We had a fabulous day out there! Our morning trip had about 130 long beaked common dolphins roughly 2 miles out of Mission Bay. We pushed further west and found 2 Fin whales about 9 miles out. We got some great looks as we stuck with them for several cycles. They got...
May 27, 2023
We had a FIN-omenal day on the water today! We started the day watching 3 Fin whales! They were circling around our boat allowing for us to get up close and personal! While watching a mola mola near by, a pod of ~40 Risso's dolpins swam right up to us! We got got...
May 26, 2023
We enjoyed two amazing tours today! During the morning tour, we set out to the north and caught up with 3 Fin whales! They were super friendly, mugging us a couple times! We watched one swim upside down underneath our boat. The three fin whales swam toward us and one...
May 25, 2023 Surface Krill and Fins!
The Pacific ocean is teaming with life! We started our afternoon with a spunky pod of short beaked common dolphins, they were super playful! We saw so many babies and a few breaching over and over again! On the way back in from the drop off - Captain Bryan spotted a...
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
We had a great trip this morning, sighting multiple pods of short-beaked common dolphins, some of them leaping out of the water. We also spotted close to a dozen Mola molas! -Ryan
Monday, May 22, 2023
We had great sightings on our one trip today! We very quick into the trip found a group of porpoising sea lions and dolphins, before making our way west where we spotted spouts on the horizon. We got great looks at at least 3 fin whales and also more long-beaked...
May 21, 2023
Feeling Fin-tastic on the Privateer! Our morning trip was the one to beat! We had a great pod of about 200 long beaked common dolphins about 4 miles out. Lots and lots of babies! We headed west to about 8 miles and found a trio of Fin whales; a cow-calf pair and an...
May 20, 2023 Fin Whale and Dolphin mania!
It was finny out there today! Our morning trip was absolutely AMAZING! We started strong with a small pod of long beaked common dolphins about 3 miles out. There were loads of babies in this group, we're thinking it may have been a nursery pod. Continuing out, we had...
May 19, 2023 Fin whale-polooza continues!
We've been having such good luck with whales lately! We headed out west to see what we could find - pretty quickly we found a pod of about 60 short beaked common dolphins! These dolphins are always so full of energy and curiosity, it's always delightful to cross paths...
May 18, 2023 Sunset Blues! ( the really big kind, not the sad kind)
OH MY GOODNESS WHAT A BEAUTIFULLY BLUE DAY! We headed out to the wild Pacific today, ever in search of whatever life we can find and BOY OH BOY did we fin ALL of the life! Our afternoon trip started with a nice pod of common dolphns but we quickly spotted some much...