People who spot whales can download one of two apps that will feed into the Coast Guard’s Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Service. Mariners can use radio frequencies and a phone tip line when they ...

The Puget Sound Express currently offers tours to see orcas, humpbacks, gray whales and more. The half-day whale watching tours run until December 31.

So far, Puget Sound Express, a Pacific Northwest-based whale watching company, has spotted nine gray whales this season and expects to see a few more. Here’s what you need to know and where you ...

A Washington family had quite the scare Saturday when three humpback whales came up to their boat in Puget Sound. The family was boating near Lynnwood when they said the whales surfaced.

Watch raw video The whale was a gray whale. It is one that has been spotted for many years in Puget Sound. It was swimming with a couple of other whales when a boat drove right over it.

Local News Northwest Puget Sound Watch: Puget Sound scientists rescued this whale. Now they need your help finding it. Originally published April 18, 2018 at 7:06 am Updated May 13, 2019 at 9:19 am ...

“This, in my opinion, is one of the most unusual events I can recall with a killer whale in 34 years of whale watching in the Salish Sea,” said Puget Sound Express owner Pete Hanke.

He noted that the Puget Sound whales seem to have a high survival rate. “Feeding a month or so before migration has kept them in good health for the last 20 years,” he said.

Humpbacks were once common visitors to Puget Sound, but commercial whaling drastically drove down their numbers by the late 20th century. The species seems to be making a comeback in Washington ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — At least two professional whale watching companies in the Puget Sound area in Washington spotted four species of whales during one whale watching trip on Mother’s Day.

Puget Sound orcas getting a break from boaters — at no loss to whale-watch industry, study finds Originally published December 25, 2017 at 6:00 am Updated May 13, 2019 at 9:19 am ...

The Lynnwood family said three humpback whale were swimming underneath their boat during a Puget Sound excursion. (Photos: Screenshots / Lucianna family) Author: WXIA Staff Published: 11:42 PM EDT ...