San Diego Whale Watch
Despite the foggy morning we were gifted with calm seas and over 500 Long Beaked Common Dolphin. They were very spread out feeding on anchovies, seabirds were swarming all over, and there were handfuls of baby dolphin mixed into the pod. Naturalist, Sam We had a stellar afternoon trip! We cruised out to the west … Read more
Some days- words, even photos… can’t begin to capture how EPIC a day on the water is. (You’ll have to check videos in the comments) Today, was one of the most incredibly immersive whale watching experiences we’ve had all year! We started off finding two humpback whales slowly traveling south, they were super predictable so … Read more
A lovely day to go on a whale watch. We enjoyed seeing our flippered and feathered friends within the Quivira Basin, a parking lot for vessels. Captain Bryan brought us out into the Mission Bay Channel for some good scenery in transit to the Pacific Ocean. About 4-miles offshore, we came across a cow-calf pair … Read more
The humpbacks are still working down the coast! We sighted three Humpbacks on the afternoon trip! We cruised out of the Mission bay jetties and cruised out to the west. Lately the weather, sea conditions, and visibility has been so perfect! That definitely helped us in our search for wildlife. We spotted a huge spout … Read more
What a beautiful start to the week! Our goal on every whale watch trip is to see both baleen whales and toothed whales; and today was a complete success! Heading due west to the deeper water past the drop-off, we started seeing some big, consistent splashes of an active pod of short-beaked common dolphins. They … Read more
Historic whale watch for San Diego whale watch! An incredible trip on our Sunday afternoon whale watch aboard the Privateer. With an entirely full boat, we raced out well beyond the Drop-Off, where we were hanging out in a depth of over 2000ft of deep blue Pacific Ocean water. What we found out there was … Read more
We had an amazing morning with our second sighting of Gray whale! We also enjoyed a super fun and energetic pod of ~400 Long-beaked Common dolphins! To start our trip, we cruised out of the Mission bay jetties and only half a mile from shore we enjoyed catching up with a single southbound Gray whale! … Read more
Clear skies and calm seas greeted us on this fine, first Friday of December. We noticed a very high tide due to the king tides. At this time of year, we have even higher high tides and lower low tides because the earth is closer to the moon—perigee—at this time. Instead of 238,000 miles away, … Read more
Whale soup was on the menu today! This recipe calls for one big beautiful ocean, and a high concentration of whales in a small area. It was delightful. The gorgeous sea conditions have been continuing into the first week of December with mild swell and sunny skies and amazing visibility. That helped the crew of … Read more
We HIT the whale and dolphin JACKPOT on today’s afternoon trip!! Passengers were treated to an incredible encounter with at least EIGHT Humpback whales and ~400 Long-Beaked Common dolphins!! You could say it was like whale and dolphin soup! We got out past the drop-off and observed multiple spouts from a distance! On approach some … Read more