Ready. Set. Go whale watching. It’s time for spring whale watching week and, starting today, the volunteers will be out for the next week, to help visitors spot gray whales on their annual migration south.

“Whale Watching Spoken Here” volunteers will be on duty from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the 28 viewing sites on the Oregon Coast, a Oregon Parks and Recreation Department press release said. Local locations include the Umpqua Lighthouse State Park in Winchester Bay, Shore Acres State Park in Charleston and Face Rock Wayside State Scenic Viewpoint near Bandon.

Last year, 2,755 sightings were documented during whale-watch week, said Morris Grover, whale-watch event coordinator at OPRD’s Whale Watch Center in Depoe Bay. The center will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day for the next week. The Oregon State University/Sea Grant Hatfield Marine Science Center will offer coinciding presentations, including children’s story times in nearby Newport, the release said.

For more information and viewpoints locations, those interested can go to http://www.whalespoken.org.