September 10, 2023

September 10, 2023

The Pacific Ocean was abundant with various types of cetaceans today! During our afternoon trip, we saw 5 inshore bottlenose dolphins within the jetty! Then, before we reached the drop-off we encountered a pod of ~75 long-beaked common dolphins. They were being very...

September 9, 2023

September 9, 2023

We enjoyed a beautiful day on the water! We set out toward the west on all tours and caught up with Short-beaked Common dolphins during the AM and Sunset tours! They were doing what they do best, and that’s breeeeach! They were launching out of the water all around...

September 8, 2023

September 8, 2023

Happy Friday everyone! We started our morning trip with some hazy skies and calm seas. The sun eventually came out as we travelled further out west. We were about 11 miles offshore at our furthest distance. We saw both toothed whales and baleen whales this morning. We...

September 5, 2023

September 5, 2023

Today’s afternoon trip had calm seas and great visibility! We travelled past the drop-off and encountered two scattered pods of ~150 long-beaked common dolphins. At our farthest point we were about 11 miles offshore in over 2,000 ft of water. We also saw 1...

September 5, 2023

September 5, 2023

Today’s afternoon trip had calm seas and great visibility! We travelled past the drop-off and encountered two scattered pods of ~150 long-beaked common dolphins. At our farthest point we were about 11 miles offshore in over 2,000 ft of water. We also saw 1 mola-mola....

September 4, 2023

September 4, 2023

We had a jam-packed trip sighting 3 species of dolphins! We set out toward the west and caught up with ~100 Short-beaked Common dolphins. They were on the mellow side but a handful were very energetic and were seen breaching and porpoising! We observed about 7...

September 3, 2023

September 3, 2023

September 3, 2023Today was both heartbreaking and full of laughter and joy!Our Afternoon trip started with spotting a humpback whale just 3 miles from shore! Upon closer inspection - we discovered that the whale was actually entangled in an old abandon lobster trap....

September 3, 2023

September 3, 2023

It is Sunday Funday on the Privateer! For our morning trip, we travelled west passed the drop-off and encountered a massive feeding frenzy of several species of seabirds such as sooty shearwarters, elegant terns, California brown pelicans and some western gulls as...

September 1, 2023

September 1, 2023

Guess what friends?! Blue whales are still in town! We had a wonderful afternoon trip today! We saw two blue whales located near the drop-off! We had incredibly close up looks at both blue whales. We spent more time with the first blue whale and it raised their flukes...