We were having a dolphin party aboard the Privateer! We sighted at least 8 different pods with lots of fun interactions with them! On our morning tour we sighted two feeding frenzies! The diving birds alerted us to the hotspot zone and we were thrilled to see them...
July 17, 2025
I love San Diego Summertime! Beautiful sunny skies, a light ocean breeze, mild swell on the infinite Pacific Ocean, the perfect way to spend the day with a majestic humpback! The Privateer made a long journey to the southwest slightly beyond the Nine Mile Bank to...
July 13, 2025
We have got STUNNING conditions out on the water so far today! Water visibility is incredible (see the dolphin shots below), with a light wind and swells less than 2ft. In some spots we’ve got some really glassy conditions. This AM we left the jetties and went...
July 12, 2025
We had a Whaley fun time on all our trips with Humpbacks and Common dolphins sighted! We had two morning tours that caught up with a shy Humpback and both short-beaked and long-beaked Common dolphins!For our 12:30pm trip, we set out on the Inspiration and were treated...
July 11, 2025
It’s been a beautiful day to start out in the big blue! We left the dock and got straight out of the jetties, immediately spotting a MASSIVE bird pile. Every direction, birds were making huge splashes as they dove into the water! As we got closer, we started to see...
July 10, 2025
While waiting on the walkway beyond the ticket booth, many of the San Diego Whale Watch passengers-to-be saw the round stingray swim by the rip rap shoreline. Everyone saw the bright orange Garibaldi, the California State Marine Fish, that has a unique parenting role...
June 9, 2025
Sunny skies greeted our enthusiastic guests on this mornings wildlife tour of Mission Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Our moon phase is at full moon, meaning Spring tides, when we have a New or Full moon, the sun, moon and earth are in-line, this means greater...
July 7, 2025
Common dolphins showed up big time for us today! We had two awesome trips with both Short- and Long-beaked Common dolphins showing off their acrobatics and playful nature! To start our morning trip, we spotted a small pod of ~30 Long-beaked Common dolphins feeding...
June 30, 2025
Minke whale, Fin whale, Humpback Oh My!! We had a triple baleen whale species day! We had morning trip that was full of non-stop wildlife action! We cruised out to the west and in only ~200 ft of water, we spotted a small Minke whale! It was cruising in every...
June 15, 2025
Happy Father’s Day! We had an awesome time hanging out with a couple of Stinky Minkes and hundreds of dolphins! We started our trip this morning by shooting out to the west toward deeper water. We passed the drop-off and a couple miles beyond it, we spotted a friendly...