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2025 Annual Summertime 8 hour whale watch on the Condor Express
Painted Cave, Santa Cruz Island
Photo credit: Patty Farrell
Commemorating 40 Years, Gray Whale Census
On Dec. 1st, 2024, Alisa Schulman-Janiger was recognized for her 40 years of dedication as Director and Coordinator of ACS-LA’s Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project by the Mayor of Rancho Palos Verdes, John Cruikshank. The ACS-LA Board was joined by Census citizen...
2024-2025 Gray Whale Census Summary
Gray Whale Census Team with our whiteboard displaying our final counts for this season. Clockwise, L to R: Joyce Daniels, Ben Tyrrell, Terri Bidle, Gerrie Teague Cole, Carla Krysiak, Iva Maes, Gregg Gentry, Stacey Patterson, Erlinda Cortez, Kim Hoch, Cynthia Woo, and...
2023-2024 Gray Whale Census Summary
Photo of Alisa Schulman-Janiger at our Gray Whale Census location on the bluffs behind the Palos Verdes Interpretive Center. Photo by Dave Janiger. ACS/LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project, 2023-2024 Update: we documented very low gray whale counts, few...
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NEWBORN HUMPBACK ALERT: very rare sighting off of southern California yesterday! Captain Chris Batts (Harbor Breeze Whale Watching Cruise) spotted a humpback whale mom with her newly born calf, heading very slowly south 3 miles off Point Fermin, just before 1pm! Her calf's flukes were still very soft and floppy, and its dorsal fin was also floppy - indicating that this calf was no more than 1-2 days old! Independent drone operator Mauricio Tassara (@emptydrone) was able to launch his drone from shore and get this beautiful footage of the little calf, which mostly stayed over its mom's back; it dove underneath her (perhaps to nurse). Humpback whales that feed off our coast typically give birth off Mexico or Central America to a 12'-15' calf between December-March, after an 11-12 month gestation period. Another newborn humpback whale was documented off southern CA on November 4, 2026, off Oceanside. Two other neonates have been photographed in recent years off CA: off Morro Bay in December 2023, and in Monterey Bay in November 2022. Welcome to the world, little one: may you and your mom have a safe journey south!
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Check out this amazing and important documentary at their film screening this Saturday at 3 pm at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium! Get your tickets at the link below!
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Our ACS-LA pod had a whale of a time today! 🐋💙
We explored Orcas: Our Shared Future at Natural History Museum of L.A., learned how we can help protect these amazing animals, and wrapped up with Antarctica 3D at the California Science Center IMAX theater. Best of all, we got to share it with fellow whale lovers!
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Today ACS-LA members, family, and friends gathered in Exposition Park for a day of whales, science, and great company. We started under the fin whale skeleton at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, then explored Orcas: Our Shared Future. We came face to face with life-sized orca replicas, marveled at indigenous orca carvings, and learned how orcas around the world form distinct ecotypes with their own diets, behaviors, and cultures. 🌊
We also talked about the threats orcas face, like declining prey, ocean noise, and pollution, and the simple things we can all do to help protect them and the oceans we share. 💙
After lunch together at the California Science Center, we wrapped up the day with Antarctica in 3D in the IMAX theater, full of whales, seals, and penguins! 🐧
Thank you to everyone who joined us. We loved learning and exploring alongside you!
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PILOT WHALE ALERT! They're back!! ~60-100 short-finned pilot whales were spotted off of Dana Point by Dana Wharf Whale Watch this morning, headed south, including lots of calves! (We last saw them off Huntington Beach late Tuesday, headed north). Best bet to try to see them today: maybe from Oceanside, or maybe on a longer trip from San Diego. Tomorrow: San Diego would likely be your best chance, if they are still around. A VERY rare treat: seldom seen visitors from Mexico! ...
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Happy Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead): a day to remember and honor our loved ones! 💞 ...
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