people on paddle boards and kayaks. the harbor patrol used boats and hoses to steer the whale back out to sea. the whole thing made for a cool day. i ve lived here my whole life and never seen anything like it. i hope it doesn t happen again, because it s not safe for the whale, but it was pretty cool. experts say the whale appeared lost but seemed to be healthy. eventually went back out to sea after about seven hours of taking laps around the harbor. a cool day by the way, but there is a kids swim area, and the whale was swimming in there, they decided, okay, let s not get too close, so they eventually got those hoses to spray the whale and got it to swim out to sea. absolutely. these kind of whales aren t generally seen in southern california, so the whole story is a little bit of a rarity. but glad the whale made it back out. well, coming up, the echo, how our sister network, espn transformed itself for one day to bring us the world of unconventional sports