"Two sperm whales, dubbed Kiwi and Guava, were spotted seven miles off the Dana Point coast on Tuesday, Sept. 16, a rare sighting of the deep-water dwellers. The sperm whales had been spotted off San Diego in recent weeks, first on Sept. 7 and again Sept. 14, before Capt. Brandon Erdo aboard a Dana Wharf Sportfishing & Whale Watching charter spotted them off Orange County."
"Though Donna Kalez has operated for years the charter company her father founded in the 1960s, she had never seen a sperm whale, so she quickly jumped on a boat that was heading out to sea. It's such a bucket-list item and a once-in-a-lifetime experience, she said. It's like a needle in a haystack, it's so rare. Sperm whales can be tough to track, often staying down with long breath holds for 90 minutes."
Two sperm whales, dubbed Kiwi and Guava, were spotted seven miles off Dana Point on Sept. 16. The whales had been observed off San Diego on Sept. 7 and Sept. 14 before being seen off Orange County. Donna Kalez, who runs Dana Wharf Sportfishing & Whale Watching, boarded a boat to view the rare animals. Sperm whales can remain submerged for about 90 minutes and prefer deep waters where they hunt giant squid. Alisa Schulman-Janiger, a research associate and marine biologist, has begun a long-term study of Southern California sperm whales using photos and videos to identify individuals by tail and hump markings. Sightings remain sporadic.
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