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
Fireballs reported in Florida, Newport in California, Hawaii, UK and Bay of Biscay. Cetaceans ashore in the Shetlands, UK (Sowerby’s beaked whale), California, Iceland, Alaska (pregnant Cuvier's beaked whale), Oregon, Honolulu (Blainville’s beaked whale), Canada, Vietnam, and Japan.
Asteroid: (2026 LS1). Diameter: 14 m - 32 m. Flyby: 2026, Jun 13. Close Approach Time: 06:48 ± < 00:01. Velocity (VRE): 8.34km/s. Drop Line: 2 hours.
The first four months of 2026 have delivered a profound anomaly across the Pacific Northwest of North America. Mainstream marine biology networks are reporting an unprecedented early-season spike in gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) strandings along the coasts of Washington, British Columbia, and California. Concurrently, international meteor networks have documented a significant, undeniable surge in high-energy fireball activity and deep-penetrating atmospheric bolides over the exact same geographical coordinates.
When we break down the localized data, an even more specific pattern emerges: the vast majority of these early casualties are young, subadult males.
Mainstream science continues to classify these overlapping events as mere spatial coincidence, attributing the mortality crisis exclusively to systemic starvation. However, by utilizing a strict scientific framework of exclusion, the data indicates that a larger planetary mechanism may be at play.
The Pacific NW 2026 Case Profile
To understand why traditional theories leave critical questions unanswered, we must examine the hard numbers recorded between March 1 and mid-May 2026.
1. Atmospheric Data (The Trigger)
March 3, 2026: A massive, high-energy bolide enters the atmosphere directly over Vancouver, BC, and Western Washington at approximately 9:00 PM local time. The object penetrates deep into the atmosphere, breaking the sound barrier and generating a violent sonic boom that shakes homes from Comox to Seattle.
March–April 2026 Wave: The American Meteor Society (AMS) confirms an unprecedented global surge in large fireball events, with the first quarter of 2026 recording a historic 2,046 total events. Multiple booming daytime fireballs originate from the Anthelion sporadic source, concentrated heavily over North American tracking corridors.
2. Cetacean Data (The Impact)
Total Strandings: At least 21 dead gray whales have washed ashore in Washington state alone by mid-May—representing the highest early-season mortality rate on record for the region.
The Demographic Split: In cases where field biologists could successfully examine the carcass and confirm the sex, a stark asymmetry appears:
Confirmed Males: 14 (Washington) + 6 (California) + 2 (British Columbia) = 22 Confirmed Males
Confirmed Females: 3 (Washington) + 3 (California) + 1 (British Columbia) = 7 Confirmed Females
The Exclusion Checklist: Testing the Consensus
Mainstream reporting automatically cites boat collisions, plastic entanglement, or simple ecosystem shifts to explain these deaths. Let's apply our standardized exclusion framework to the Cascadia Research Collective and Marine Mammal Center data for this specific 2026 cluster:
Vessel Collision; RULED OUT; Out of 21 Washington cases, only 4 showed internal blunt force trauma or propeller lacerations consistent with a ship strike. The remaining majority lacked any structural fractures. Ship strikes also don't take into account a pre-condition fault that leads cetaceans into trouble.
Gear Entanglement; RULED OUT; Only a single animal presented evidence of recent commercial fishing gear contact; the remaining carcasses were entirely free of constriction scarring, rope burns, or net fibers.
Biotoxin / Red Tide; RULED OUT; Regional shellfish and coastal water quality monitoring by NOAA and local state agencies confirmed zero active Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) or elevated domoic acid levels during the March–April window.
Known Naval Sonar; RULED OUT; Military logs and public notices confirm no active mid-frequency naval sonar exercises or offshore seismic airgun surveying in the Puget Sound or outer Washington coastal quadrants during these specific weeks.
The "Nutritional Drop-Out" Paradox
The primary consensus remaining is severe emaciation (malnutrition). Mainstream biologists note that these whales are starving, causing them to "drop out" of their normal deep-water northern migration highway to look for ghost shrimp in shallow coastal bays.
But this explanation begs a deeper question: Why are young males disproportionately dropping out?
During the spring migration north from Baja, Mexico, young juvenile males lead the vanguard. They travel faster and further offshore than mothers trailing with newborn calves. Because of their offshore positioning and developing navigation systems, these young males are the most exposed demographic when a high-energy atmospheric disturbance occurs over the ocean.
