Always approach whales slowly with slowly revving engines. It gives them the chance to spot you and track your boat. Stay at least 100 yards away from the pod. Nothing likes to be crowded and with the surge in migratory births, some whales will be traveling with babies. Track them at a constant speed, going no faster than the slowest moving whale.
Nobody likes to be tail-gated either.
The whale spends the summer and the early fall months in the arctic waters of the Chukchi and Bearing Seas feeding off bottom sediment before heading south to breed and for warmer waters. In the late fall, the whales start their 5000 mile migration south to Baja California, one of the longest trips for mammals. There are now over 23,000 gray whales passing by the west coast of the United States in December and January on their southern migration and going north in March and April . The female gray whale usually produce offspring every 2 to 3 years after a gestation period of 12 to 13 months. Another female gray whale helps the mother when the calf is born, she's the auntie, .