April 16, 2023

April 16, 2023

There was no shortage of life out there today! Our morning trip came across a smaller pod of about 150 long beaked common dolphins about 4 miles from Mission Bay. We saw lots of bow-riding and wake surfing. We pushed further west and found a fin whale that had a huge...

April 15, 2023

April 15, 2023

We had three amazing trips today! We set out to deeper water and along the drop-off we caught up with 4 Fin whales! During the morning trip, we sighted a pair doing tight circles with short dive times of ~6-7 minutes. We even observed Fin whale POOP! The orangey color...

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

We had great sightings today! This morning we encountered multiple pods of long-beaked common dolphins feeding with birds before heading to the 9 mile bank where we found thousands of Velella velella and 6 fin whales! This afternoon we found a pod of around 300 common...

Monday, April 10, 2023

Monday, April 10, 2023

We encountered 2 fin whales on our trip today in nice calm seas. We got great looks at one of them and the second we saw from a distance in the area. We also saw thousands of By-the-Wind-Sailor's (Valella valella) floating around on the surface! -Ryan

Happy S EASTER everyone! While you were searching for eggs, we were searching for wildlife! We had three great trips! During the morning trip, we set out to the SW and made it 15-miles from Mission Bay! We sighted a couple tall, columnar spouts on the horizon. We...

April 8, 2023

April 8, 2023

Super Cetacean Saturday! We had 3 awesome trips today! The morning trip started off two cow/calf pairs of Inshore bottlenose dolphins in Quivira Basin, next to our boat! We set out to the SW and sighted two tall, columnar spouts on the horizon. We caught up with 2 Fin...

We had two fun trips today! During the afternoon tour, we set out to the west, got to the drop-off and went north. We followed the contour to a big pod of ~700 Long-beaked Common dolphins! They were in a long line that spanned a half a mile! We cruised with them to...

April 5, 2023

April 5, 2023

We had a pretty swell trip! Waves, splash and feeding frenzies! We set out to the SW and encountered bait ball after bait ball! Hundreds of birds were diving and feeding all around us. We sighted a big raft of ~15California sea lions. They were moving in and out of a...