Alison Moors
We had a fun nautical time with bumpy seas! We set out to the west and just beyond the drop-off, we sighted a fun nursery pod of Short-beaked Common dolphins! At first, they were mellow and going down for dives. The more time we spent with them, we noticed them being more boat friendly! They … Read more
The upwelling continues! Our waters are pretty green in some areas but beautifully blue in others. We’ve had tons of bait in the water drawing in HUNDREDS of dolphins.Every day is different but today we had dolphins on each trip. Most of these dolphins were avidly hunting and surging through the swells with shocking ferocity. … Read more
This AM we had a fabulous trip! We left the jetties with amazing visibility miles out onto the horizon, calm seas, and a nice salty ocean breeze. We started out to the west and ran into a few large feeding groups of long-beaked common dolphins, totaling about 450 all together! The first group was a … Read more
We had beautiful seas, great visibility and a stealthy visit from a Humpback on the morning trip and a surprise Minke sighting on the afternoon trip! Both Short-beaked and Long-beaked Common dolphins were sighted all day! We left the jetties and had a quick sighting of a brave little Harbor seal relaxing in a kelp … Read more
15 July 2025. AM Morning Trip: We had an overcast day. July “no sky” follows “May gray” and “June gloom” for the coastal regions of Southern California. This is excellent lighting for photography, without the contrast of sun and shadow. Set your ISO on your DSLR and we are ready for capturing some magic. Our … Read more
BLUE Monday! Like – the most AMAZING blue whale Monday ever! Bad day NOT to be on the ocean. This year has been slow for blues but this boat full of people was treated an extra rare sighting! We breezed by a feeding pod of long beaked common dolphins, they surfed the wake for a … Read more
8 July 2025 AM Tuesday “There she blows!-there she blows!” This is what some of us might think when we book a whale watch. This is the famous quote from Chapter 5 of the famous Herman Melville novel “Moby Dick” the epic written in 1851, just a year after California became the 31st state in 1850. Our … Read more
A bit of a swell greeted us as we exited the Mission Bay Channel. Captain Brian pointed out some Nearshore Bottlenose dolphins surfing the swell and foraging for wayward fish between the artificial reefs of the rip rap rocks. Mission Bay was constructed in the late 40’s 50’s and into the 60’s and has over … Read more
The early bird gets the worm! Nice to see a lot of adventurous folks for the morning tour after all the festivities of the Fourth of July last night. We practiced our observation skills at the floating bait dock, where hundreds of thousands of forage fish are kept such as the anchovies for the fishing … Read more
Happy 4th of July everyone! We are seeing RED, WHITE and BLUE skies today! We had a wonderful day spent with a Humpback and hundreds of Common dolphins! This morning we cruised out of the Mission bay jetties and right out of the gate, we spotted a big feeding frenzy of ~100 Long-beaked Common dolphins … Read more