03-30-2023: The Killer Whale Action Heats Up, Gray Whales Heading North

Incredible day on the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary yesterday. Excellent weather conditions as well. Sunny and glassy. Oh yeah. And then there were the killer whales. About 15 of them taking on two full-size gray whales. It was quite the spectacle. This is unusual in that we’ve never seen killer whales go full on predation mode against full-size gray whales. Always calves. So that was interesting.

We are still not sure if they were able to take them down. So far, no one has seen a carcass. So the gray whales may have escaped. Excellent start to the killer whale season. We expect to see more of these events from now until late May. So come on out and check out the action when you go See Monterey. It’s pretty incredible.

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