Whale watchers witnessed a rare sighting off the coast of Orange County on Monday: A pod of 10 to 13 killer whales.
Video of the sighting shows the pod swimming and surfacing next to the boat, a short distance from the coastline.
Jessica Rodriguez, a spokesperson for Davey’s Locker & Newport Landing Whale Watching in Newport Beach, told KTLA 5 News that the pod of killer whales typically hunts off the coast of Mexico and Central America, but was last seen in the area in 2023 and 2024, during the previous El Niño season…