The gray whales are back, hugging the California coast while they make their 10,000-mile journey from Alaska to breed in the warm-water lagoons of Baja, Mexico, and back. Earlier this month, crew members on a whale-watching boat used a drone to record a baby gray whale and its mom off Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point. Pacific gray whales are on the move now through April, heading north or south along the coast. Info: Ventura Pier, 750 Harbor Blvd., Ventura; bit.ly/venturapierDana Point: You’ll have a good vantage point at the 60-acre Dana Point Headlands Conservation Area. Info: Dana Point Headlands, 34558 Scenic Drive, Dana Point; bit.ly/danapointwhalesFor more whale-watching places from land, go to thewhaletrail.org, which maps sites from San Diego to British Columbia, Canada.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 07, 2020 13:52 UTC