A 45-foot gray whale washed ashore near the Huntington Beach Pier on Friday afternoon. The adult female whale was found at around 2 p.m. near Lifeguard Tower 5 and the pier, according to Pacific Marine Mammal Care officials,

A 50-foot gray whale washed ashore in Huntington Beach on Friday. The Pacific Marine Mammal Center performed a necropsy, but the cause of death remains unknown. This is part of a larger trend of gray whale deaths,

A dead whale washed ashore late Friday, April 11, near the Huntington Beach pier. A team from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center responded early Saturday and a necropsy is underway, said Glenn Gray, CEO of the Laguna Beach-based program.