Update at Cape Cod and Bali

2026, July 14. USA, Massachusetts, Cape Cod, across a 9-mile stretch from Brewster to Wellfleet. A mass stranding of 19 bottlenose dolphins, a day after what rescuers described as the largest known bottlenose dolphin stranding in Massachusetts to date. Four dolphins were initially located in the Herring River "Gut" in Wellfleet before responders from IFAW discovered more. All 19 dolphins had refloated by late morning as the tide rose.

Also: 2026. July 14. Indonesia, Bali, Jembrana Regency, Perancak Beach. A humpback whale with a length of more than seven meters was found stranded. Rescue attempts failed to save the cetacean, which subsequently died a few hours after being found. It comes 4 days after the meteor event in post below. 

Update: 20260715. 2026, July 15. USA, Massachusetts, Boston, Winthrop. Dead whale.

Update on NASA-Detected Meteor Airbursts The current ratio of detected airbursts for 2025 vs. 2026 stands at 22:15. So far this year, 7 have occurred in southern latitudes compared to 8 in the northern hemisphere. 2026 - Over Ocean vs. Over Land: 10 events compared to 5 events.

North East coast update (12 Days Post-Airburst)

Update: 20260612. Reported - 2026, June 10. USA, Maine. A large decomposing great white shark found floating offshore. 

2026, June 11. Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Conception Bay, Spaniard's Bay. Dead Humpback eventually washed ashore in the harbour. COD: NA at the moment. The line running from the Cape Cod Bay squid influx (seasonal die off), up to the Conception Bay humpback mortality represents the primary geographic arc under observation since the May 30 explosion. Though the Atlantic longfin inshore squid die off every spring, they don't typically end up on local beaches because they are eaten by fish. This species, with a short, one-year life span, usually migrate closer to the shoreline to spawn at the end of their lifecycle and then the adults die off. I am continuing to scan for any further data on pelagic bird drops or deep-water fish mortalities along the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland shelves. To the south: Dolphins have been reported across several Chesapeake Bay waterways this week, including the Patuxent River, Potomac River, South River, Severn River, West River, Magothy River, and Corrottoman River.

Note: Meteor Airbursts close to land or over closed waterways are difficult to read, so this event could play out over time and a large distance from the atmospheric incident. There doesn't seem to be any repeated sightings or reports of meteor activity over the water, so this is a good sign. 

18th whale ashore in San Francisco Region this year

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.  

Whale ashore in Brazil

2025, June 6. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Barra da Tijuca beach. A humpback whale washed ashore dead in an advanced state of decomposition. Although several had been sighted earlier, this is the first to strand and be found dead in the city this year, as the migration season begins.

2025, June 6. France. A 3m long 300kg beaked whale (Sowerby's Mesoplodon) stranded at Zuydcoote. Was refloated then re-stranded the next day 10 km south at Dunkirk. Once again, it was refloated.

2025, June 7. Netherlands, the north side of Ameland Island. A Harbour porpoise was stranded alive but died.

14 whales dead in Greater Bay area this year

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.

Source: California Academy of Sciences

Cetacean Strandings

2025, May 12. Alaska, Valdez, at Dock Point. A young humpback whale calf was found dead.

2025, May 13. India, Gujarat, Porbandar, Bhavpara Beach. Dead Dolphin found on beach.

2025, May 14. Sri Lanka. A mass stranding of at least six dolphins. See post below.

2025, May 14. Philippines, Bohol, Getafe, Barangay Tulang. Dead dolphin.

2025, May 14. USA, California, San Diego, beach at La Jolla Shore. Species: Humpback? A “very decomposed” remains of a 55-foot-long whale washed ashore.

2025, May 14. Yemen, Island of Socotra. A beaked whale, species unknown - (possible Cuvier's or goose-beaked whale). Found floating at sea in advanced state of decomposition with possible injuries.  

Pulse Strandings in Germany after Meteor Activity

2025, May 12. Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, St. Peter-Ording. A Humpback whale 10 meters long, and the cause of its death is still unknown. This is the third stranding in the region. A 14-meter cachalot (sperm whale) was found on the island of Sylt, and then a younger and emaciated humpback whale was found on the island of Minzener-Oog. In February 2024 there was a pulse of strandings that came after fireball activity. This has played out the same way as in Denmark and Norway.

