Sam — named by Dr. John Ford and Graeme Ellis
T046C2
Sam
Bigg's killer whale · Female · born 2009
T046C matriline · within T046's matriline · Bigg's (transient) killer whales
Names
Family
- Mother
- T046C Carmanah (presumed)
T046C matriline
- T046C Carmanah b. 1994
- T046C1 Tsunami b. 2006
- T046C2 b. 2009
- T046C3 Razor b. 2013
- T046C4 Hobi b. 2018
- T046C5 b. 2025
Sightings
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| 2025 | 3 | 9 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 15 | |
| 2024 | 63 | 105 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 61 | 15 | 1 | 12 | |||
| 2023 | 2 | 9 | 99 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 43 |
Reports per month. Most are unverified mentions in sighting text, not confirmed identifications.
Last reported August 18, 2026 (as T046) · 773 reports in all — each a dot above; the newest located report is solid. Click one to see that day on the map.