LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – This month, the whales can be spotted along the Dana Points headlands. Up to 50 whales making the migration can be spotted daily. Dana Points 200-foot cliffs offer a magnificent view of the migrations, and dedicated whale watchers hope to catch the rare sight of a baby whale or two.

"You can see the ones with calves especially, because they will use the shoreline as a guide for their first northern migration," a marine oficial says.

Dana Point's Festival of Whales is held two weekends in March and attracts whale watchers from all over the world. The festival began with a parade on March 6 and will end on March 14 with a  5k Grunion Run.

In addition, there will be a Street Faire, lectures, sailing rides and the Ocean Institute. There will also be fishing and stand-up paddling clinics, canoe races, a pancake breakfast, a horseshoe tournament and live musical performances. 

"We´ll be offering a variety of hands-on activities throughout the festival, like mackerel dissection and programs on sound and echolocation and other whale-specific marine and mammalian activities," Jonathan Witt, director of Environmental programs at the institute tells Coast magazine.

For more information about the festival, you can log on to www.dpfestivalofwhales.com