Depoe Bay isn’t called the “whale watching capital of the Oregon Coast” for nothing. There’s fascinating marine science behind why this small coastal town offers some of the most reliable whale sightings anywhere in the Pacific Northwest.

On a recent episode of the Peak Northwest podcast, co-host Jamie Hale explained why some of these Pacific Ocean whales are sticking around the central coast destination.

Generative AI was used to summarize a recent episode of the Peak Northwest podcast . This story was reviewed and edited by The Oregonian/OregonLive.

While thousands of gray whales migrate past Oregon during their epic 10,000-mile round-trip journey between Baja California and Alaska each year, Hale explained, a small population of about 250 whales breaks from the migration pa

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