Another beautiful day off the coast of San Diego! On the morning trip, we came across a pod of ~200 Common dolphins. They were extremely active and bow riding our vessel. Shortly after, we got a report of a Minke whale further out west! We went to investigate and had...
Common Dolphins and Blue Whales, oh my! We found ~100 Long-Beaked Common Dolphins and ~40-50 Short-Beaked Common Dolphins this morning! While the long-beaked showed high interest in surfing along with us, the short-beaked were more eager to perform acrobatics! We...
We’ve had some of the best Minke Whale encounters we’ve ever had the past couple of days! These notoriously shy whales have really warmed up to us and have been giving us some breathtaking encounters: swimming right beside us, circling us, and even bowriding like a...
We’ve had some of the best Minke Whale encounters we’ve ever had the past couple of days! These notoriously shy whales have really warmed up to us and have been giving us some breathtaking encounters: swimming right beside us, circling us, and even bowriding like a...
The baleen is BACK in San Diego and our favorite juvenile Humpback Whale, informally known as “Twitch”, was seen paralleling the Point Loma coastline! To our surprise, he/she raised its tail in preparation for nearly every deep dive, a behavior we see very...