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Rare Swordfish Sighting Captured Near San Diego Beach

12/27/2025

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A San Diego photographer captured drone footage of a broadbill swordfish swimming unusually close to the beach last weekend.
Ben Frable, an ichthyologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, said such encounters are uncommon, especially during colder months.
NBC San Diego reported the sighting and described the video as a rare glimpse of swordfish in its natural habitat along the Southern California coast.

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A San Diego photographer captured drone footage of a broadbill swordfish swimming unusually close to the beach last weekend.
Ben Frable, an ichthyologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, said such encounters are uncommon, especially during colder months.
NBC San Diego reported the sighting and described the video as a rare glimpse of swordfish in its natural habitat along the Southern California coast.