Poeleele @18083

Poeleele has been adopted by Carrie and Chelsea Baxter, named for her all black fluke -- in Hawaiian, Poeleele means “black as night”. Poeleele is known as a female from observation with a calf, as mother of 2020 calf of Poeleele. She is known from the Humpback Whales of Southeastern Alaska (SEAK) Humpback Whale Photo ID catalog managed by the University of Alaska Southeast. Also sighted as SEAK-UASE-JAC-20070619-1-001

Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage · North Pacific

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Sightings

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Last 12 months 0 sightings

N 2025-11: 0 sightings
D 2025-12: 0 sightings
J 2026-01: 0 sightings
F 2026-02: 0 sightings
M 2026-03: 0 sightings
A 2026-04: 0 sightings
M 2026-05: 0 sightings
J 2026-06: 0 sightings
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A 2026-08: 0 sightings
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O 2026-10: 0 sightings

Recent activity

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Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap

Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage · Aug – Dec 2020 Aug 29 – Dec 9, 2020 · Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage · 4 sightings Deepest dive104 m Longest dive2:39

Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage · Aug – Sep 2019 Aug 11 – Sep 18, 2019 · Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage · 3 sightings Deepest dive85 m Longest dive3:32

Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage · May 2019 May 2, 2019 · Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage · 1 sighting Deepest dive86 m Longest dive4:14

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Sep 2018 Sep 18, 2018 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · 1 sighting Deepest dive48 m Longest dive2:02

✳ Dive stats modelled, not measured

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