People watch a dead gray whale that washed ashore Sunday, April 20, 2025, at Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach in Alameda, Calif. Gray whale strandings and deaths have continued along the West Coast, with at least 187 whales reported dead so far in 2026, according to NOAA. (Stephanie Penn via Bay City News)

A dead gray whale that washed ashore in Alameda over the weekend will be towed to Angel Island to be examined by scientists, officials with The Marine Mammal Center said.

The whale is believed to be an adult female gray whale that was previously sighted on Thursday at a different location along the Alameda’s shoreline, near the USS Hornet Museum. Scientists took a sample from the whale at that time and determined it was an adult female.

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