How To Report An Entangled Whale

  • Please call the appropriate number below immediately and:
    • Do not get in the water
    • Do not attempt to remove, grab or cut any entangling line
    • Stay back 50 to 100 yards (one football field)
      • – There is a risk of your boat becoming entangled in the entangling gear
      • – The whale can become scared of boats before responders arrive, making a disentanglement more difficult
    • Take photos and video (lots!)
      • – Try to photograph as much of the whale and entangling gear as you can
    • Stay with the whale until responders or USCG or a state agency or whale watcher takes over for you!
      • – There is little chance of re-locating a whale that has been lost
Gray whale disentanglement near Mukilteo (Apr 2017)
Hotline Numbers
(click on phone number to place call from a cell phone)

Click here for more information on Large Whale Entanglements