Bottlenose dolphins greeted us in the Mission Bay Channel entrance. They came up to our bow to ride the pressure wave of our vessel, the Privateer, before returning to their work of foraging for food.Speaking of food, most food for dolphin pods and whales come in food patches. “Patchiness” is an ecological concept describing food … Read more
A gorgeous glassy morning out on the Pacific led to a morning of Minke mayhem very quickly. Just a few miles from the coast we noticed some splashing in the water turned out to be a few hundred Long-beaked common dolphins. These dolphins were cruising through glassy water, chasing fish playing in the wake and … Read more
Another gorgeous day on the pacific with TONs of dolphins, at first a spread out area of feeding Long- beaked common dolphins then as we continued south west we found an active pod of Short – beaked common dolphins.We always love seeing these boisterous animals – they come over to play in the boats wake, … Read more
We had a fishy afternoon trip! We left the Mission bay jetties and cruised to the west! We got to the drop-off and could see thousands of birds diving over about a 2-mile spread. We searched the area but surprisingly there were no mammals to be found. We headed north along the drop-off and once … Read more
We are in our Dolphin Days of Summer! The Common dolphins are really showing us their best! On our morning trip, we enjoyed hanging out with multiple pods of Long-beaked Common dolphin! The first pod was moving in from the west and headed straight for our boat! They were in a long line that began … Read more
We were having a dolphin party aboard the Privateer! We sighted at least 8 different pods with lots of fun interactions with them! On our morning tour we sighted two feeding frenzies! The diving birds alerted us to the hotspot zone and we were thrilled to see them chasing small schools of anchovies! We spotted … Read more
I love San Diego Summertime! Beautiful sunny skies, a light ocean breeze, mild swell on the infinite Pacific Ocean, the perfect way to spend the day with a majestic humpback! The Privateer made a long journey to the southwest slightly beyond the Nine Mile Bank to where a beautiful humpback had been seen earlier in … Read more
We have got STUNNING conditions out on the water so far today! Water visibility is incredible (see the dolphin shots below), with a light wind and swells less than 2ft. In some spots we’ve got some really glassy conditions. This AM we left the jetties and went straight out to a pod of 70 offshore … Read more
We had a Whaley fun time on all our trips with Humpbacks and Common dolphins sighted! We had two morning tours that caught up with a shy Humpback and both short-beaked and long-beaked Common dolphins!For our 12:30pm trip, we set out on the Inspiration and were treated to calm seas and sunny skies! We cruised … Read more
It’s been a beautiful day to start out in the big blue! We left the dock and got straight out of the jetties, immediately spotting a MASSIVE bird pile. Every direction, birds were making huge splashes as they dove into the water! As we got closer, we started to see dorsal fins- we had nearly … Read more
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