Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
Photo Credit: Aly Kohlman
T036/X3 Flapjack
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T036A1 Tierna
Photo Credit: Tasli Shaw
T036A2 Kailas
Photo Credit: Brianna Wright
T036A4
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T036B Tattertip
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T036B1A Maple
Photo Credit: Katherine McDermott
T036A Leland
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T036A1A Drift
Photo Credit: Val Shore
T036A2A
Photo Credit: Tasli Shaw
T036A3 Storm/Mike III
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T036A5 Squall
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T036B1 Bhotia
Current Matriarch: T036 Flapjack, T036A Leland, T137 Loon, T099 Bella (Matrilines considered separate due to group splitting)
Number of Individuals: 28 (22 living- 13 female, 5 male, 4 unknown gender; 6 deceased- 5 unknown gender, 1 male)
T036/X3 Flapjack (Female; <1970)
T036A Leland (Female; 1990)
Matriline has dispersed from the rest of the group. Has two large freckles on her chin. Was found to be 6.1m (20.01ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
T036A1 Tierna (Female; 2005)
Was found to be 6m (19.68ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
T036A1A Drift (Male; 2022)
T036A2 Kailas (Female; 2012)
Was found to be 4.2m (13.77ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
T036A2A (Unknown; 2025)
T036A3 Storm/Mike III (Male; 2015)
T036A4 (Unknown; 2019-2019 (<1)
Was seen being carried by T036A after death
T036A5 Squall (Male; 2021)
T036B Tattertip (Female; 1998)
T036B1 Bhotia (Female; 2005)
T036B1A Maple (Female; 2025)
T036B2 Greenfelder (Female; 2013)
T036B3 Chip (Male; 2018-2023 (5))
T036B4 Auk (Male; 2024)
T036C Norbulingka (Unknown; 2004-2009? (5?))
Death year is unknown but is based off the last known mention of them (2009)
T099 Bella (Female; ~1984)
Matriline has dispersed from the rest of the group. Was found to be 6.4m (20.99ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
T099A Kirk (Unknown; 2003-2012 (10))
Was tagged by NOAA in 2010 and died in 2012, leading some to speculate that their tagging site may have caused their death
T099B Holly (Female; 2007)
Was found to be 4.6m (15.09ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
T099B1 (Unknown; 2024-2024 (<1))
T099C Barakat (Male; 2009)
Has a small notch in his right pectoral fin
T099D Puck (Male; 2015)
Was found to be 3.8m (12.46ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study. Has a decently sized notch in his left pectoral fin
T099E Qwiin qwiin oo qwii la (K-win K-win Oh K-wee Lah) (Female; 2021)
Was named by the Tulalip Tribe in 2024 based on the Nuu-chah-nulth name of Sheryl Fryberg meaning "the breath you see when a killer whale exhales at the surface"
T137 Loon (Female; ~1984)
Matriline has dispersed from the rest of the group. Was found to be 6.1m (20.01ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
T137A Jack/Barb (Male; 2002)
In 2015, he was documented playing in the bubbles from a powerful boat. In 2016, T137A tried to unsuccessfully take down two adult grey whales. In 2019, he had a wound on the right side of his peduncle, near the base of his fluke, that seems to be healing well. Seems to have a lump on his back, right before his dorsal fin. Was found to be 6.5m (21.32ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
T137B Tempest (Female; 2006)
Was found to be 5.9m (19.35ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
T137C (Unknown; 2010-2010 (<1))
T137D Wright (Female; 2012)
Was found to be 4.2m (13.77ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study. Sometimes takes "field trips" away from her family
Photo Credit: Gary Sutton
T036B2 Greenfelder
Photo Credit: Gary Sutton
T036B3 Chip
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T036B4 Auk
Photo Credit: Transient Killer Whales of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska
T036C Norbulingka
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T099 Bella
Photo Credit: Jared Towers
T099A Kirk
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T099B Holly
Photo Credit: Janine McNeilly
T099B1
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T099C Barakat
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T099D Puck
Photo Credit: Ocean EcoVentures Whale Watching
T099E Qwiin qwiin oo qwii la
Photo Credit: Katherine McDermott
T137 Loon
Photo Credit: Katherine McDermott
T137A Jack/Barb
Photo Credit: Katherine McDermott
T137B Tempest
Photo Credit: Jeanne Hyde
T137C
Photo Credit: Katherine McDermott
T137D Wright