San Diego Whale Watch
We had a great day on the water with smooth seas and good visibility! We set out to the west and came across a beautiful pod of ~150 Long-beaked Common dolphins cruising the drop-off! We noticed plenty of little dolphins indicating a nursery pod! We were stoked to be cruising in crystal clear, smooth glassy … Read more
What a sunset we had today! It was an absolutely gorgeous evening out on the Pacific! Much less swell than yesterday and calmer winds made for the best time. Fairly early into the trip Captain Vanessa and the crew aboard the Privateer spotted the most relaxed pod of ~150 Long beaked common dolphins hanging out … Read more
Swell start to the week! The seas have picked up some energy since our magnificent weekend and we were having a rolling good time on the Pacific today. With the larger swell we made our way slowly and safely out to the drop-off to our whale hot-spot zone where we happened upon a pair of … Read more
Beating the heatwave with a cool sea breeze. This record breaking winter weather has made for the most pleasant whale watching! Sunny, hot and calm seas with great visibility is how we started out morning trip out on the Pacific where we encountered a very chill Sunday morning pod of ~200 long beaked common dolphins … Read more
The last day of February was unseasonably warm for all of us, feeling a bit like summer in the winter time. On our afternoon trip, we had incredibly calm seas and great visibility. We went way offshore, around 8-miles, searching the horizon near and far for the migrating Gray Whales. In late February, we typically … Read more
Another beautiful morning whale watching! We had fantastic ocean conditions, sunny skies, 500 common dolphin, and a southbound Gray Whale. Wowie! We had an awesome Sunset whale watch! We had our first encounter at the end of the Mission bay jetties! There were a couple Inshore bottlenose dolphins cruising at the bow! We cruised … Read more
It feels like Spring is around the corner! We hung out with a big pod of ~300+ Long-beaked Common dolphins and ~50 Offshore bottlenose dolphins! We left Mission bay and cruised out to the west and hugged the drop-off to the south. We spotted some birds diving and underneath were splashy Common dolphins! They were … Read more
We were smooth sailing out on the Privateer today! We set out of the Mission bay jetties and spotted a small handful of Pacific white-sided dolphins! They raced around, likely chasing bait! We noticed a handful of gulls diving and watching them in hopes of also getting some prey! We ventured out to the west … Read more
What a start to the week! Today aboard the Ohana we made our way out to the drop off with a great group of passengers where we were treated to spout after spout! There was a trio of northbound very surface active gray whales and hungry ready to get back to Alaska. They were hanging … Read more
What a day out on the Pacific! Today gave us the perfect mix of whales, dolphins, sunshine, and a dadh of ocean magic. Our morning kicked off with a beautiful pair of Gray whales, surfacing side‑by‑side as they made their steady journey south. They gave us long looks at their blows, backs, and flukes — … Read more