Three orcas turned Seattle’s working waterfront into a whale‑watching hot spot Monday morning, cruising deep into Elliott Bay and hugging the Port of Seattle’s container wharves as a few lucky onlookers scrambled for a better view.
The tip came in fast from a local texter, transforming a stretch of piers and cranes into an impromptu lookout as residents and mariners scanned the water for dorsal fins cutting between shipping lanes and shore.
According to West Seattle Blog, the texter reported “three orcas in Elliott Bay, ‘way in next to container wharves’.” The brief post went up at about 8:55 a.m. and asked readers to send in any additional sightings or photos. At the time, that single eyewitness note was the clearest on-the-water account available…