Dead humpback whale found in Northern California beach

A dead humpback whale washed ashore on a Pacifica beach on Sunday, August 2, 2015. The area is commonly referred to as Pacific Manor Beach. While residents may be concerned, marine officials assure the public that the latest death, while still saddening, is unrelated.

“This type of trauma is consistent with blunt force trauma and may be associated with a vessel collision but scientists are not making a final determination until more experts can look at the information obtained by the necropsy team”, MMC officials said. However, the marine official was very careful in explaining that these were preliminary findings and no definitive cause of death has been recorded as of yet.

In April, a carcass of a sperm whale was found on the beach near Mori Point and in May, a humpback whale washed up on Sharp Park Beach in Pacifica.

Since April this year, a number of dead whales have been found along the Northern coast of California.

The details about the deceased whale and its cause of death were not immediately available.

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We’ve had reports over the last two weeks that there have been large numbers of Humpback Whales and Blue Whales seen feeding off the Farallon Islands”,

said Moe Flannery of the California Academy of Sciences. After that, on the 5 of May, a 42-foot female humpback whale was found on shores.

She states that a whale can survive a maritime accident if the ship travels at a lower speed.