Gray whales surprise kayaker & some tips to see them from shore 

Yes, I did contact NOAA about the entangled whale. They had searched for it for a week prior while it was further south and eventually lost track of it before it reappeared in Malibu. Using my data, visual footage, and the help of other spotting volunteers, they were able to set up a rescue. Two days later the whale was freed but the whale died shortly after unfortunately.

My husband tells me to watch the news, I watch this! Who wants to watch depression news when I could watch these beautiful majestic animals. Thank you so much for sharing my friend 🐳🥰

I grew up in a house overlooking Zuma beach, and as a kid I used to spend hours just staring at the ocean looking for whales and dolphins. Its amazing to see something I've been seeing my whole life from a totally different perspective, thank you for this.

So beautiful, if only people would care more about our planet and what if offers.

"A 10,000 miles round trip..." and here's me out of breath going up the stairs to my apartment... lmao 🤣

This was heartfelt. I'll never forget one of my earlier visits to Point Dume back in the mid 2000s. I went to go clear my head on a Friday morning around 10 am (in March or April I believe). I parked and took the short hike up to the Point Dume cliff overlooking the rocks. You see it from the footage at around 0:16. That day I had a heavy burden on the heart that was seriously weighing me down. I went to try to find some peace and perspective. Sitting and staring at the beauty of the ocean usually helps but I just couldn't think straight. About 30 minutes in, I remember seeing a large set of bubbles coming up to the surface of the ocean water just in front of the rocks. I couldn't see what it was but figured it was some animal below. I think about 15 minutes went by as I continued to see the air bubbles then suddenly two whales breached. It was an adult and a calf! For the next 45 minutes, they proceeded to hang out that very spot to scratch the barnacles off their back. It was a graceful sight to see. (At the time, I thought they were humpback whales. I still think they were given what I know but maybe they were gray whales). That morning I was reminded of this quote... “Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where others see nothing.” - Camille Pissaro. In that moment, I saw something unexpectedly rare and beautiful. It made me look at my own situation much differently. Sometimes the right perspective can change how one views and peseveveres through tough times. That moment definitely helped me. It's something I'll never forget. Thanks for posting this video, TheMalibuArtist. Thank you indeed.

Years ago, on a boat, a Minke whale and her calf swam up , turned to the side to get a very close up look at us. Then a Finback joined them- same thing, up next to the very side of the boat, rolling over and staring me STRAIGHT in the eyes, they hung around for about a half hour. Truly one of the most exciting days of my life.

How sad the whale died. 😢 lovely creatures that need our protection. Great footage.

God your channel is honestly amazing. I’m so sad I didn’t find this sooner. You are the channel I go to when I just want to relax. Thank you ❤️

And the planet is speaking to us. All the creatures are in desperate need for us to wake up and make changes. Love this footage. Beautiful

Goosebumps whilst watching this footage only to end up in tears. Thank you for showing us the most graceful creatures on earth.

Pure magic , what a lucky kayaker to experience them from such proximity. Great stuff , thank you Carlos !

Whenever I see whale footage, I get choked up. To see something so magnificent and enormous, but so vulnerable to humans and disaster, it just breaks my heart.

I really should be sleeping but I cannot stop watching this channel. The videos are so beautiful

I don't always comment on your videos but you deserve all the praise you get for the work you do 👏🏽

the lack of action to help preserve our planet and the creatures that call it home deeply saddens me, i hope we can make a change before it’s too late..

I go to point dume all the time. I didn’t realize this was a special spot for whales.

So much beauty in our oceans! Wonderful video!! Thank you for sharing 🌊☀️🐋

Perfect footage, music and narration as always! Happy to see the number of subscribers increasing rapidly brother! You deserve it!

This is truly breathtaking footage!!! Thank you for blessing us with this 😭

Informing people is important. But dammit I hate hearing all the sad news. I get it everyday in my inbox.

Always so special and lovely seeing a mother and her kids. Nothing more heartwarming

Great stuff. Your work is very engaging and usually the subject is inspiring too!

That’s our beach! Yay! We’ve gone there for over 30 years. I used to sit up top to see the whales

Never expected you to make a video on a different species. I thought you were all White Shark. I’m also a new subscriber by the way! Edit: Never mind, I just found out that you also have other Gray Whale videos and one about the Blue Whale.

Really enjoy your videos. Love the music! It brought me to tears to hear about the whale as we could see it swimming! I’m happy to hear that they were able to get the net off but very sad that it didn’t survive.

I grew diving, fishing and surfing Pt Dume, always beautiful, whales, dolphins, all kinds of sharks, big Halibut, rockfish, bat rays and much more, it’s a protected preserve with no fishing now, thanks for the unbelievable videos, your professionalism is unmistakable, nobody else is even close... I won’t even mention the drone pilot skills🤙🏽🏄🏻‍♂️🐳🍻💚🍀

The death of the beautiful whale by a humans fishing net is heartbreaking!

I’m really loving your RU-vid channel. Great stuff.

Incredible and emotional footage!!

I so look forward to everything you post. They are such incredibly magnificent and majestic animals. Thank you so much! Not just for sharing your footage but, also educating everyone as to how important the circle of life is 🐋🐬🦈🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️

I had my own close encounter with a gray and her calf. I was paddling fast to catch up to friends and she popped up in front of me. I back paddled hard to keep from t-boning her. A friend got 3 pictures of the incident. One taken when she first popped up and you can see my reaction.

