A 45-foot gray whale washed ashore near the Huntington Beach Pier on Friday afternoon. The adult female whale was found at around 2 p.m. near Lifeguard Tower 5 and the pier, according to Pacific Marine Mammal Care officials,

A dead whale washed ashore Friday, April 11, near the Huntington Beach Pier. A team from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center responded early Saturday and a necropsy was performed, said Glenn Gray, CEO of the Laguna Beach-based program.

A dead gray whale measuring about 50 feet in length washed up on the shore in Huntington Beach Friday afternoon, the city’s fire department Marine Safety Division said in a social media post on Saturday.