Cetacean strandings since April 17

 2025, April 17. USA, California, San Diego, Nahant Court in Mission Beach. A dead dolphin.

2025, April 17? UK, Anglesey, beach near Rhosneigr (Porth Tyn Tywyn). Dead bottlenose dolphin.

2025, April 18. USA, Massachusetts, Duxbury. A Atlantic White-Sided dolphin stranded and died.

2025, April 19. USA, Washington, near Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco, Long Beach, about four miles north of Seaview. A female dead gray whale. The whale was the fifth reported dead in Washington so far this year. Note: Two dead whales washed up along the Oregon coast last spring, and three others washed up in the span of a week in January 2023. Two of those five were also gray whales; the other three were a fin whale, a humpback whale and a sperm whale.

2025, April 17. Cambodia, Kampot province, Trery Koh commune. A pink dolphin ws found dead off shore. It weighed about 50kg and was 1.98 meters long.

2025, April 20. UK, Devon, Paignton beach then Torquay Harbour. Dead dolphin restranded after attempted refloat and died.

2025, April 21. Philippines, Lianga. Dead beaked whale.

2025, April 20. USA, California, San Francisco Bay off of Alameda. A dead whale found floating near shore.

2025, April 21. Iceland, north east, Njarðvík by Borgarfjörður eystri. Sowerbys Beaked Whale found washed ashore dead.

2025, April 21. USA, California, Torrey Pines State Beach, north of San Diego. A total of 12 dolphins in three weeks. The stranding team from NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center recovered 16 dead dolphins from San Diego beaches on Sunday, April 20. These deaths add to the likely toll of a domoic acid outbreak produced by a harmful algae bloom off Southern California. Note: As of 27th April deaths continue.

2025, April 21. Philippines, Lianga Bay, Surigao del Sur, coast of Brgy. A stranded cetacean was identified as a Longman’s beaked whale.

2025, April 21. Mexico, San Antonio del Mar. Dead beaked whale.

2025, April 21. UK, Wales, Traeth Crigyll, the main beach at Rhosneigr. A dead bottlenose dolphin.

2025, April 22. Belize. Location is between Stank Bank and Drowned Cayes Area, or to a greater extent between Belize City and Turneffe Atoll. A mass whale stranding of 30 false killer whales. They self escaped to deeper water.

2025, April 23. US, California, Ventura. Dead Humpback.

2025, April 23. USA, North Carolina, Emerald Isle. A pygmy sperm whale calf died after being stranded.

2025, April 25 (reported). Saudi Arabia, Red Sea coast. Two dolphins found dead this year so far.

2025, April 25. Bangladesh, Rajshahi at Talaimari Fultala Ghat on the banks of Padma River. A Irrawaddy dolphin washed ashore dead.

2025, April 26. Mexico, Gulf of California, Las Conchas, south of Puerto Peñasco. Dead whale in advanced state of decomposition. A dolphin and two turtles washed ashore two weeks ago in the same area.

2025, April 26. USA, Maryland, Ocean City’s back bay. A dead and decomposing whale has become stranded on a sandbar in. The cetacean became stuck in just a few inches of water in the area off Harbour Island and Purnell Island.

Note: there has been whale and dolphin deaths reported in Pacific coast Guatemala.

Denmark whale stranding

2025 April 2. Denmark, Jutland region of Djursland, Løgten Bugt. A seven-meter-long juvenile dead humpback was found 25 kilometers from Denmark’s second-largest city.

Fireballs occurred on March 8, 18 and 20.

Image: Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix

Cetacean Stranding last 7 days

Cetacean stranding last 7 days.

2025, February 25. Mexico, Mazatlán. Dead whale shore. Species Humpback?

2025, February 25. Ireland, Ballydwan Beach. Dead dolphin.

2025 February 26. Thailand, Hua Hin beach, in front of the Baan Plai Hat Khao Condo along Nong Kae-Takieb Road. Irrawaddy dolphin dead.

