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June has been SO good to us this blue whale season! Our morning trip headed out about 9.5 miles from Mission Bay and found 4 blue whales! They were definitely in travel mode out to the west but we got as many looks as we could. We got really good looks at one as it...
June 23, 2023 You ever have days so good you're actually at a loss for words? Today was definitely one of those! Our morning trip had a feeding frenzy of long beaked common dolphins right out of the jetties! Tons of dolphins, and tons of babies! Little nerf balls of...
Thursday, June 22, 2023 We made some more dolphriends and whale friends today out in the big blue ocean! We saw ~75 long-beaked common dolphins around the beginning of our morning trip. We also got some close looks at 2 blue whales and spotted another blue whale...
What a fin-filled day packed with baleen and toothed whales! We set out to the west and sight spouts only a few miles out! We encountered 6 Blue whales nearby and a couple more spouts in the distance! We had blue and sunny skies which made the Blue Glow so vibrant! We...
June 20, 2023 The Pacific just keeps on giving! We feel so lucky to have so much life in our oceans! Our first trip today, started our with a rare visit from a pod of about 30 bottlenose dolphins! They're always a joy, showing endless interest and curiosity towards...
June 19, 2023 We had another FIN-tastic day today seeing plenty of whales and dolphins just off our San Diego coast! The sun was out and sea conditions were very calm so we had great visibility today. We were escorted out to deeper water by ~400 long-beaked common...
We had a great time on both trips today! Our morning trip headed out west on the search for blue whales and we were not disappointed! We reached 7 miles and found 8 blue whales, including a cow-calf pair! We got great looks at about 5 of them, with 3 showing off their...
Another day full of cetaceans! We had multiple blue whales on both our morning and afternoon trips. This morning we also encountered hundreds of long-beaked common dolphins, and offshore bottlenose dolphins as well. This afternoon nearly every whale lifted its flukes...
Friday, June 16, 2023 Happy Friday everyone! We had another amazing day spent with our brilliant blue whales and various species of dolphins! We saw about ~225 common dolphins throughout our morning and afternoon trips! We also saw 50 offshore bottlenose dolphins...
We've been having a whale of a time here on the Privateer! We enjoyed such flat, calm sea conditions in the morning that it was like a lake out there! We set out to the north and sighted some spouts out in the distance. A minke whale surfaced near some diving birds,...
