By Sandy Mazza
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The carcass of a 45-foot-long humpback whale that was towed from Playa del Rey’s Dockweiler State Beach last week resurfaced Wednesday near San Pedro, lifeguard officials said.
The whale, a female named Wally by local whale researchers, was spotted a half-mile off White Point Beach in San Pedro, according to Los Angeles County Fire’s Lifeguard Division. She was towed farther out to sea late Wednesday morning by a Baywatch rescue boat.
National Marine Fisheries officials are still investigating the cause of death of the whale, believed to be about 15 years old and showing no signs of traumatic injury.
