We sighted a Northern elephant seal and ~150 Short-beaked Common dolphins out at the 9-mile bank! We made it 14-miles from shore and skirted the Mexican border! The sea conditions were beautiful and calm with amazing visibility. We could see down into Mexico and up...
September 17, 2024
Two FIN Tuesday! We had a fun day rolling around on the Pacific Ocean! It was a little rolly, but the dolphins seemed to enjoy them! We started the day out with a pod of ~9 Inshore Bottlenose dolphin! They were riding the waves in as we were headed out! We sighted a...
September 16, 2024
We were rocking and rolling out there today! Sea conditions were bumpy however, visibility was great and the water was nice & blue with sunny skies! We headed out pretty much directly west of Mission Bay. At around ~12.5 miles offshore we encountered a spunky pod...
September 15, 2024
GIANT SQUID ALERT!!!!What a wild day on the Pacific! We got to see some spookies out there today! I guess we’re all getting excited for Halloween early. We were able to net out a dead Moroteuthis Robusta or a Robust Club Hooked Squid! Identified by Bill Gilly - a...
September 14, 2024
It was a beautiful day with calm seas and incredible visibility! We could easily see down into Mexico and as far north as Carlsbad! On our morning trip, we set out to the west and just past the drop-off we spotted ~40 Offshore bottlenose dolphins cruising north. The...
September 13, 2024
Why do dolphins make great friends? - because they always go with the flow! We made so many new dolphriends today on the Privateer! We saw our favorite trio of dolphins; including short-beaked common dolphins, long-beaked common dolphins and offshore bottlenose...
September 12, 2024
What did the whale say to the dolphin? - Long time no sea!As we set off on our ocean adventure, we found no shortage of dolphriends today! On our afternoon trip we saw ~5 Inshore bottlenose dolphins,~15 offshore bottlenose dolphins and about ~400 short-beaked common...
The heatwave has brought on the waves!
We were rocking and rolling is some big swell today, both Captain Bryan and Captain John did a superb job of navigating safely and expertly in the energetic seas. We had an exceptionally quiet afternoon trip on the ocean but our beautiful sunset trip started off...
Sunday, September 8, 2024
Can’t handle this heat wave? Come and cool down with us on the Pacific Ocean! 🙂 On today’s morning trip, we traveled basically straight out west and encountered ~100 short-beaked common dolphins around the drop-off! They were showing off and leaping high into the sky!...
September 7, 2024
Dreamy glassy ocean days are what we always hope for out here! The conditions could not have been better. Good visibility allowed us to locate multiple pods of VERY low key dolphins. They almost appeared to be napping when we showed up to the scene - but they were so...