Whale shark spotted off Southern California coast

It's another El Nino surprise spotted off the coast of Southern California. Seen in our warmer ocean waters, a whale shark and the video is awesome. Carl Sperunis shot this video off the coast of Malibu Wednesday, but he credits his buddy fish spotting pilot Ryder DeVoe for seeing it first. Saw something out of the corner of my eye and I was like that can't be what I think it is and sure enough flew over and there's a whale shark. Something I've always wanted to see out here. The Oceanside resident has only been a fish spotting pilot for three years, but says these past couple of weeks have been filled with firsts. It's been amazing. I first started seeing it show up like about a week or two ago and I've been seeing all those crazy new rays coming in, which is something you never really see, which is really cool. Carl also filmed these Chilean devil rays last week. Others have spotted all kinds of sharks, including great whites, but experts say there's nothing to fear. You are not a tasty treat. More people are in the ocean during El Nino periods just to try to cool down. So you have more people, more sharks, you'd expect more bites. We just don't see that. Whale sharks are the largest known living fish species in the world. Their typical length is around 40 feet, but the largest ever recorded came in just over 61 feet. The average weight is around 30,000 pounds and they generally live anywhere from 80 to 130 years. It's just really cool to see some of the footage that's been coming out. Jack Elsner is a PhD candidate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, who definitely appreciates this amazing opportunity Mother Nature is giving us this summer. We're seeing a lot of, you know, really awesome animals that we don't typically see. And the best part for Ryder, this is just the beginning. These conditions are going to be sticking around for a while, so there should be even more unusual things to spot in the coming weeks. I hope everyone's looking forward for some more warm water and some new sea creatures to come in. I'm excited to see what else this El Nino brings in. Steve Price, News 8.