Whale watching tour off Newport Beach gets rare visit from ‘phantoms’ of the Pacific

De Hoop's Whale Trail gets upgraded ahead of whale season

CapeNature recently announced that their popular Whale Trail in the Cape Overberg has been upgraded for the upcoming whale season. The 55km hiking trail, which stretches along the coastline of De Hoop Nature Reserve, was given a much-needed facelift in time for the start of peak whale watching season which usually begins in June each year. These upgrades were done as part of a short to medium-term strategy created in response to visitor concerns…

Whale watching tour off Newport Beach gets rare visit from ‘phantoms’ of the Pacific

A whale-watching excursion off the coast of Orange County got an up-and-close visit by a pair of friendly and "extremely curious" minke whales. The encounter happened Tuesday morning between the whales and a Davey's Locker Whale Watching tour just miles off the Newport Beach coastline. Video shared with KTLA showed the normally shy and flighty marine mammals approach the packed boat, circling it several times and surfacing several feet away. A N…