If a powerful meteor airburst generates a massive infrasonic or electromagnetic disruption, these leading animals are the first to experience acute sensory disorientation. This disruption doesn't kill them instantly; it alters their trajectory, throwing them off their feeding rhythm and forcing them into shallow, unfamiliar, high-traffic coastal zones like the Salish Sea where their health rapidly deteriorates.
Acoustic Barotrauma Protocols: Demanding detailed internal examinations of the cetacean middle and inner ear structures to look for microscopic hemorrhaging—the classic signature of a pressure-wave impact.
Skin and Baleen Microdebris Swabs: Utilizing Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM-EDS) on skin scrapes from fresh strandings to isolate extraterrestrial nickel-iron particulates or melted-glass spherules deposited on the ocean surface immediately following a documented bolide entry.
The data from the 2026 Pacific Northwest corridor matches patterns documented historically around the globe—from the 1800's to the 2025 Northwest Atlantic clusters. The numbers are clear, the timing is precise, and the standard explanations are no longer sufficient to explain the full scope of the phenomenon.
For those looking to analyze the sheer scale of the atmospheric anomalies occurring during this exact period, you can watch this Report on the 2026 North American Fireball Wave which details the dramatic increase in deep-penetrating space rocks and booming bolides documented across the region throughout March and April.
I'm not too concerned about these events or linking them, just watching.
2025, October 31. USA, California, Fireball. Travelling SW. Time: around 22:59PDT.
2025, November 6. Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea. Fireball. Travelling SSW. Time: around 18:06 UT, or 19:15 LT. Only one report of concurrent sound, and it was fragmented. No strandings in the area as of post date 20251110.
2025, November 7. USA, California, Malibu. A species of Beaked whale stranded alive and was euthanized after failed attempts to refloat.
2025, November 9. USA, California, at Tajiguas west of Goleta. A deceased whale in a skeleton state of decomposition. It's very deteriorated down to bone and blubber. There was also a deceased whale in this spot in December 2021. This could be an old stranding.
Update 20251111. 2025, November 10. USA, California, Santa Monica. A dead whale washed ashore. Crews moved the roughly 20-foot carcass inland.
2025, November 7. Canada, British Columbia, near Lasqueti Island. A humpback whale has been found dead in the Salish Sea, the second confirmed humpback death in coastal B.C. waters in just over two weeks. The whale was identified through photographs as Polyphemus (BCZ0342), a 21-year old humpback known to migrate to Hawaii.
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The population of Pacific gray whales has plummeted to its lowest point since the 1970s, with record-low calf numbers, following a period of "unusual mortality" from 2019 to 2023. Scientists are concerned that environmental changes, particularly in Arctic feeding grounds influenced by sea ice decline and ecosystem alterations, are impairing the whales' ability to reproduce and survive. Despite previous resilience, recent data suggests the gray whale population may be struggling to adapt to rapidly changing ecological conditions, raising alarms about their long-term recovery prospects. Pacific gray whale numbers have dropped to their lowest since the 1970s, with a significant decline in calf populations. The recent decline follows a period of an "unusual mortality event" from 2019 to 2023, which significantly reduced population numbers.
What scientists are saying: Researchers suspect that changes in Arctic feeding grounds, driven by climate change and sea ice loss, are impacting whale reproduction and survival. The current population estimates are around 12,900 adults and 85 calves, down from previous counts of over 19,000 whales. The decline in calf numbers correlates with reductions in sea ice cover in the Bering and Chukchi seas, affecting nourishment and reproduction. Stranded dead whales along the West Coast, some emaciated, indicate ongoing health issues possibly linked to food scarcity. Experts emphasise that the population’s ability to rebound rapidly is declining, indicating stress on the gray whale's resilience in a changing environment.
Reality: See June 2 post (Fireballs and Gray whale strandings timeline in California), and May 10th post (San Francisco Bay Cetacean deaths). These two particular posts and others point out that meteor airbursts are the primary cause of whale deaths unrelated to ship strikes and net entanglement.
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2025 June 21. USA, California, San Francisco, Pacifica. A young female gray whale washed ashore deceased. Cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed. It's the 23rd whale to die in the Bay region this year.
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2025, June 13. USA, California, Richmond, Point Isabel shoreline. A dead Gray whale found on shoreline. It is one of more than a dozen whales found dead in the Bay Area this year. Earlier this month, another whale washed up on Montara Beach in San Mateo County. According to the Sausalito-based Marine Mammal Center, they've responded to 17 dead gray whales in the area. Five of the dead whales have been found in recent weeks. Thirty whales have been spotted this year in the Bay with only nine last year.
