[CINC] Coast Guard Slaps Whale Watchers With Tickets Who Are Too Close To Humpbacks.

[Staci Kaye-Carr]

The humpback whales on an extended pit stop off Santa Cruz may be just too popular for their own good.

As the marine giants have steered unusually close to shore to feed, locals and visitors alike have paddled, sailed and motored out in a frenzied flotilla to greet them up close.
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Coast Guard Slaps Whale Watchers With Tickets

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Ocean animal lovers are jumping into kayaks, boats and even on top of stand up paddle boards to get close to wild humpback whales off the Central Coast.

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