Thank you for your amazing videos. I found you because of my fascination wit Great Whites. However never did I imagine the coast I grew up as a kid of all that lies beneath the surface so close to shore. Eye opening.

Beautiful, your content is so underrated! Lots of love from Norway

My fav channel on RU-vid. Footage is brilliant just like the informative nature of the channel . Be proud of your work it’s teaching us some of the many secrets of the ocean.

Absolutely majestic. Thanks for sharing. So heartwarming

😃🤭I gasped as the Grey swam right under the kayaker!. 🚣‍♂️🐋

Your footage and narration calm my 21st century "Frazzle" The "Eco" message at the end gives me oxygen : )

-- Nice work Carlos ! Some of the best online documentation ive seen ! Carry on ! Good stuff

This video made me unspeakably happy thank you

They really are so gentle. It is not an accident that the smaller one veered away from the vessel.

In the Mid 80's I lived right on L.A., Ventura County Line. Neptune's Net right down the Street. There's a Firehouse there now. Amazing to watch the Sunset, Whales Hanging Out, See The Channel Islands. I was Very Lucky to see the Beauty!

wonderful shots, thank you so much!

This footage is wonderful and presented by you in such a enjoying and informativ way.. thank for this great content

So beautiful & important. Thank you for sharing this

I been Binge watching all your viedos there are amazing to watch ..thxs again for this amazing content 👌👏🙌

You do SUCH a great job, good luck w your career !!

Great narration with amazing vlog, thanks🐳🐳🐳

❤️ your videos! Thank you!!

Amazing video thanks for taking us along.

I'm so impressed by the beauty of your videos. I just subscribed. These whales are majestic. Keep up the great work☺☺☺

As you said it “Magnificent “ thank you 🧚‍♀️

I appreciate you and your efforts to give us spectacular and wonderful info/videos.♥️✌🏼

Beautiful!! Thanks for your videos there amazing! Hope one day I'll get to witness one of these whales in person!!

Thank you for this beautiful footage. It's an awesome delight and honor to get to see them in their natural environment and the way they are together.I really appreciate your Channel! I wonder why that whale couldn't have been helped since you had footage that its tail was wrapped in plastic, couldn't people in boats go out there and help release the contriction??

So beautiful!

Another great video. Always enjoy watching them.

FANTASTIC 10 million views on the way!!

Absolutely gorgeous mammals. Great shots! ❤️

I've Shared your videos more than any other.

majestic is the right word %100

thanks to you and these electronic toys we can watch this beauty

Enjoyed this, thanks.

this would be an incredible experience

Thanks for what you do man!

Sorry I missed your livestream. I love your vids.

Love your channel! Very educative, beautiful edited cinematic footage, soundtracks & narration. Slow paced scenes really help enjoy and relax watching your videos! A nice change from all the click bate & sensational YT videos! :)

Man, I love your videos.

Sad about that whale dying from the fishing net around its tail. I cried. That bothered me so much. If people didn't exist they would flourish. No extinction. No Covid. No Wars. No Polution. You would think we could all try to do a little better!!

So beautiful

Stunning!💛🧡

I have plans for whale and ocean tattoos definitely going to ref these guys!

Superb video thanks for sharing as always

This video make me cry

Thanks for sharing

Beautiful footage wish I lived there I live near the coast in England but its freezing and there are no sharks or hardly any whales to be see well we do get the odd one or two but it's not as beautiful as where you live😍

Whales are awesome

❤❤Thank you ❤❤

Absolutely Beautiful and Heartbreaking they are starving. Humans are destroying their home.💗💕💙🙏

beautiful

Why did it die later? Because of the fishing net around its tail, or other causes?

1:09 now that’s cool

Wow that is in Incredible done

I went to Point Dume a couple of days ago and I saw a 30 foot whale rolling around in the sand! It was amazing, I got my drone up along with 3 others and I got some amazing footage! It’s on my channel if you want to see it!

I wanted to know if you had to register your drone with the FAA? Have you had any issues concerning flying your drone over people?

You are like the pecos hank of the ocean haha

1:48 is that a shark swimming next to, & then in front of, the mother & calf?

Great video. Thanks. Weird thought from me, I'm up late and tired. But could we not perhaps find a way to create some sort of machine, platform, or some contraption that could remove barnacles from whales, and make it in such a way that they would learn to use it? I'm sure it would be very difficult, but whales do learn as we know. We just need to get that first whale to use it. But what would 'it' look like? Rollers? With a texture like sand, but located in deeper water? Yeah, I'm up late... but I wonder if anyone thinks of these things - except maybe for marine biologists, oceanographers and marine science people. We have a lot of talent out there.

Beautiful! But why didn't anyone try to remove the net? I've seen it done before so I don't understand why it hadn't been done for this particular whale.

How do those Barnacles attach themselves to these whales?

How in the hell does this video only have 823 likes! 🥲🥲 I'm so sad about the whale that died man! I could barely take it. 😪😪😪

Are there great whites near them , too?

Hello ,what kind of drone do you us for the recordings and the camera Thanks

The netting on the tail of whale is heartbreaking, this on us as humans to correct this.

On that very beach it was shot the last scene from Planet of Apes. The Statue of Liberty right there.

I’m seeing way too many blue surgical loop masks in the car parks, on the beach, in the ocean. If you feel inclined to wear one kindly ensure you dispose of it responsibly, or better still take it home with you.

Whales=peace

That's really sad about fishing nets.

and what about orcas and hunting whales😬it will be huge capture

I wish i could help scrape the barnacles off of them. They look like they itch a lot.