It is the highest death count of dead whales in 25 years.
In total, 22 whales have died in the greater San Francisco Bay region since January.
2025, June 7. USA, California, San Francisco, Lands End. The cause of death is undetermined. This is the 18th whale that has stranded in the region this year.
2025, June 10. Nigeria, in Andoni LGA, Rivers State, Ikuru town beach. Juvenile Humpback stranded and Ikuru community butchered for meat. Once again calls to not consume meat from cetaceans was ignored.
Update: 2025, June 10. USA, New Jersey, coast of Brigantine. A Bottlenose Dolphin was euthanised after stranding.
The Gray whales on the east coast of the USA had a terrible winter break, interrupted by two large meteor airbursts off the coast of Mexico (see posts below regarding MAD's issued for these events). Since then, they have headed north and swum into repeated fireball events. This has played out very similarly to what happens on the East Coast of the USA when they have numerous fireball events.
2025, May 20. Pacific, USA, California. Fireball. Time: 23:34PDT or May 21st 2025 around 06:36 UT. Travelling NE. Entered the atmosphere approximately 100km NW of San Francisco Bay.
2025, May 21. USA, California, off Mare Island in Vallejo, San Pablo Bay. A 39-foot adult female Gray whale. It was first sighted May 12 at the Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo.
2025, May 21. USA, California, Bolinas. Yearling Gray whale. Undetermined (partial necropsy conducted; inconclusive).
2025, May 22. USA, California, Fisherman’s Bay (Southeast Farallon Island). Gray whale. Undetermined (no necropsy performed).
2025, May 24. USA, California, north-west of San Francisco Bay. Fireball. Time: 00:08PDT.
2025, May 24. USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Berkeley Pier. Dead female sub-adult Gray whale. Undetermined (no necropsy performed).
2025, May 26. USA, California, Alcatraz. Suspected Gray whale. Undetermined (no necropsy performed).
2025, May 26. USA, California, Point Bonita. Gray whale. Undetermined (no necropsy performed). Five gray whales have died in the greater Bay Area over the past week.
2025, May 28. USA, California, San Francisco Bay. Fireball. Time: 23:23PDT. Traveling west to east.
2025, May 28. USA, California, Gulf of Farallones, Alamere Falls, Point Reyes National Seashore. A Gray whale dead, the cause of death is undetermined.
2025, May 31. USA, California, coastal region north of San Francisco Bay. Fireball. 22:09PDT.
2025, May 31. USA, California, Gulf of Farallones, Montara State Beach Devil’s Slide. A dead Gray whale in a moderate to advanced state of decomposition. The Montara State Beach whale marks the seventh death in the Bay Area in the past week and the sixteenth so far this year.
2025, May 28. USA, California, San Francisco Bay. Fireball. Time: 23:23PDT. Traveling west to east.
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2025, May 26. USA, California, Alcatraz. Suspected Grey whale. Undetermined (no necropsy performed).
2025, May 26. USA, California, Point Bonita. Grey whale. Undetermined (no necropsy performed). Five gray whales have died in the greater Bay Area over the past week. So far this year, 14 whale deaths have been reported—13 gray whales and one minke whale. Of the gray whales, three are suspected or likely to have died due to vessel strikes. The causes of death for the remaining whales have not yet been determined. San Francisco Bay has seen an "unusually high" number of whale sightings this year, with 33 gray whales observed compared to just four in 2024. Approximately one-third of these whales have remained in the Bay for 20 days or more. Their body conditions have ranged from normal to emaciated.
2025, May 27. Thailand, Ranong, Kei Ton at Bang Ben beach. A female Cuvier's beaked whale. Body size 510 cm long. Length of the body 220 cm.
2025, May 27. South Africa, St Helena Bay on the Cape West Coast. Juvenile dead Humpback whale.
2025, May 27. India, Alappuzha, near Azhikodan Nagar. Dead dolphin.
2025, May 25. Northern Ireland, Portstewart Strand. Dead juvenile Minke whale on the beach.
2025, May 25. Philippines, Mayo Bay, Davao Oriental. A dead pygmy or dwarf sperm whale.
2025, May 25. Philippines, Balayan, Batangas. Dead Whale Shark.
