San Diego Whale Watch
Triple Species Tuesday is upon us! We had a wonderful morning trip with sightings of Long-beaked Common dolphins, Pacific white-sided dolphins, and a Fin whale! We cruised out on the smooth seas and hooked a hard right out of the gate! We sighted a small pod of ~15 Pacific white-sided dolphins! They were circling the … Read more
A SMORGASBORD of species today! This morning, we headed out into deeper water and relocated the pod of Risso’s dolphins that seem to be hanging around the last few days! This pod looked even bigger than it did the last few days, like they’re putting the word out that we have got eatin here in … Read more
Good to be back out on the water with longer days and a clearing of the skies after some early winter storms occurred over the recent Christmas holiday. We had three trips today. Spectacular scenery and a pod of long-beaked common dolphins on our morning trip. On our afternoon trip, some good looks at a … Read more
There are very few places on earth where you can see such a variety of whale species on a single 2.5 hour tour, today – we had ALL THE BIODIVERSITY! It was a great day to be back on the water, while a bit lumpy still really fun! We’ve had whale sightings on all trips … Read more
TWO FIN TUESDAY! We had an awesome afternoon trip with sightings of two Fin whales and 200 Long-beaked Common dolphins! We cruised out to the west and in about 300-ft of water we spotted a massive columnar spout in front of the boat! We were stoked to see the second largest whale in the world! … Read more
We’ve got whales! It’s been a peculiar few months out on the North Pacific. The usual weather and wildlife patterns just aren’t showing up the way we’re used to — but honestly, it’s been different in the best way. By late December we’re typically focused on gray whales, yet this year we’ve had humpbacks filtering … Read more
3 Different species of Baleen Whales and 2 different species of toothed whales today! It might have been winter solstice today but it was beautiful with sunshine calm seas and warm weather aboard the Privateer today. Our Sunday morning whale watch started with an immediate southbound gray whale! Within 15 minutes of leaving the jetties … Read more
BREACHER!!!! And not your typical breacher, we are usually talking humpbacks when we’re talking breaches. Today, it was Short finned MAKO SHARK! This lil baby was doing backflips over and over again! Lucky for us, While we slowed to watch the shark – a humpback whale DID appear, hugging the kelp line and traveling south. … Read more
Special visitors today! We see dolphins on the daily, but Risso’s are a special encounter. Usually, the pods we see are pretty small, maxing out at around 100. This pod was nearly 300! They were far offshore in about 2000 feet of water past the drop off. These deep divers primarily feast on cephalopods like … Read more
We are still enjoying the nice and calm sea conditions! Today, we cruised out of the Mission bay jetties and were excited to see a larger pod of ~30 Pacific white-sided dolphins! They were only a mile from shore trending to the south! Captain Michael maneuvered us around the lobster traps and got us amazing … Read more