There were at least three reports of close encounters with a teenage female orca in the ocean around Juneau in a single day at the end of April.
On a recent sunny Friday in Juneau, Lindsey Bloom was eager to get outside and enjoy the spring weather.
“I looked down, and I saw this white color coming up from under. And I was like, ‘Huh, a dead halibut is floating belly up under my paddleboard,’” Bloom said. “And then her fin sliced up out of the water, and she exhaled.” Later that afternoon, the whale sidled up to Matt Musslewhite’s red skiff. He was sailing near Point Louisa, just a few hundred yards down the shoreline. When he saw the whale’s black fins glistening on the surface of the water, he cut the engine to let it safely pass.
Marine Mammal Specialist Suzie Teerlink with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there were at least three reports of close encounters with this orca, who was in fact a teenager, on April 26. But no one has been able to identify the specific whale or the pod it belongs to. taken by another paddler, the whale splashes around, making circles before poking her head out and spraying from her blowhole.
There are no local reports of killer whales pursuing humans to hurt them. But there have been reports of pods attacking boats in Juneau resident Matt Musslewhite was sailing his skiff when a young orca brushed up against it on Friday, April 26th, 2024
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