Ika (FS) aka Spirit (Northern BC) @5518
This whale is known from research by Alaska Whale Foundation, Cascadia Research Collective and collaborators, a rare individual seen in SE Alaska and, in 2008 by Cascadia collaborators, around the San Juan Islands, Washington, USA
Au'au Channel · North Pacific
58 Following 85 Followers43
Sightings
9
Years
6
Crossings
Sightings by year
2018 – 20262018
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2024
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Season Trends
DeepEffort across the feeding and breeding grounds, year over year.
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3 earnedCrossed the Gulf
First of the Year
5 Bays Visited
Crossed the Gulf of Alaska — resighted on both the Hawaii breeding grounds and the Alaska feeding grounds.
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Pods
58 followingSEAK-5167 @26761 since Dec 20, 2025
SEAK-1878 @17978 since Dec 20, 2025
BCY0335 @26733 since Dec 21, 2024
CRC-17042 @34696 since Dec 21, 2024
HW-MN0444304 @101269 since Dec 20, 2024
Recent activity
Chatham Strait · Jun 2026 Jun 17, 2026 · Chatham Strait — deepest Au'au Channel · Dec 2025 Dec 21, 2025 · Au'au Channel 66 m deepest· 2:40 longest Au'au Channel · Nov 2023–Dec 2023 Dec 20, 2023 · Au'au Channel 60 m deepest· 1:58 longest Chatham Strait · Aug 2023 Aug 11, 2023 · Chatham Strait 31 m deepest· 2:10 longest
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