. >> we've had an unusual gloom of an choef vees this year.they're having their last feast before they go to their breeding ground. >> so they tank up before they go to mexico to romance once another. >> that's correct, and give birth. >> where there are this many whales, there are more whale watchers. >> tail coming up, and down she goes. >> they have a lot of locals that work for our company, but we get a lot of folks from germany, the netherlands, france, spain. >> reporter: this really is a unique environment in the world? >> exactly right. >> reporter: california whale watching generates $20 million a year according to a recent ucla study. that's part of a $2 billion national industry. with this season running longer, that figure will be higher. >> we take 30 to 35 people per day, and that is going on since june. >> reporter: wow. 30 to 35 people a day? >> sometimes more. >> reporter: it's not just tourists following the whales. packs of sea leones, seals, dolphins and pelicans scramble in the wake hoping to feed off the scraps. it's a fr

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