2025, February 27. India, Kadalundi, Chaliyam Beach, near Dolphin View Point near the mouth of Chaliyar River. A large adult dolphin washed ashore dead. Decomposed, at least two weeks old.

2025, February 27. Oman, Al Jazir in Al Wusta Governorate. An Arabian Sea humpback whale washed ashore dead.

2025, February 27. USA, New York, Manhattan, Hallet’s Cove Beach. Dead dolphin.

2025, February 27. The Bahamas, Compass Cay in the Exumas Sound. An adult male Gervais' beaked whale was found washed ashore dead.

2025, February 28. UK, Cornwall, Gyllgvase beach, at Falmouth. Three dolphins dead.

2025, February 28. Denmark, Roskilde, Karlslunde Strand. Dead dolphin

2025, March 3. USA, Delaware, Delaware Memorial Bridge, near Pigeon Point. A Fin whale washed ashore dead.

2025, February 3. Philippines, Magbagacay, Sait Bernard, South Leyte, Cabaian Bay. A Pygmy Killer Dolphin washed ashore dead.

Airburst, daylight meteor and Strandings

2025, February 21. USA, Texas (location ?). Dead common dolphin.

2025, February 21. Indonesia, Bali, Badung. A dead humpback in an advanced state of decomposition washed ashore.

2025, February 22. UK, Cornwall, Par Beach. Dead common dolphin.

2025, February 22. Mexico, Baja California Sur, Bahia Almejas in the southern part of Bahia Magdalena in the Municipality of La Paz. Dead Gray whale.  

2025, February 22. Atlantic Ocean, 70 km west of Quinzau, Angola. Airburst. Coordintes: (6.9E, 12.1E). Energy: e = 3.5, -e = 0.12 or 120,000 kg/TNT.  

2025, February 22. Philippines, Davao City, Ana Wharf. Dead Cuvier’s beaked whale was found floating near Pier 1. Estimated to weigh around 700 kilograms, measuring 17.3 feet in length and 8.4 feet in width. Authorities are still determining the cause of death.

2025, February 22. China, Hac Sa Beach. A sub-adult male porpoise measuring 1.48 meters. The carcass was already decomposing.  

2025, February 22. China, Huangshan Mountain, 65 km west of coastal city of Wenzhou. Meteor Airburst. Coordinates: (28.1N, 120E). e = 5.5, -e = 0.18 or 180,000 km/TNT. Altitude: 56.7km. Velocity 15 km/sec. Important note: This is the 8th airburst this year compared to one this time last year. This is a major uptick in atmospheric activity, the most recorded in over 50 years. 

2025, February 23. USA, Texas, Aransas Pass. Dead dolphin.

2025, February 24. Malaysia, South China Sea, Pahang, Pantai Kampung Sungai Miang. A 10 meter long Bryde or fin whale in a state of advanced decomposition.   

2025, February 25. Mexico, Mazatlán. Dead whale shore. Species Humpback?

2025, February 25. Ireland, Ballydwan Beach. Dead dolphin.  

Mexico on 25th.

Global cetacean stranding last week

Note: I try my best to locate most strandings but sadly it is only a small fraction of the real number. 

2025, February 17. UK, Gwynedd, Porth Neigwl (Hell’s Mouth) on the Llŷn Peninsula. Dead dolphin in advanced state of decomposition.

2025, February 17. UK, Gwynedd, Porth Neigwl (Hell’s Mouth) on the Llŷn Peninsula. Dead adult whale possibly a minke or fin. In advanced state of decomposition.

2025, February 18. Venezuela Isla de Margarita, El Tirano. Two pygmy killer whales stranded. Both transported to Waterland Mundo Marino for rehabilitation. Both have liver issues, dehydration and parasitism.

2025, February 18. Ireland, Kinsale, Dock beach. Dead dolphin.

2025, February 19. UK. A Rissos dolphin calf was euthanised after being found on beach alive and alone.

2025, February 19. UK, Isle of Wight, Culiver Down Beach. Dead dolphin.

