Capt. Dani Fasser was sitting off the coast of Southern California with a group of whale watchers.
The Catallac, a boat from the whale-watching company Newport Landing, sat about 9 miles from the coast of Newport Beach on Monday, April 30, Jessica Rodriguez, the education and communications manager for Newport Landing and Davey’s Locker Whale Watching, said in an email to McClatchy News.
“(They) were watching a pair of giant fin whales, and all of a sudden, (Fasser) saw puffs in the distance...