[CINC] whales close to beach

[Anthony Lombardi]

Hello,
We have been seeing several sightings on our whale watch and island trips,  of whales being very close to shore and they are southbounders.  Just last week there was a very shy gray and judging by size was a juvenile that stayed very close to the shallower topography of the bottom and continued to the east right in front of Channel Islands Harbor. The other two we had seen were large adults that were doing the same on a previous trip.  We have also had another sighting of a close to being a newborn calf off of Chinese harbor last week,  it was quite small like the one last year and very dark. Of course we are still seeing the high numbers out by the islands but have seen one or two northbounders, unless they changed their minds after we left. Just an update.
Capt. Anthony Lombardi
Island Packers