2025, February 20. Germany, Lower Saxony, Wadden Sea island of Minsener Oog, south-east of the island of Wangerooge. A humpback washed ashore dead. The remote island, which lies west of the mouth of the Jade and east of the island of Wangerooge, is around four kilometers from the mainland. At the beginning of 2016, 30 young sperm whales were stranded and died in the North Sea, two of them on Wangeroog beach.

2025, February 22. Greece, Kriti (Crete), Chania, Pachia Ammos. The discovery of three dead dolphins washed up on the shores.

Image: Citynewstv/dpa  

The airburst and whale strandings in Mexico and countries to the south

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.

Massachusetts Whale Death

2024, October 31. USA, Massachusetts, Westport, Elephant Rock. A humpback whale washed up after being dead for some time. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was only able to provide limited details.

Humpback Whale Stranded on Westport Beach

Airbursts, Fireballs and Cetacean Strandings in last month

2024, August 25. South Africa. Small Airburst / Meteor Impact. Time: 08:51. The detonation occurred 60 km inland from the coast. Travelling east over coast. Coordinates: (-33.6, 24.5). Altitude: 38.2 km. Velocity: 20.1 km/s. -e = 2.6e10, e = 0.092 or 92,000 kg/TNT. Three massive explosions were heard near Mossel Bay, Great Brak and St Francis Bay region. One witness stated that it sounded like a jet passing over, and caused the sliding doors in their house to rattle. The main explosion was heard and felt at places over 273 km apart at Humansdorp, Patensie and Addo, and as far afield as Sedgefield and George. Meteorites were located in Nqweba from a stony chondritic meteroid estimated to be around 7 feet long. Meteorites recovered at Kirkwood, 100 km from St Francis Bay. The furthest report the scientists received of someone observing the incident was from Ceres, over 600km away from where fragments were spotted. The fireball that streaked across the heavens was heard from Gqeberha to the Karoo 315 km apart. There were reports of small fragments hitting the water offshore. See September 14 humpback death.

2024, August 27. UK, Cumbria, Braystones, near Whitehaven, Irish Sea. A dead juvenile minke or fin whale. Measuring approximately 3.5m (11.5ft) in length.

2024, August 27. USA, Florida, St. Augustine Beach. Dead dolphin. South of the A Street beach access. Its carcass was found heavily shark-scavenged.

2024, August 28. USA, North Carolina, Corolla. A very emaciated pygmy sperm whale that washed up on an Outer Banks beach had to be euthanized.

2024, August 30. Bangladesh, Sonarpara beach of Cox's Bazar sea coast. A dead spinner dolphin. The length of spinner dolphin is 8 feet and weight is 95 kg. It is assumed that the dolphin might have died within 24 hours.

2024, August 30. Alaska, Prince of Wales Island. Subadult female Humpback was found in waters near Craig.

2024, August 30. Italy, north east, Porto San Rocco in Muggia, located in Trieste. Crews removed the carcass of a Fin whale measuring 13 meters (42 feet), which was discovered underneath a pier. Appeared to have been dead for no more than 7 days. See 2024, August 12.

2024, September 2. Scotland, Lunan Bay, Angus beach. A large male minke whale washed up deceased and decomposed. The whale may have become entangled.

2024, September 2. Thailand, Phuket’s Bang Tao Beach. A pregnant 2.24-metre-long female Dwarf Sperm whale with a 50-centimetre-long male calf, tragically choked by a stomach full of rubbish, was found dead.

2024, September 2. Alaska, Prince of Wales Island. Humpback, young male whale was found in waters near Craig.

2024, September 3. Philippines, Mariveles, Bataan. A dead dolphin was found floating near a beach resort in front of the Freeport Area of Bataan. The cetacean measured four to five feet in length. There are verifying reports of another dead dolphin sighting off Barangay Cabcaben in Mariveles.

2024, September 3. Egypt, near Cairo. Large Bolide. Caught on camera from the International Space Station. Time: at 5:42 am (IST)

2024, September 5. Philippines, North Luzon, N.E in the Philippine Sea. Airburst. Coordinates: (18, 123). It was 86 km east from the coast. Energy: -e = 6.2, e = 0.2 or 200,000 kg/TNT. Altitude: 25km. Velocity: 19.7 km/s. Time: 00:39PST. UT around 16:39 on the 4th. Asteroid 2024 RW1 was discovered 8 hours before entering the Earth's atmosphere. Asteroid Designation: CAQTDL2. Diameter: 1.5 m or 4.9 ft. Mass: 6 metric tons. It created a fireball seen over Cagayan Valley, Calabarzon and Cordillera Administrative Region. Delayed and concurrent sound heard.

