Right Whales and Migratory Patterns

The Right Whale is a type of Baleen Whale. The average length of both male and female Right Whales is 60 feet long. This whale weighs about 70 tons on average. The Baleen is shorter, coarser and less flexible than other whales. When the Right whale comes out of the water, it blows 7 to 9 times and comes 6 to 8 feet out of the water. It then goes down for 12 to 15 minutes. Right Whales are found groups gams. They start out in small groups, but towards the end of the season the groups get bigger. Right Whales are found in different places depending what time of the year it is. Between February and April, the whales are found are the Bay of San Sebastian and around the Ceros Islans. Between April and September, the whales are along the northwestern coast. Right Whales are also found in other places such as: around the coast of Oregon, Vancouver's Island, southern part of the Behring Sea, the coast of the Kamchatka and Okhotsk Sea, and are sometimes spotted along the coast of California. Right Whales don't go towards the Southern Hemisphere but some have gotten close.