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    • Habitats Overview
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      • Intertidal
        • Rocky Shore
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      • Coastal Prairie
      • Coastal Scrub
      • Monterey Cypress Forest
      • Monterey Pine Forest
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    • Cabin
    • Carmelo Meadow
    • Coal Chute
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    • Granite Point
    • Lace Lichen
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    • Mound Meadow
    • North Shore
    • Pine Ridge
    • Sand Hill
    • Sea Lion Point
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    • South Shore
    • State Marine Reserve (SMR)
    • Whalers Knoll
  • Species
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Whales, Orcas, Dolphins and Porpoises

Whales, Orcas, Dolphins and Porpoises

Species

A gray whale surfacing in sunlit ocean water, its mottled skin covered with barnacles as it breaks through the waves.

Gray Whale

A humpback whale breaching out of the ocean, its massive body rising vertically above the water with its dark, barnacle-covered skin visible against a backdrop of open sea and cloudy sky.

Humpback Whale

A killer whale (orca) swims at the ocean surface, showing its tall dorsal fin and black-and-white markings.

Killer Whale (Orca)

Risso’s dolphin leaping out of the ocean, showing its gray, scarred body and curved dorsal fin above choppy water.

Risso's Dolphin

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