For months now, pods of killer whales have been spotted off Southern California in rare appearances, which are typically uncommon for the region.
Whale watching tour boats, fishing vessels, and even folks from the shoreline have seen the orcas cruising the waters from Palos Verdes to San Diego, playing, hamming it up for the cameras, and mostly, feasting on their preferred prey: dolphins.
And speaking of which, a group of surfers got quite the show this weekend, when a pod of orcas ripped apart a dolphin just beyond the lineup in La Jolla.
The clip comes from San Diego pro surfer turned surf coach, Jake Halstead. Speaking to SURFER , Halstead recounted the incident:
“I was pretty baffled on the whole experience. I was doing my regular Sunday morning video review coaching and a lady walked by me and said the orcas are headed south from Blacks right now they should be here within five minutes. I was thinking, ‘yeah right, I doubt I’ll see anything.’ Then exactly five minutes later they made their way in.