Alison Moors
Did you know that a dolphins echo location is SO GOOD that we still have personnel dolphins in the navy? YEAH! Us humans with all of our abilities to invent highly capable technology – STILL havent been able to invent something that can more reliably detect a bomb hidden under water – than a dolphin … Read more
We had the sun burning through the marine layer and eventually prevailing with sunny skies on this afternoon trip. Mild temperatures in the low to mid 70’s, feels like air conditioning for those from hotter climates. At the Mission Bay Channel entrance, we had a brief encounter with a pod of 6 Nearshore Bottlenose dolphins.We … Read more
The marine layer known as June Gloom continued into July, but did not deter our intrepid whale watchers seeking to voyage toward the distant horizon in search of leviathans. Our wildlife highlights included our feathered and flippered friends located just a short distance from our slip at the dock. California sea lions resting on the … Read more
The pacific is TEAMING with life – our waters are a bit warmer than they usually are this time of year – averaging about 69°. We’ve had an abundance of bait in our waters which appears to be attracting ALL of the dolphins to our waters.Usually we’d be seeing more krill in our colder waters … Read more
Who is responsible for the sunshine? We had one of our uncommon sunny days in what is typically our “June Gloom” season with associated marine layer making it cool and gray. Our deckhand immediately spotted a pod of Short-beaked common dolphins only 1.5-miles off of Pacific Beach. They took us to Bird Rock and southern … Read more
We began our morning trip with a sounding of our horn, as several sea kayakers were crossing our bow and blocking our way to the bait dock. Captain Brian gave us excellent views of our feathered and flippered friends. We all had the opportunity to practice our photographic skills by getting close-ups of the entertaining … Read more
OH BABY OH BABY! We got blue skies AND blue whales even… a BABY BLUE! Summer might just be landing soon!This morning we headed out into the misty pacific with limited visibity and all the hope in the world! We searched and searched until we found a juvenile humpback way off shore accompanied by some … Read more
It’s been a beautiful day out on the water so far! We left the jetties this AM and headed straight out to the west. Bird activity seemed to slowly ramp up as we made our way out to the continental shelf. As we reached the dropoff, we were surprised by some offshore bottlenose dolphins! This … Read more
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