Alison Moors
We headed out on the afternoon trip today into some beautifully calm water. Usually the afternoon breeze picks up and makes the water a little choppy and creates small waves called white caps. Not today! The smooth water surface made it easy to find huge pods of short beaked and long beaked common dolphins! We … Read more
Tonight the sunset trip on the Privateer headed out towards Point Loma and found this pod of short-beaked common dolphins! This week we’ve had the joy of visiting lots of nursery pods as babies are in full bloom as we enter summer. Always a treat to watch them learn the tricks of the trade from … Read more
Long‑beaked common dolphins were out on patrol along the drop‑off this afternoon! We connected with two different pods — one cruising north, one off Point Loma — both locked into hunting mode. They’d dive together, vanish into the blue, then burst back up in perfect sync. These pods are always shifting — mixing, splitting, reforming … Read more
When you get to see something that wildlife photographers dream of capturing for film and television, you feel like you’re seeing something that doesn’t feel real. We were treated to a friendly pod of offshore bottlenose dolphins who almost seemed to escort us straight to hundreds of common dolphins! To watch the ocean froth and … Read more
With a completely full boat, sunshine and great ocean conditions, we headed out in search of whales on the Privateer’s 12:30PM trip. We were moving north following a couple hour old report of a baleen whale but were pleasantly surprised when a minke whale popped up a few hundred yards off our left side! Usually … Read more
Crepuscular rays were already framing the clouds as we headed out on our sunset cruise, painting the sky in soft golds and violets. Before we even reached the area, our familiar sleepy humpback announced itself with a massive tail throw visible from miles away — a pretty unmistakable “I’m still here.” We spent unhurried time … Read more
This guy was hanging around with hundreds of birds and a small pod of common dolphins. Displaying some serious lunge feeding this whale meant business. Best fishes, -Naturalist Madi
A humpback stuck with us for over an hour doing 2 breathes then a dive every single time but never showed us their tail! Whole host of commons where in the area and even one stinky minke! We also caught a glimpse of one more humpback in the distance who did show us a little … Read more
Beautiful start to our Tuesday out on the Pacific Ocean, which felt way more like a lake today. It was glassy with mild wind ripples and very little swell! A great day to be out for our more seasick afflicted friends. We made our way out to the west to the drop-off to where we … Read more
Blue, Blue, Blue Monday – YES – 3 BLUE WHALES on our sunset trip, thanks to an amazing tip from Captain Michael, who was out on the smaller boats today. We’ve been missing the blues this summer, so spending an entire evening in golden light watching their spouts erupt from the depths — catching the … Read more