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.
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