray whales traveling past the Oregon coast right now.
Peak numbers are the last week of March and a 2nd peak the last week of April with about 6 whales an hour passing Oregon .
					Whale Sightings						Visitor Counts
					2,130						14,489
Thanks to all of the great volunteers!               Do You Love Watching Whales - Volunteer!   Call 541-765-3304
*These figures are preliminary. More data will be added as it comes in.
Many thanks to the volunteers who phone, email,and fax in whale and visitor counts to help give us a "live" picture this week!*
n/a = volunteer unavailable due to safety issues, emergency or illness, etc.
	Sat Mar 21		Sun Mar 22		Mon Mar 23		Tue Mar 24		Wed Mar 25		Thur Mar 26		Fri Mar 27		Sat Mar 28		Total	Total
Weather	Great		Rain,Hail,Wind
		Visitors		Visitors		Visitors		Visitors		Visitors		Visitors		Visitors		Visitors		Visitor
Location	Whales		Whales		Whales		Whales		Whales		Whales		Whales		Whales		Whales
Cape Disappointment	56	40	69	34	0	72	39	71	8	111	7	89	0	66	0	121	179	604
Ecola	42	116	28	65	0	52	20	65	0	90	11	189	15	151	0	10	116	738
Neahkahnie	23	90	2	193	0	118	0	99	3	64	6	179	8	120	0	58	42	921
Cape Meares	18	169	5	164	0	160	14	184	6	69	27	115	0	158	0	117	70	1,136
Cape Lookout	5	65	0	23	0	14	0	74	0	11	9	121	4	37	0	0	18	345
Cape Kiwanda	11	50	0	29	0	10	13	50	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	2	27	141
Spanish Head	33	19	0	32	1	23	6	25	0	12	2	38	7	48	0	15	49	212
Boiler Bay	34	160	0	101	0	77	16	55	0	35	17	118	0	85	0	118	67	749
Depoe Bay	31	94	4	55	0	60	12	126	0	79	11	61	7	62	0	30	65	567
Rocky Creek	10	15	0	14	0	6	13	16	0	9	10	8	3	16	0	3	36	87
Foulweather	21	121	0	153	1	83	15	141	0	11	6	92	2	52	0	23	45	676
Devils Punchbowl	7	31	1	63	2	65	25	262	0	49	4	200	1	125	0	58	40	853
Yaquina Head	31	203	0	180	3	117	16	340	0	41	23	235	5	252	0	62	78	1,430
Don Davis	9	43	2	25	4	20	40	38	0	41	16	20	0	48	0	19	71	254
Perpetua VC	26	122	5	89	4	98	14	122	0	112	32	211	15	167	1	95	97	1,016
Cooks Chasm	30	60	6	69	1	53	31	114	1	72	25	123	6	80	2	67	102	638
Sea Lion Caves	48	100	8	76	11	66	18	116	1	6	26	60	16	98	6	61	134	583
Umpqua	18	59	1	68	11	45	10	64	0	11	22	82	10	96	2	59	74	484
Shore Acres	32	61	6	83	6	95	19	84	0	27	28	140	22	130	25	65	138	685
Face Rock	61	82	0	95	0	95	21	41	0	19	108	55	76	60	6	41	272	488
Cape Blanco	5	35	0	16	0	12	20	79	1	4	98	78	3	61	14	49	141	334
Battle Rock	6	16	0	17	0	34	34	62	0	0	11	32	7	13	6	19	64	193
Cape Sebastian	1	10	2	12	12	36	4	42	0	12	3	32	6	35	1	110	29	289
Cape Ferrelo	6	36	5	32	21	33	20	17	0	28	9	51	15	71	9	57	85	325
Harris Beach	7	45	8	51	7	54	10	58	0	30	5	67	1	52	0	53	38	410
Crescent City	18	37	0	27	16	52	12	34	5	44	0	45	2	42	0	50	53	331
Daily Totals	589	1,879	152	1,766	100	1,550	442	2,379	28	987	516	2,441	231	2,125	72	1,362	2,130	14,489
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