willardguy
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killer whales dining in the playas?
what a nutty year its been! 100 yards off shore in the tijuana playas
http://www.petethomasoutdoors.com/2014/11/killer-whales-hunt...
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elgatoloco
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WOW! 
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Geez...they're eatin' their cousins....
Don't believe everything you think....
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BooJumMan
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Thanks for posting!
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Whale-ista
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Wow! Never heard of this behavior near sd/TJ before. Hope they don't stick around for gray whale migration.
Orcas often harass/kill grays. You see a lot of adults with bite marks on their flukes.
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Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Killer whales off Baja
Orca whales were sighted hunting off shore from Playas de Tijuana. Great pictures.
Wow.
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/rare-killer-whale...
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elgatoloco
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WOW!
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BornFisher
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WOW is right!!! Hope they stay around and dine on some seals!!
Great article and amazing pics!!
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Williams wrote: “A surfer in black wetsuit was in the water, and three large orcas approached him in a semicircle to about 30 yards/meters, and each
in turn did a ‘spyhop’ maneuver, wherein they surface in a high vertical posture and hover high up for a few seconds—perhaps threatening?
“Or perhaps just to look, or to announce their presence or claim territory. It was quite beautiful, and he got out quickly.”
No doubt "got out quickly" but with a little extra weight in the back of his wet suit! Would really be something to watch...from the shore!
Knowledge is good. - Emil Faber
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orcas
WOW !! That's the southest I have ever heard of orcas.....This world is getting Crazy !!
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BooJumMan
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What the heck is an Eastern Tropical Pacific Killer whale? It mentions it on the article but I've never heard of "tropical" orca's...
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I´ve seen orcas in Cabo and almost every year down here 19.2 and 104.5. Where ever there is food they are there.
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BajaGeoff
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I read about this on Friday afternoon. My surf session on Saturday morning was not as relaxed as usual. That is intense stuff!
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