2024, September. Ukraine. A baby white-sided dolphin has been washed up on the coast of the Tuzly Estuaries National Nature Park in Odesa Oblast. A dead bottlenose dolphin was also found near the national park in the village of Hrybivka. Dolphins had also washed up on the Black Sea coast in Bulgaria and on the Sea of Azov coast earlier. About 50,000 dolphins perished in the Black Sea over the first eight months of the full-scale war.

2024, September 6. Timor Sea/Indian Ocean. S.W of the Indonesian Island of Sumba. Airburst. Time:12:36. Coordinates: (-12.9, 118). e = 2.1, -e = 0.076 or 76,000 kg/TNT. Altitude: 27km. Velocity: 22.6 km/s.

2024, September 6. Indonesia, Liliweri, Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. A total of 17 pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) were found dead stranded on the coast. The condition of these whales was poor with wounds from being hit by rocks on the coast, each about 10 to 15 meters apart. East Nusa Tenggara Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Service, police, village government and local communities are organizing the burial. (See also February 5 and May 24 Airbursts).

2024, September 10. USA, California, Carmel River State Beach. A stranded killer whale rescued died while in transport to Santa Cruz’s Long Marine Laboratory.

2024, September 10. USA, California, Ventura County, Port Hueneme. A dead minke whale washed up along the coast. Was found near a jetty close to the lighthouse.

2024, September 11. North Sea. Fireball. Drenthe, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen and Schleswig-Holstein. Time:around 19:10. UT. 21:10CEST. Travelling N.N.W.

2024, September 14. South Africa, St Helena Bay, located at Sandy Point Beach Estate on the West Coast, Cape Town. Dead Humpback floating offshore. 20 days after August 25^th airburst.

2024, September 14. USA, Long Island, Cupsogue Beach in Westhampton Beach. A dead whale landed at on Saturday morning. The whale carcass, a 62-foot finback whale, is not intact due to “significant predation and decomposition”.

2024, September 14. India, Visakhapatnam. A dead Spinner dolphin (Stenella Longirostris) washed ashore at RK Beach. ‘dead strandings’. Responding unit East Coast Conservation Team (ECCT), Andhra Pradesh Forest Department.

2024, September 17. Malayia, Kuala Sungai Padang area. The carcass of a Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris), weighing about 130kg. The dolphin has been dead for three days. The carcass did not find any injury on the body and the cause of its death is still under investigation.

2024, September 16. USA, Cape Cod, Linnell Landing. 14 bottlenose dolphins stranded with three confirmed dead. In just the last two weeks, rescue agencies have responded to 26 dolphin strandings, both common and bottlenose, so we have been on high alert and monitoring their movements closely.

2024, September 22. USA, Oregon, Hug Point State Park in Clatsop County. A giant sunfish, (mola mola). Washed up on an beach for the third time this summer. Three sunfish have washed up on beaches in the county since June. A mola tecta, or hoodwinker sunfish, washed up in June, followed by another mola mola in August.

2024, September 22. Thailand, Kata Noi Beach in Phuket. A rare Risso’s dolphin carcass, tragically entangled in a pile of rubbish. The Rare and Endangered Marine Animals Group, part of the Upper Andaman Marine and Coastal Resources Research Center (MCRC) is investigating.

2024, September 22. UK, Hartlepool. The whale was spotted at the Headland. Experts believe it to be a Minke.

2024, September 22. USA, Texas, near Kahala Beach on Galveston Island. A dead pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) was found stranded.

2024, September 25. UK, Headland Beach, Hartlepool. Believed to be a minke or fin whale and is unable to be moved.

2024, September 26. Indonesia, Teritip Beach, about 35 kilometers north of Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. Cachalot. The mammal had reportedly been stranded for 4 days before dying.

