San Diego Whale Watch
TWENTY Gray whales AND a GREEN FLASH! Every time we head out to sea lately, it’s been a full‑blown wildlife BONANZA. Gray whales are cruising straight south, just passing through — we rarely see the same whale twice. EVERY trip has had at least six whales. This morning we had two trios, and it really … Read more
We had a beautiful day with Gray whales sighted all day! We sighted a single gray whale and a single bottlenose dolphin on the afternoon trip! On our sunset trip, we cruised out to the SW and spotted a bunch of spouts on the horizon! We enjoyed hanging out with a TRIO of southbound Gray … Read more
Mini Breacher and BABY Gray whale! Boy! We had an action-packed afternoon trip! We sighted a single southbound gray right out of the gate! Within a mile from sunset Cliffs, the gray whale rolled around at the surface as well as did a mini breach even trying to spin in the air! We got to … Read more
The great migration of Gray whales is in full swing! FIVE Gray whales hung out with us for over an hour today. We headed north to our “sweet spot” for finding whales this year and spotted them almost immediately. They were crawling slowly to the south, taking plenty of time to get a little flirty … Read more
Where did this fog come from?? The seas continued to stay as calm and glassy as we had over the weekend but the skies were not sunny and clear! A dense fog rolled in as we were about to board the Privateer for our Monday afternoon excursion. We cruised slowly and safely out to the … Read more
MULTIPLE MULTIPLES! The gray migration is in full swing, the whales are cruising down our coastline on their way to Mexico, and we’ve been spotting them on every trip lately. Not just a whale — multiples each time. This afternoon we first came across a pod of almost 50 offshore bottlenose dolphins, a tight‑knit group … Read more
Gorgeous day on the water! It felt like lake Pacific heading into the ocean on the Sunday 9am trip, Minimal wind and warm sunny skies typical of this January we have been experiencing, also typical of this January of Gray Whale season was how quickly we caught up with wildlife! Shortly after departure we saw … Read more
5 whales? NO! 10 whales? NOPE! 20 WHALES TODAY? YEP, YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT! We had a total of twenty whales on our three trips today (21 if you count the whale‑shaped cloud). Our afternoon trip was INSANE — 10 whales on a single 2.5‑hour trip! We spotted two spouts off in the distance — … Read more
Another GRAY whale TRIO will be in Mexico by the end of the day! We set out on our afternoon trip toward the south and spotted a bunch of spouts in the distance! We caught up with them along the 3-mile line cruising at a steady 3-5mph pace. We joined them on their trek south … Read more
Long trips are always better with company. The gray whales definitely got that memo today. The whale watching started early in the sunset trip with a spout sighted before we had barely cleared the jetties. This solo southbound gray whale was sneaky, elusive, and pretty long winded with 15 minute breath cycles, so we didn’t … Read more