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Humpback surfaces in front of North Coronado Island.

As with many of the large baleen whales the Humpback was hunted to near extinction before a whaling moratorium was introduced in the mid nineteen sixties.

Humpbacks are rarely seen off the Southern California coast.

Range: Can be found nearly worldwide. In the Pacific from the Bering Sea to Southern Mexico and Hawaii.

Species: Megaptera novaeangliae

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Humpback surfaces in front of North Coronado Island. <br /> <br /> As with many of the large baleen whales the Humpback was hunted to near extinction before a whaling moratorium was introduced in the mid nineteen sixties. <br /> <br /> Humpbacks are rarely seen off the Southern California coast. <br /> <br /> Range: Can be found nearly worldwide. In the Pacific from the Bering Sea to Southern Mexico and Hawaii. <br /> <br /> Species: Megaptera novaeangliae
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