We had a FIN-tastic Friday aboard the Privateer! We caught up with a Fin whale on both of our tours today! During the morning trip, we set out to the La Jolla! Out there we sighted a huge pod of ~400 Long-beaked Common dolphins cruising to the north. We watched them...
March 21, 2024
March 21, 2024SMOOOOOOOOOTH sailing today! There’s not much better for us ocean goers than a calm glassy sea and warm sunny skies. We had both - AND WHALES AND DOLPHINS!We found a shy juvenile gray whale straight away! We followed alongside this whale while it snorted...
March 20, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 On flat calm seas today we’ve so far encountered two fin whales, ~50 offshore bottlenose dolphins, and various pods of short-beaked common dolphins. Calm seas and great overall conditions continued into our sunset trip! We had the most...
March 19, 2024
We had an action-packed trip with whales and dolphins sighted on both tours! We started our afternoon trip with a Gray whale in Mission Bay! It was just hanging out and not traveling very fast. We can’t confirm it is the same whale as sighted last week. We continued...
March 18, 2024
March 18, 2024Looks like yesterday’s luck rolled through to today!We had found a playful pod of ~50 long beaked common dolphins just at the drop off! The blue skies and crystal clear water allowed us to observe the whole pod just underneath our boat! We also found a...
March 17, 2024
We had great St. Patrick’s Day conditions today with a huge pod of long-beaked common dolphins on the first trip and two fin whales on the second trip! -Ryan
March 16, 2024
Looks like our luck came early this year! There was no need for a four leaf clover onboard today! During our morning trip, we saw ~100 scattered Long-beaked common dolphins. We also saw lots of bird activity this morning. We saw large flocks of seabirds; a mixture of...
March 15, 2024
Friday, March 15, 2024 Splashy seas and a whale making a splash!During our morning trip, we set out and found a pod of ~100 Long-beaked Common dolphins to the north of us! They were feeding on a bail ball of small schooling fish! We could see the dolphins wack the...
March 13, 2024
We were rockin’ and rollin’ out on the Pacific Ocean today! We pushed out to the west in search of whales and dolphins and came across Pacific white-sided dolphins and Long-beaked Common dolphins! There was about 5 Pacific white-sided dolphins slowly traveling to the...
March 12, 2024
We had an action-packed afternoon trip! We sighted a single Gray whale in Mission Bay! It slowly milled about outside of Quivira basin. We said goodbye and pushed through the lumpy seas to the west. We sighted a Stinky Minke just a mile from the drop-off! It was a bit...