Sightings of the gentle giants are extremely rare.
Basking sharks could be returning to California waters after a 30-year period in which they have barely been seen by human eyes in the region.
The two sightings took place in almost exactly the same location—around three to four miles off the south-facing Malibu coast—on March 31 and April 20. Both incidents were caught on camera by the crews of the vessels involved. In the early 20th century, basking sharks used to congregate in their hundreds, or even thousands, to feed on plankton off the California coast.
“I hope it’s a sign of comeback,” Heidi Dewar, a NOAA fisheries research biologist, told The Ventura County Star. “But given the variability in sightings, I think we have to wait a few more years before we can say that with confidence.”
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