Palos Verdew whale watching and other marine events will be part of Whale Of A Day at the Point Vicente Intrepretive Center in Rancho Palos Verdes on Saturday, March 2, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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Palos Verdew whale watching and other marine events will be part of Whale Of A Day at the Point Vicente Intrepretive Center in Rancho Palos Verdes on Saturday, March 2, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Whale watching is back off the Palos Verdes coast with more than 517 whales being spotted to date this season. Point Vicente Interpretive Center is an excellent spot to view the whales from the land, and two local companies have boat excursions that you can book.
Recently, there have been Blue Whale sightings only two miles off the Palos Verdes Peninsula coast near Point Vicente. The Peninsula News reported that the whales are here to eat the abundant krill that are attracted to the nutrients near the continental shelf off our coast. The blue whale is the largest mammal on earth (as long as 3 school buses) and can weigh up to 336,000 pounds. They are an...