By MANUEL VALDES
With breaches and tail slapping, a pod of orca whales put on a show near Seattle on Friday.
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Among the people watching from Alki beach was Summer Staley. She drove from across the city to catch the whales after seeing a post on the Orca Network’s Facebook page alerting of the pod’s arrival. The group tracks whales using reports from people on land and in the water.
People watch a pod of orca whales swimming off Seattle on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. The pod swam by the West Seattle neighborhood, attracting onlookers to shore. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes) A person watchesa pod of orca whales swimming off Seattle on Friday, January 16, 2026. The pod swam by the West Seattle neighborhood, attracting onlookers to shore. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes) An orca whale breaches the surface of the water off Seattle on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. The whale was part of a pod that swam by the West Seattle neighborhood, attracting onlookers to shore. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes) Show Caption1 of 3People watch a pod of orca whales swimming off Seattle on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. The pod swam by the West Seattle neighborhood, attracting onlookers to shore. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes) Expand“It’s just such a beautiful connection with nature and with the universe to be sharing the same space with these beautiful creatures,” said Staley, who has seen the whales a few dozen times over the last year. “How lucky am I to be able to share this space with them?”
The whales breached and tail slapped for about hour. Sea birds and a bald eagle trailed the pod, looking for scraps.
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