Alison Moors
This evening we came across several pods of common dolphins. One thing they all had in common was there were lots of babies. Such a fun treat for our sunset cruise! Best Fishes, -Naturalist Madi
We rolled up to a bustling pod of 200+ short‑beaked common dolphins, and they wasted no time surrounding the boat — leaping, chasing bait fish, and putting on an aerial show. We also spotted a few Mola molas cruising near the surface. They’ve been popping up more and more over the last few days, and … Read more
Eager to get back out to see all the humpbacks from earlier in the day, our sunset trip braved the wet, splashy rolling Pacific, and they were such troopers! It paid off with us sighting some massive splashes from a humpback tail throwing in the distance! Even from afar we could see that huge peduncle … Read more
On the afternoon excursion aboard the Privateer we made our way only about 5 miles due west of Mission Bay to where a lot of activity was happening. We started off with a dolphin drive-by briefly hanging out with ~400 long beaked common dolphins but he had our eyes on a bigger baleen prize, as … Read more
With an enthusiastic half full boat we headed past Pt Loma to where the action has been the last couple day and first encountered a hunting pod of ~100 short beaked common dolphins. They were more interested in food than us so we left them and followed all the shearwaters to the next feeding frenzy … Read more
Our ocean adventure this evening was spent surrounded with wildlife and unlikely pairings. It’s the stuff Disney movies are made of! We braved the swell and made our way down to Pt Loma where a small spout was observed from a smaller humpback whale. Though every time right before the whale would surface, a female … Read more
The afternoon tour on the Privateer was treated to a full spectacle of nature today. It’s honestly hard to do a write up when the feeling of seeing a 45 ton animal throw its tail sky high is indescribable to witness in person. The feeling of seeing over 800 dolphins charge is not an easy … Read more
Today tested our collective whale watching skills! We encountered some of the sneakiest whales I’ve ever seen. We had one mystery whale but in the 11th hour we were able to track down an inquisitive Humpback! Best fishes, – Naturalist Madi
Lucky for us, our friends on the small boats were out patrolling at high speeds, and they tipped us in on some solid wildlife up to the north. We RACED past a pod of 50 bottlenose to get out to a pair of ravenous humpback whales that were movin’ at high speeds out to the … Read more