WE ARE BACK! After a week of being offline due to the large swells we are so happy to be back on the Pacific ocean! We had a swell time hanging out with a Minke whale! It was a quiet start to our trip but about 8-miles from Mission Bay, outside of La Jolla a juvenile...
November 21, 2024
You just never know what you're gonna sea out there on the ocean! We had a beautiful day with calm seas and patchy fog. We started the day out with a couple of Inshore bottlenose dolphins riding the bow in the Mission Bay channel. We hugged the coast to the north...
December 20, 2024
We attended a couple of dolphin parties out at sea! We had incredible sea conditions and amazing visiblity on our Sunset trip! We set out to the west and spotted some fast-moving Long-beaked Common dolphins! They raced to the north just a few miles from shore! Birds...
December 19, 2024
The whales are here! All sorts of them! Our afternoon trip was lucky to see a pair of grey whales on their migration south to Mexico from Alaska, Bering sea, & Chukchi Sea. This is the longest migration of any mammal, can range from 10,000 miles to 14,000 miles...
December 18, 2024
We had a fun foggy sunset trip today! We set out of Mission bay and could see a huge fog bank coming in! We watched it coming from the SW so we went to the NW and followed a nice pocket of good visibility. We had smooth seas out to almost 10-miles from shore! We...
December 17, 2024
Humpback, Common dolphins, and feeding frenzies oh my! We had a wonderful swelly trip aboard the Privateer! We set out to the NW, passed the drop-off and in 2000-ft of water we sighted a HUGE pod of Long-beaked Common dolphins! We nearly had a MEGAPOD that surrounded...
December 15, 2024
We had waves of dolphins on our morning trip today! We had some fun swelly but glassy seas! We started the day with a pair of Inshore bottlenose dolphin hanging out in the jetties. They surfed the bow for a moment before continuing to the north. We cruised out to the...
December 14, 2024
We had an amazing day on the water! We cruised out to the west and caught up with a Fin whale! We hung out with it about 8-miles from shore! It actually was trending toward the coast! It gave us the slip for the first few breath cycles, but on our final looks, we got...
December 13, 2024
We encountered our FIRST GRAY WHALE OF THE SEASON! It was a rolly day out on the Pacific Ocean! We had fun going out of the lumpy Mission Bay jetties! We went west until about 3miles from shore and cruised to the north in search of Gray whales! We were so happy to...
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
We had the best sea conditions and visibility! We set out to the west and caught up with an incredible pod of ~300 Short-beaked Common dolphins headed SW. They surrounded our boat and we got the best looks as they leaped and breached everywhere! We loved to see the...