LONG BEACH, California (KCAL/KCBS) — Visitors flocked to Long Beach for a chance to see a minke whale swimming around the city’s Rainbow Harbor on Thursday.

Watch: ‘Bob the minke whale’ lost for fourth day in Long Beach’s Rainbow Harbor Onlookers watch as a minke whale circles Catalina Landing in downtown Long Beach on Thursday, April 3, 2025.

Rainbow Harbor slips next to the racecourse are $6 per foot per day with a three-day minimum — so a 50-foot boat could be docked all Grand Prix weekend for $900.

A minke whale that had been swimming in Long Beach’s Rainbow Harbor for most of the past week was found dead Sunday morning, April 6. Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...