2025, May 25. Canary Islands, Fañabé Beach in Costa Adeje. The body of a baby short-finned pilot whale was recovered. This is the third dead cetacean found in Canary Island waters this week.
2025, May 25. Alaska, north of Gambell. Dead bowhead whale. No sign of wounds to indicate what killed it. In a state of moderate decomposition.
2025, May 25. USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Berkeley Pier. Dead Grey whale.
Added Data:
2025, May 6. Nigeria, Andoni. A dead whale was located at sea. Pulled to shore by locals for human consumption. Government officials warn people not to do this, however, they do it anyway.
2025, May 16. Hong Kong, Yi Long Wan, Lantau. Finless porpoise.
2025, May 17. Hong Kong, Tai Long Wan, Lantau. Finless porpoise.
2025, May 19. South Africa, Wild Side of Robberg Nature Reserve. A juvenile humpback whale, approximately 7 meters in length, stranded in the surf. It was determined by authorities that euthanasia was the only option.
2025, May 20. UK, Northumberland, Newbiggin. Dead dolphin.
2025, May 22. Northern Ireland, Holywood’s Seapark Beach in Co Down. Dead dolphin. Second stranding in NI in a week. The following event happened 12 days prior. 2025, May 10. Irish Sea. Fireball. Time: 22:26BST, 21:18 UT. Travelling NNW near the west coast of Northern Ireland.
2025, May 20. Pacific, USA, California. Fireball Time: 23:34PDT or May 21st 2025 around 06:36 UT. Traveling NE. Entered the atmosphere approximately 100km NW of San Francisco Bay.
2025, May 21. USA, California, off Mare Island in Vallejo. Adult female gray whale. This is at least the seventh dead whale that has washed up along a Bay Area beach this year.
2025, May 22. Canary Islands, Tenerife, shore near Fasnia, a coastal area on the east coast of the island. A Cachalot (Sperm whale) washed ashore dead.
2025, May 22. Canary Islands. A second dead cachalot was located offshore. This individual was a juvenile.
2025, May 22. Falkland Islands. Last two weeks. A skeleton identified as a porpoise species (probably spectacled porpoise) found at Cape Pembroke. A dead southern right whale was found at Saunders Island last week.
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2025, April 26. Scotland, Aberdeenshire. Harbour porpoise. Slight decomposition.
2025, April 27. Crete, Rethymno. A mutilated dead dolphin, missing the lower half of its body, was washed ashore.
2025, April 27. Norway, harbor in Kjøllefjord in Lebesby municipality. Dead juvenile humpback whale.
2025, April 27. Scotland, North Ayrshire. Harbour porpoise. Freshly dead on beach.
2025, April 28. Southern Ocean/South Indian Ocean, 400 km NNW of French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Airburst. Coordinates: (45.1S, 67.3E). Altitude: 31km. E = 3.4. -e – 0.12kt or 120,000 kg/TNT. Airburst Ratio 2024-2025 4:17.
2025, April 28. Senegal, near Kayar (Cayar ). Dead immature Bryde's whale.
2025, April 28. USA, California, Ventura Pier. Dead dolphin.
2025, April 28. Scotland, North Ayrshire. Harbour porpoise. Moderate-advanced decomposition.
2025, April 29. USA, Oregon, Smith River. Stranded whale on sandbar.
2025, April 29. USA, Massuchusetts, Nantucket. Bottlenose Dolphin.
2025, April 29. Scotland, Highland. Short-beaked common dolphin/striped dolphin (indeterminate species).
2025, April 29. USA, Massuchusetts, Black Point Beach in Chilmark. A mature 27-foot, male Minke whale.
2025, April 29. USA, Florida, North Atlantic. Fireball. Time: around 02:49 UT. Traveling NE.
2025, April 30. Philippines, Pangil beach. A dolphin stranded and died. BFAR records showed that four marine animals had been stranded or beached in the Navotas and Caaoacan coastal villages in Laoag City and Pangil, Currimao, since March.
2025, May 1. Philippines, Cabaian Bay, BuLahan Beach, Bacabac, Liloan, Southern Leyte. Dead dolphin.
2025, May 1. Galapagos Islands. A pygmy or dwarf whale washed ashore dead.
2025, May 2. Philippines, Barangay Pangil, Currimao, Ilocos Norte. A dead juvenile dolphin was found on the beach.
2025, May 2. USA, Massachusetts, Quincy. Stillborn dolphin.
