San Diego Whale Watch
We hung out with a solo southbound Gray, ~10 Pacific white-sided dolphin, and ~400 Long-beaked Common dolphins! We had an action-packed trip, with sightings all throughout the tour! As soon as we left the Mission Bay jetties, we sighted playful Pacific white-sided dolphins cruising south. There was a California sea lion cruising with them too! … Read more
King tides are back! Fairly quiet Monday out of the Pacific Ocean but a very sunny calm start to the week and we got the unique perspective of watching the barreling surf of the king tides rolling on to the San Diego Beaches. We caught up with an Osprey making our way out of Quivera … Read more
One VERY interesting whale kept us entertained on our sunset trip tonight! This whale was acting very different from the usual Grays that cruise directly north or south — this one was swimming in circles! Every now and then it would BOOST, leaving a long slick line underwater before disappearing and popping up in the … Read more
Whales, dolphins, a full Snow Moon, AND a green flash? TODAY WAS MAGIC! It started slow, but the ocean was clearly saving the best for last — because everything came together for an epic sunset. On our first trip we spotted around 75 common dolphins, but the real stars were a raft of sea lions! … Read more
WE ARE BACK! AND SO ARE THE WHALES! Straight out of the gates, we knew exactly where to go thanks to some friends on the radio who pointed us in the right direction. We quickly caught up with what we thought were two whales… which turned out to be FOUR! They were alternating breath cycles … Read more
What a beautiful evening out on the water! We had beautiful weather, ocean conditions, and an abundance of wildlife. We started the trip with about 200 Common Dolphin, then caught up with a healthy pair of adult Grey Whales, and lastly got to see a small pod of Pacific White Sided Dolphin!
DELUGE of dolphins! We’ve been missing our smaller cetaceans these last few weeks, but today they came back with a splash — literally. We got a full‑on smorgasbord of species between our two trips! On our morning trip, we encountered about 15 Pacific white‑sided dolphins, followed by a lively pod of roughly 75 common dolphins … Read more
Join me in wishing our Head Captain Bryan farewell! After 7 years here at San Diego Whale Watch, he is moving onto a new chapter! Tonight was his last trip! We will miss him! We had a Whale of a trip! Captain Bryan helped us find a pair of Gray whales, ~5 Pacific white-sided dolphins … Read more
We headed far west today! Unusual for this time of year but we journeyed beyond the “gray whale highway” and well past drop off to see a feeding frenzy today! Our friends at Gone Whale Watching gave us a call and shared info about a feeding fin whale more than 10 miles from Mission Bay … Read more
We saw so many babies today!! The flawless conditions are sticking around making it the best gray whale season I can remember. On our 9am trip we barely went 15 minutes without wildlife the entire trip! Non stop action, starting with locating the very recognizable hooked dorsal fins of the pacific white sided dolphins! They … Read more