Winter Whale Watch Week is over but there are still lots of whales passing by.        
The whales are now passing Oregon headed for the Baja for birthing and breeding.  
  Daily Whale counts from the Whale Watching Center, Depoe Bay Oregon    
      Gray Whales Today   Hours Visible    
 
      1     0.5            
          Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun          
        Whale Counts c c 0 11 1   33          
          Visibility  c c R SW OS   G            
Whales in the News c = closed,         g = good,        o = overcast,       r = rain,      w = high winds,        s =s torm sea,          f = fog      
Blue Whales sighted   Total Whale Sightings from the Whale Watching Center      
Whale Meat on Sale   Date Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Breach Spyhop Orca Hump      
Brazil Whale Sanctuary   2006 82 5 188 106 67 36 87 234 270 167 97 84 1423              
Whales defeated by Navy 2007 443 29 356 215 100 183 87 134 100 148 7 50 1852              
Western Grays Extinction? 2008 456 93 378 432 47 32 109 294 357 177 6 137 2518 76 8 31 21      
Chile Whale Sanctyary   2009 823 74 303 163 47 137 200 251 252 59 16 216 2541 62 3 54 33      
    2010 362 15                                    
Divers rescue whale video Humpback                         0              
White Orca   Orca 9                       9              
Endangered Humpbacks Breach 11 2                     13              
    Spyhop                         0              
                 
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Next Training: JANUARY 23-24th,   Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Charleston, Oregon.            
  Winter Whale Watch Week: Dec. 26th-Jan 1st      
         
       
  Whale migration is happening now. Clear weather and flat ocean will give great results.       
  Peak numbers begin the last week of Dec. thru Jan. with about 30 whales an hour passing Oregon .  
           
2009/10 Winter Whale Watch Week - Dec 26th-Jan1st        
Gray Whale Sightings                                         Visitor Contacts        
                     
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*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.        
   Dec 26  Dec 27  Dec 28  Dec 29  Dec 30  Dec 31  Jan 1    
Weather heavy seas overcast, rain Good overcast, fog 13' Seas Rain,waves  Rain,waves           
    Visitors   Visitors   Visitors   Visitors   Visitors   Visitors   Visitors Total Visitor
 
 
Location Whales   Whales Whales   Whales Whales Whales Whales Whales Totals        
Cape Disappoint 0 26 0 40 8 51 2 56 0 43 0 31   closed 10 247  
Ecola         0 86 0 88 0 103     0 30 0 307  
Neahkahnie 1 125 0 132 0 164 2 113 5 148 0 38 0 40 8 760  
Cape Meares 5 92 6 98 2 82 1 109 18 84 1 23 0 50 33 538  
Cape Lookout n/a n/a n/a n/a 18 30 18 63 11 17 0 0 0 0 47 110  
Cape Kiwanda n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 45 7 33 0 0 0 0 7 78  
Spanish Head 6 33 7 33 2 45 2 30 11 33 0 11 0 27 28 212  
Boiler Bay 21 88 6 72 9 134 8 37 20 46 0 9 0 77 64 463  
Depoe Bay 27 77 2 85 3 84 1 50 24 145 0 30 0 175 57 646  
Rocky Creek 18 32 4 26 29 39 5 30 13 50 0 46 0 74 69 297  
Foulweather 4 80 0 66 9 54 0 69 20 106 0 3 0 22 33 400  
Devils Punchbowl 3 54 0 154 10 139 0 127 6 103 0 113 0 218 19 908  
Yaquina Head 4 129 0 46 0 131 0 47 13 75 0 17 0 20 17 465  
Don Davis 1 23 3 53 0 20 4 22 7 20 0 10 0 42 15 190  
Perpetua VC 0 125 10 80 0 94 1 60 13 54 0 31 0 34 24 478  
Cooks Chasm 7 38 0 51 5 80 1 45 19 90 0 35 1 52 33 391  
Sea Lion Caves 1 126 0 110 1 120 1 72 0 146 0 107 0 39 3 720  
Umpqua 2 72 2 74 0 18 n/a n/a 0 18 0 18 0 37 4 237  
Shore Acres 5 31 7 75 3 57 12 36 20 45 0 59 0 86 47 389    
Face Rock n/a n/a n/a n/a 6 63 0 3     0 0 0 84 6 150    
Cape Blanco n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 19 0 0 1 62 0 0 3 37 5 118  
Battle Rock 3 30 11 13 5 47 0 18 8 52 0 18 1 8 28 186  
Cape Sebastian n/a n/a 0 29 0 37 0 15 3 27 0 0 0 19 3 127  
Cape Ferrelo 3 47 6 28 20 36 0 4 23 34 1 11 16 47 69 207  
Harris Beach 7 55 0 48 14 48 1 38 0 76 0 9 4 40 26 314  
Crescent City 5 60 2 22 4 51 5 36 0 46 2 8 1 27 19 250  
Daily Totals 123 1,343 66 1,335 149 1,729 64 1,213 242 1,656 4 627 26 1,285 674 9,188  
  Whales   Whales   Whales   Whales   Whales   Whales   Whales Visitors         
    Visitors   Visitors   Visitors   Visitors   Visitors   Visitors   Visitors           
      Weekly Totals          
The Whale   Whale Center is open 10am-4pm and counts are not included with above sites              
Watching Center 61 718 30 614 17 855 18 405 54 625 0 226 2 340 182 3783        
          Whales Visitors