2025, May 2. Bangladesh, Payra River, near the Sagar estuary in Taltoli Upazila, Barguna. Dead Irrawaddy Dolphin.
2025, May 3. USA, New York, Rockaway Beach, 97th Street. Beached Humpback whale.
2025, May 3. USA, South Carolina, Hilton Head Island, located near the Marriott Grand Ocean resort, near Coligny Beach Park. A cachalot (sperm whale).
Add Ins: There have been over a dozen cetacean deaths in Scotland and one in Hong Kong.
Also, the Temp Rise/Meteor/Alge Bloom event in California has ended. This has been the third event after the one in Florida and Australia. Looking back at Australian records, this rise in temperature, along with meteor activity, that creates algal proliferation, is rather common. Meteor activity does give rise to plankton activity in the Southern Ocean, so it is understandable that, given the right conditions, this would spin up the process elsewhere.
2025, March 27. New Zealand, Dunedin. A Grays beaked whale washed ashore dead.
2025, April 2. USA, Washington State, north end of the Long Beach Peninsula. Dead Gray whale.
2025, April 3. New Zealand, Whanganui. Dead dolphin.
2025, April 4. USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Angel Island. A second dead Gray whale, an adult male, was reported floating east of Angel Island. The whale was towed to Angel Island State Park. Necropsy done. The carcass of the whale was in an advanced state of decomposition, which officials said indicated it had been dead for some time.
2025, April 4. USA, California, San Francisco, Fort Point Rock Beach. A third dead Gray whale that the remains were in an inaccessible location and caught in rocks offshore. The age and sex of the whale is unknown. There continues to be a significant number of gray whale sightings in San Francisco Bay as this species continues its northern migration to its Arctic feeding grounds.
2025, April 5. New South Wales, Sydney, near Ultimo. Fireball. Trime: (2.46am). A loud sonic boom and a brilliant flash of light.
2025, April 6. USA, Massachusetts, Yarmouth. Two dolphins were stranded and refloated.
2025, April 6. UK, Kent, Sheerness Beach, near Marine Parade. Dead dolphin.
2025, April 6. USA, Long Beach's Rainbow Harbor Golden Shore Drive and Shoreline Village, across from the Queen Mary. A minke whale that had been circling within Long Beach Harbor for much of the week unfortunately died.
2025, April 7. New Zealand, Tahanui Mahia in the northern South Island. A rare adult male Gray's beaked whale.
There was a meteor on 2025, April 5. Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, near Ultimo. Fireball. Time: (2.46am). A loud sonic boom and a brilliant flash of light.
One large fireball in New Zealand.
There were two meteor airbursts, one in inland Australia and the other in Antarctica.
I will add other Asian, Indian and worldwide strandings and meteor events as they come in.
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Marine Animal Disturbance Alert.
2025, March 27. Pacific Ocean, 920km WSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico. Large Airburst. Coordinates: (14.3N, 111.5W). e = 104.5, -e = 2.4 or 2,400,000 kg/TNT. Altitude: 38.1km. Vel: 21.3km/s.
This comes after the December 20 airburst at the same latitude, 1443 km to the east. Two very significant events. Due to this event, cetaceans such as Humpback, Orca, and Risso's dolphins could be vulnerable. Gray is not as much due to its location. The upcoming migration season could see whale stranding all the way to Pacific NW.
This brings the 2024-2025 airburst ratio to 3:13. A comet not seen in 160,000 years is entering the inner solar system, so it will be interesting to see what it brings with it.
The MAD'S for Brazil and the central Indian Ocean are still in effect.
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If any mistakes or amendments, please let me know.
2024, December 20. Pacific Ocean. Airburst. 204 km S.W off the coast of Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Coordinates (14.3, -98.1). e = 154, -e = 3.4 or 3,400,000 kg/TNT. Altitude: 32.6 km. Velocity: 21.1 km/sec.
2025, January (Date?). Mexico, Mazatláns Malecon. Dead humpback calf washed ashore and buried. It was 8 meters and 15 metric tons. Fishing entanglement.
2025, January 24. Mexico, Baja Californi Sur, Le Blanc Spa Resort, Los Cabos. Grey whale in trouble, outcome still unknown.
2025, January 27. Mexico, Armería, Colima, beach of Cuyutlán. Stranding of a cachalot (sperm whale, physeter macrocephalus), dead. The burial, the Protocol of Attention for Stranding of Marine Mammals was applied. A wound was found on the right posterior side.
