A 50-foot gray whale washed ashore in Huntington Beach on Friday. The Pacific Marine Mammal Center performed a necropsy, but the cause of death remains unknown. This is part of a larger trend of gray whale deaths,

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.

A dead whale washed ashore late 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.