A humpback whale that spent the weekend trapped in fishing nets and then stranded on shore near Yachats was still breathing on Monday morning, and over 5,000 people watched live on Facebook, hoping for the waves to take her back out to sea.

The whale, a 3-year-old or younger female that is roughly 30 feet long, has been on the beach since Saturday.

Accounts of a live humpback stranded on the beach head spread quickly across social media, prompting people from around Oregon to flock to the coast.

By Sunday morning, Jim Rice, program manager of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network, and Carrie Newell, founder of Whale Research EcoExcursions, were at the scene, and both urged people not to come to the beach.

“It’s very important that we tell people not to come out. The whale is still

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