2025, February 4. Mexico, Playa Palmarito Beach, Oaxaca, in the Bajos de Chila jurisdiction, within the municipality of San Pedro Mixtepec. Dead whale. A 5-meter-long female calf, is estimated to be between three and five months old. The whale likely died early in the morning from natural causes.
2025, February 5. Mexico, Baja California, Ensenada. A total of 6 Sea lions and 2 dolphins washed up on the beach. Blamed on poisoning from domoic acid produced from harmful algae bloom.
2025, February 6. Mexico, Sayulita, in Bahía de Banderas, 25 km NW of Puerto Vallarta. A humpback whale calf measuring more than four meters in length was found dead.
2025, February 6? Mexico, Puerto Chale. Dead Gray whale.
2025, February 7. Guatemala. A 15-meter-long humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), weighing an estimated 25 to 40 tons, was found dead local authorities reported. The cetacean was discovered by locals on Hawaii Beach in the municipality of Chiquimulilla, located about 88 km south of Guatemala City.
2025, February 10. Mexico, Baja California Sur, La Paz. Young juvenile humpback whale washed ashore dead. The Stranding Network Contingency Care Marine Fauna are retrieving data and bones.
2025, February 11. Mexico, Baja California Sur, El Pescadero. Species: A humpback whale calf, 4.5 m long. No signs of predator attack, no anthropogenic activity.
2025, February 11. Mexico, Baja California Sur, Puerto Chale. Two more whales were discovered ashore.
Non Pacific Ocean.
2025, February 13. Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Veracruz, municipality of Nautla, Maracaibo beach. A bearded whale, (Balaenoptera physalus). The specimen had no injuries. The 11-meter-long whale was buried in order to avoid health problems due to its decomposition.
"Unusual Mortality Event" declared over. 700 gray whales deaths were recorded off the coast from Mexico to Canada between 2019 and 2023. In a worrisome few years for the North Pacific gray whale population, hundreds washed up dead on shorelines along the West Coast leading to an estimated 30% decline in their population. During the years of the Unusual Mortality Event, 347 Gray whales were stranded along the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington; another 316 were reported in Mexico and 27 in Canada. The population numbers of the North Pacific Gray whale had declined during the Unusual Mortality Event, going from an estimated 20,500 whales in 2019 to 14,526 whales in 2023. Updated population numbers are expected to come out soon. Total calf production also declined, from around 950 calves counted in 2018 to an estimated 217 calves in 2022. In 2023, calf production increased slightly to 412 counted. Between 2018 to 2023 690 gray whales washed ashore from 2018 to 2023: 347 in the United States, 316 in Mexico and 27 in Canada. Below is a map of the North Pacific Meteor Airbursts from 2018 to 2022. One of these had the equivalent energy of 49 million kilograms of TNT. They ranged from the Arctic Circle to California.
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2024, August 1. USA, New Jersey, north side of Indian River Inlet. A female juvenile short-finned black dolphin weighing about 500lbs. stranded itself.
Pilot whale washes ashore on north side of Indian River Inlet | Bay to Bay News
2024, August 5. USA, Farallon Islands. A dead whale of unknown species floating in the shipping channel.
2024, August 8. USA, California, Golden Gate Bridge, Point Bonita. A juvenile male humpback was found floating. Experts are not certain it isn't a different whale to the one above. According to data from the Marine Mammal Centre, Four other whales – gray whales and two humpbacks – have washed up on Bay Area beaches so far this year. One death was confirmed to be the result of a ship strike while the cause of the other three remains unknown.
Multiple dead whales spotted across Bay Area (sfgate.com)
2024, August 10. USA, Southern California, Torrance Beach. A juvenile fin whale, about 40 feet in very poor body condition, appeared to be very sick and in distress when it was spotted inside the surf line. Shortly after it died.
Massive fin whale washes ashore on Southern California beach (ktla.com)
2024, June 17. USA, California, San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, Cowell Ranch Beach. Dead Humpback whale. The advanced state of decomposition suggests death greater than three weeks. This is the second dead whale to watch ashore in the Bay Area this year.
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2024, June 3. USA, California, east of Tiburon near Angel Island State Park. 30-foot female gray whale washed ashore in Richmond. The whale is being towed to Angel Island for a necropsy.
2026, August 1. Pacific Ocean, 200km SW of Fiji. Low-energy meteor Airburst. Time: 17:43UT. Altitude: 45km. Energy: e = 2.9e10, -e = 0.1 or...
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