71 Dolphins strand and die in New Zealand. Update: 20240822 Two fireballs days after stranding

2024, August 19. Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Hanson Bay near Owenga. A total of 71 pilot whales were stranded on a beach in Chatham Islands. All died or were euthanised. The stranding was reported to the Department of Conservation (DoC) around midday on Monday.

Credit: New Zealand Herald

71 pilot whales die after stranding on Chatham Islands beach - NZ Herald

2024, August 19. USA, Virginia. Two dolphins, one in Sandbridge and the other in Chic’s Beach. Both animals were deceased when they were reported. It is unclear what may have killed the dolphins. Postmortem exams and assessments will determine the cause of death.

Update: 2024, August 21. Tasman Sea, New Zealand. Fireball. Canterbury, Hawke's Bay, Manawatū-Whanganui and Taranaki. Time: around 06:34UT, 18:34NZST. Travelling E.S.E towards South Island/Cook Strait region.

2024, August 21. New Zealand, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki and Waikato. Time: 11:30 UT. 2024-08-21 23:30NZST. Traveling S.S.W. S.E of Auckland.

2 dolphins wash ashore in Virginia Beach – Daily Press

2024, August 14. South Africa, south of Durban, Athlone Park. A dead Humpback whale with its stillborn calf protruding through its birth canal, still in its placenta, washed out onto the shore at an Athlone Park beach. The incident happened near the Wavecrest Road flats.

Update: Dead whales wash out onto beach in Athlone Park | South Coast Sun (citizen.co.za)

Dolphins, Pygmy killer whales and humpbacks ashore

2024, August 2. USA, Maine, Wells. Humpback whale carcass found floating off the coast.

Officials monitoring dead whale off coast of Southern Maine (wabi.tv)

2024, August 3. Thailand, Tha Le Bay, near Baan Ao Kung, Pa Khlok, on Phuket’s east coast. Six Pygmy killer whales (feresa attenuata) rescued from stranding in a mangrove forest. One small killer whale died and another remains in critical condition after becoming stranded in the mangrove forest.

Pygmy killer whales rescued from stranding in Phuket mangrove forest (thephuketnews.com)

2024, August 5. UK, River Thames. Two dolphins were found dead along the banks of the river in London. This follows sightings of a common dolphin struggling against the tide last week. The first dolphin was seen in distress from late Thursday morning and seemed to be battling with the strong currents. By Monday, a deceased dolphin was found on the riverbank near Chelsea Harbour Pier.

2 dolphins found dead in River Thames after struggling against tide - MyLondon

(Image: PA Media)  

Whales and ship strikes in Alaska?

Note: A ship hitting a whale doesn't mean it wasn't dead or sick before being struck. Points: fresh carcass, isolation of the area, multiple deaths simultaneously, necropsy findings undetermined.

2024, July 2. USA, Alaska, Icy Strait, Elfin Cove. Floating humpback whale, which ultimately washed ashore. Yearling individual. Postmortem examination of this male found injuries consistent with a vessel strike as the cause of death. Blamed on ship strike?

2024, July 22. USA, Alaska, Icy Strait, Point Adolphus. A second humpback whale for July was reported floating at sea. Individual name: SEAK-1731. A 23-year-old female was first spotted as a calf in 2001 and has a sighting history in Southeast Alaska and Hawaii. Similar to the July 2 incident. Quote from the article: "While the necropsy team found evidence suggesting blunt force trauma from a possible vessel strike, the cause of death could not be confirmed at the time of the necropsy."

Ship Strike Suspected as Cause of Death of Two Whales in Alaska | NOAA Fisheries

Credit: Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services.  

Dead Humpback in Nova Scotia

2024, July 4. Canada, Nova Scotia, Shubenacadie River. Dead Humpback. It was seen early on in the week and appeared to be fine.

Blake Giroux used a drone to capture an overhead view. (Blake Giroux Photography)

Death of humpback whale in Nova Scotia river raises climate change questions | CBC News

Ireland whale death

2024, July 2. Ireland, west Kerry peninsula. Boatmen moved a dead humpback whale floating between Brandon and the Maharees.

Kerry boatmen work together to move dead humpback whale in Brandon area | Irish Independent