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Must Be the Season of the Whale

Published on: December 09, 2013

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Amber Boyle, vice president of Harbor Breeze Corp. that features whale watching trips from Long Beach harbor, says that even though the year began with a bang as far as whale sightings go, December 2013 has been an incredible month for whale sightings. But she isn’t alone. Other whale watching cruises are reporting similar sightings. Could this be the winter of the whale? In the past week, experts from the Aquarium of the Pacific aboard Harbor Breeze Cruises have spotted a sperm whale, a pod of more than twenty orcas (killer whales), and blue, fin, humpback, and gray whales.

Sperm whales are very rarely seen off Southern California, and orca sightings are also uncommon. The endangered blue whale is the largest whale on the planet and normally frequents local waters in the summer months. The second largest animal on the planet is the endangered fin whale, who has returned another winter to the waters off the Los Angeles County coast.

Starting Thursday, December 12, the public can embark on the whale watch aboard a Harbor Breeze Cruise and also explore the newly redesigned, award-winning Whales: Voices in the Sea multimedia exhibit at the Aquarium. As guests interact with this exhibit, they will learn about the environmental threats facing gray, sperm, blue, North Atlantic right, humpback, and other whales. This bilingual English-Spanish exhibit is located on the Aquarium’s second floor.

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