{"id":676644,"date":"2026-11-06T10:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T10:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/676644\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T10:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T10:30:18","slug":"video-group-of-70-short-finned-pilot-whales-caught-on-video-off-southern-california-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/676644\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Group of 70 short-finned pilot whales caught on video off Southern California coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.\u2013 A pod of about 70 short-finned whales was seen off the coast of Newport Beach<\/a>, California, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Short-finned pilot whales are one of two pilot whale species, and they are found on both the East and West<\/a> Coasts, around Hawaii<\/a> and in waters near Puerto Rico<\/a> and the U.s.<\/a> Virgin Islands, according to Noaa<\/a> Fisheries.<\/p>\n

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While whale watching on Tuesday, a group with Davey’s Locker and Newport Landing Whale Watching was lucky enough to witness a large pod of short-finned pilot whales.<\/p>\n

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Three short-finned pilot whales surface for air in the Pacific.<\/p>\n

Short-finned pilot whales are highly social animals<\/a>, with female-based pods of between 15 and 30 animals, composed of close family relatives, Noaa<\/a> Fisheries said.<\/p>\n

While 70 may seem like a lot of whales in one place, NOAA Fisheries said pods of several hundred short-finned pilot whales have been sighted in the past.<\/p>\n

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Video from the whale-watching cruise shows a group of the whales surfacing several times before returning to the bright blue Pacific waters.<\/p>\n

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The whales travel in large groups.<\/p>\n

“For the first time since 2015, our whale watching crews encountered a pod of approximately 70 short-finned pilot whales just five miles off Newport Beach!” Jessica Rodriguez, education manager for Davey’s Locker and Newport Landing Whale Watching, wrote in a news release.<\/p>\n

NOAA Fisheries<\/a> said these whales are commonly found along the coast close to the continental shelf, but some populations have been found to extend into deep, open ocean<\/a> environments, such as in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n

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They eat mostly squid and have 7 to 9 short, sharply pointed teeth in each tooth row.<\/p>\n

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Short-finned pilot whales have bulbous heads.<\/p>\n

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Short-finned pilot whales have large bulbous heads and black to dark grayish-brown bodies.<\/p>\n

NOAA Fisheries said it’s estimated that around 800 short-finned pilot whales exist on the West Coast today.<\/p>\n

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