Mola Mola, an enormous Ocean Sunfish, swims with surfers then washes ashore in Cardiff

ENCINITAS, Calif. — San Diego surfers are never technically alone in the water, but this week a giant ocean sunfish, or mola mola, swam right alongside them before sadly washing ashore at Cardiff State Beach.

They are out there, but being this close to shore is rare.

CBS 8 spoke to one of those surfers and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography…

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