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Depoe Bay is a city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,174 at the 2000 census. The six acre (24,000 m²) harbor is the world's smallest. Depoe Bay is located at 44.807327, -124.062193. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.7 km² (1.8 mi²), all land.

Whale Cove is a small cove, approximately one-third of a mile (0.5 km) in diameter, located on the Pacific Coast of Oregon in the United States, approximately 2 mi (3 km) south of the city of Depoe Bay. The cove is located at approximately 44 deg 44 min N latitude.

The Whale Watching Center is an Oregon State Parks staffed visitor center in Depoe Bay, Oregon, U.S.A. to help visitors observe whale migration and provide information about whales and other marine mammals including history, economics, environmental and ecological influences. Approximately 18,000 whales migrate southward past the center from mid-December to mid-January each year. The same number migrate northward, but are distributed throughout March through June.

Gray Whales are the most commonly sighted whales year round along the Oregon Coast. Prime viewing is during the migration seasons of October through December and March through May. Other types of whales observed are Sperm, Blue, Minke, Orca, and sometimes Humpback. There are approximately one thousand unique whale individuals observed from the center each year. The center is free to enter, has binoculars for public use, and is out of the weather. Some whales summer here instead of travelling to the Arctic. They feed on the clouds of crustaceans which hover around the kelp beds.

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