A pod of killer whales was spotted off the coast of Torrey Pines by a whale-watching group Monday. They got to see five killer whales including a mom and her baby. "One thing about the job is that it's always exciting because you never know what you're going to see," said Ryan Jones. Jones is a captain at San Diego Whale Watch and says they saw the whales about three miles off the shore of Torrey Pines. "Seeing killer whales, I can tell you how rare it is. I've been doing whale watching eight years and I've only once seen killer whales prior to today on a whale watching trip in California," Jones said. This sighting was especially rare for southern California. If you’re lucky, you may see Orcas in the summertime, but seeing them in December is very uncommon. The whale-watching tour stumbled upon the pod just as the whales had finished hunting. "This particular ecotype of killer whale are mammal eaters and specifically these eastern pacific killer whales are known to hunt dolphins and had hunted dolphins prior to us getting here," he said. MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/killer-whales-spotted/509-d1cf186f-d18d-4604-aafb-96e722c6bff3