Researchers out of Monterey, Ca., on Thursday enjoyed a rare encounter with mysterious killer whales known to travel in massive pods and prey on deepwater sharks.
“There were fins everywhere we looked on the horizon,” Capt. Evan Brodsky, of Monterey Bay Whale Watch, told ForTheWin Outdoors. “They were spread out for miles.” (Video posted below.)
It was the first known encounter involving a large pod of “offshore” killer whales, or orcas, in Monterey Bay since November 2021.
Boaters in the region are far more likely to encounter “transient” orcas, which prey on other marine mammals, including gray whales.
