The rare orca pod has only been documented seven times since 1993. The two females and three kids were seen about 2.5 miles from Newport Beach last week.
According to witnesses, 40-year-old Christine Jamieson ran down to the dock with a paddleboard and paddled out to see the whales up close and personal.
but they can meet with other pods and sometimes come together to form even larger groups of over 100 orcas. A female killer whale gives birth to one calf at a time every three to 10 years.