(Depoe Bay, Oregon) – To paraphrase the old Motley Crue song, it's a case of "Whales, whales, whales" on the Oregon coast right now, and it's going to be that way for a little bit longer.

The state's official winter Whale Watch Week may have been over two weeks ago, but the whale counts are still high as they migrate south towards a warmer clime. In fact, this past Whale Watch Week in the last week of December was a record-setting one for the Whale Watching Spoken Here program.

“It was the highest visitor count in five years, and the highest number of whales spotted in five years,” said Morris Grover, head of the Whale Watch Center in Depoe Bay.

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