Over a dozen blue whales were spotted along the Orange County coast just this week alone.
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 10:19PMLOS ANGELES --"You just don't know where to look. There's whale spouts everywhere. It's been amazing," said Jessica Rodriguez with Davey's Locker and Newport Landing Whale Watching."We have at least 15-20 whales in our area right now. We have blue whales, we have fin whales," said Capt. Dan Salas, CEO of Harbor Breeze Cruises.
While whale sightings are fairly common in the summer, to see this many is rare. So why the recent increase? "We are entering what scientists believe is a La Niña year, so we have cooler than average temperatures off the coast of California for June," added Rodriguez."There's a tremendous upwelling from the nutrient rich waters of our are, and what it's doing is it's bring up krill right to the surface," added Salas. "The amount of krill - I don't know how the whales know.
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