MASS WHALE STRANDINGS CAUSED BY METEOROIDS AND METEOR SHOWERS. The completed paper can be found below in the 2024 January 7th post titled Connection between Meteoroids and Mass Whale Strandings. “It is not known why they sometimes run aground on the seashore: for it is asserted that this happens rather frequently when the fancy takes them and without any apparent reason.” -Arisotle
2025, December 29. Western Australia, Dunsborough, at a Quindalup beach (near Grove Street). Two beaked whales were stranded and euthanised. See December 16 post. 2025, December 12. Western Australia. Fireball. Travelling WSW. Velocity: 68km/s. Duration: 3:04 seconds. Altitude: (131 to 102km).
2025, December 29. USA, Florida, Fort Walton Beach. A beaked whale was found dead.
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2025, December 27. Spain, Costa Brava, Platja d'Aro beach. A Cachalot (sperm whale) calf washed ashore dead after a days-long levanter storm. The tether line dragged the cetacean to shore.
2025, December 27. Malaysia, Borneo, beach in Karambunai. Dolphin stranded prompted investigations by the relevant authorities, with officials confirming that a report has been received.
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2025, December 21-22. Ireland, Ballyvaughan. A mass Stranding of 27 common dolphins in, Co. Clare on Sunday. The dolphins were in good body condition, suggesting they were healthy before the event. The most likely cause was navigational error on a dropping tide, leaving the pelagic pod trapped in shallow, muddy terrain. Sunday Response: The area was extremely difficult to work in due to deep mud, limiting intervention. Responders waited for the incoming tide to refloat the animals safely. 4 dolphins refloated around 13:30, and 24 more shortly before 15:00. Responders assisted several dolphins, including calves swimming in the wrong direction. 7 dolphins died, mostly those stranded on their sides. The remaining dolphins were seen swimming into deeper water as the tide rose. Monday Update: Several dolphins were again found in shallow water early Monday. Volunteers and NPWS located 8 dolphins, kept them upright, monitored them, and waited for the tide. All 8 were successfully refloated and herded out of the bay. No dolphins were seen afterward, suggesting they remained offshore. See November 29th post.
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2025, December 16. New Zealand, South Island, Otago Region and Southland Region. Fireball. Overland. Travelling ESE. Time: around 04:19 UT or 17:19 NZST. Reports of concurrent and delayed sound. If you find dead birds, this could be the cause. See 24th April 2024 post for a previous meteor that contributed to bird deaths.
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2025, December 16. Argentina, at San Clemente del Tuyú. A beaked whale (Ziphiidae) stranded on the beach. Rescuers tried to refloat the animal however it was found lifeless the next morning. Preliminary necropsy results revealed pneumonia and a high gastrointestinal parasite load, likely causing its death. The stranded whale was a juvenile male, 4.32 meters long and weighing about one ton. Rescue was complicated by low visibility and the whale’s repeated circular swimming pattern, typical of cetaceans in poor health.
2025, December 17. Taiwan, Xiaoliuqiu. Shanfufu Fishing Harbor. Beaked whale, about 4 meters long at a depth of 12 meters underwater. The cause of death is currently unknown, but fishing gear entanglement is likely the cause.
Update: 20251223. 2025, December 21. UK, Cornwall, Mount's Bay region, Marazion. Cuvier's beaked whale washed ashore in advanced state of decomposition. Muscle and skin samples were taken for genetic testing two teeth to go for Isotope examination.
2025, December 23. Indian Ocean, midway between Mauritius and Port Mathurin. Two Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) were reported dead on the 19th. Both were found dead at sea and imaged at the side of a fishing trawler. They were not caught in trailing gear, and COD is unknown. No injuries were observed externally. It came after a large 6m long Layard's beaked whale was observed the day before with the same observation outcome. Over two dozen beaked whales observed dead in 2025 so far in southern Indian Ocean.
2025, December 5. Japan, Hokkaido, Shihidaka. A 537.8cm female Hubbs’ beaked whale (Mesoplodon carlhubbsi). Photo: ©Muroran Department of Public Works Management Mombetsu Branch.
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2025 December 13. Spain, adrift off the coast of La Coruña. A large Fin whale, with an estimated weight of about 30 tons and about 25 meters in length, has been removed from the sea after appearing dead. Towed to Oza dock for disposal.
2025, November 30. Bay of Biscay. Fireball. Travelling west. There were no reports of concurrent or delayed sound. I was just going to document this, without posting; however, it was the death of a large cetacean. I will update if a COD is found in the necropsy.
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2025, December 16. South Pacific Ocean, between Isla de Pascua (Easter Island) and Chile. Airburst. Time: 20:58:12. Coordinates: (24.1S, 92.4W). Altitude: 25.0km. Energy: 9.6e10, or 290,000 kg/TNT. This is the 31st airburst of 2025.
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2025, November 29. New Zealand, east of South Island over the ocean. Long Duration Meteor. Time: 03.21. Duration: 15+ seconds. Travelling in a SW direction at 71.8 km/s. Height: (151 to 118km). See November 29th post.
2025, December 10. New Zealand, SE South Island, Dunedin, Waitati, Blueskin Bay. A juvenile bottlenose dolphin was found stranded and refloated. The dolphin was approximately 600 metres from the water and alone.
2025, December 14. New Zealand, SE South Island, Oamaru. A dead Orca (Killer Whale) was located floating from shore in a moderate state of decomposition.
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Indonesia, Bali. Multiple sperm whales have recently been spotted off the north coast of Bali, particularly near Pemuteran in Gerokgak District, Buleleng Regency. Sightings are not unusual but have become more frequent in recent weeks. Whales often appear in pairs, though sometimes individually. Up to four whales in one day. Sightings occurred across several points, from Pemuteran to waters north of Bukit Ser. These sightings do not indicate a permanent migration route. Northern Bali waters are enclosed, with only one eastern access point, so whales are likely just passing through. More consistent migration routes are found in the Sawu Sea, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua.
February 6th in the Cerman Sea, there was an airburst. October 1st in Malaysia/Brunei, there was a meteor explosion, and 4 days later on October 5th in West Java, another large sonic boom was reported.
The meteor incidents themselves are not the primary cause; rather, it is the meteor streams that accompany these events. As discussed in previous posts, these streams—occurring on either side of the main event—can last for minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or even longer. Combine this with cetacean sensitivity, and they will reroute their passages.
This disorientation of habitat/migration could see an elevated risk of beaching events.
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