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How to see the grunion runs return to Southern California beaches 
By Harry Saltzgaver US Source: presstelegram 3/24/2022
Harry Saltzgaver
Credit: Rose Palmisano / The Orange County Register
Editor’s Note: Forty-five years ago, a weekly newspaper covering Belmont Shore — where watching grunion runs was a popular late-night activity — was named the Grunion Gazette. It continues to cover Long Beach, and the grunion, today.

Every spring, silvery smelt-like fish called grunion can be found late at night during high tides on the beaches of Southern California, mating in what experts say is one of the most unusual phenomenon in the natural world.
 

Here’s how it works: the female grunion are the first to get in the surf and reach the highest point possible on the beach, or even a bit higher; she pushes her tail into the sand and the male follows her, wrapping his body around hers so that he can fertilize her eggs with milt. The male is quick — 30 seconds or so and he’s on the next wave back to the ocean. It takes the female longer to dig herself out of the sand, but she catches the first wave she can back to the safety of the water.

 
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