Sunny skies greeted our enthusiastic guests on this mornings wildlife tour of Mission Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Our moon phase is at full moon, meaning Spring tides, when we have a New or Full moon, the sun, moon and earth are in-line, this means greater gravitational pull. There are two bulges (high tides) and … Read more
Common dolphins showed up big time for us today! We had two awesome trips with both Short- and Long-beaked Common dolphins showing off their acrobatics and playful nature! To start our morning trip, we spotted a small pod of ~30 Long-beaked Common dolphins feeding under diving terns only about 1-mile from shore. The seas were … Read more
Minke whale, Fin whale, Humpback Oh My!! We had a triple baleen whale species day! We had morning trip that was full of non-stop wildlife action! We cruised out to the west and in only ~200 ft of water, we spotted a small Minke whale! It was cruising in every direction all around the boat! … Read more
Happy Father’s Day! We had an awesome time hanging out with a couple of Stinky Minkes and hundreds of dolphins! We started our trip this morning by shooting out to the west toward deeper water. We passed the drop-off and a couple miles beyond it, we spotted a friendly Minke whale! We got amazing looks … Read more
Minke mayhem again! Our luck continues with the most unsuspected whale, usually elusive and difficult to track down ( we like to refer to them as the feral cats of the baleen world), we’ve now had multiple EPIC trips with a friendly Minke whale! (You know that feeling when the cat you’ve been trying to … Read more
After sounding the horn, Captain Michael departed our slip with a bit of boat traffic behind us, but soon we were observing our feathered and flippered friends at the floating bait pier. Herons, egrets, cormorants, pelicans, the ubiquitous gulls and some gregarious, sleeping sea lions were seen. On the mooring ball a game of “king … Read more
Our afternoon trip began with a look at a few California sea lions playing a game of “King of the Buoy” just behind our slip at the floating bait dock. We also saw hundreds of seabirds and wading birds. Snowy egrets, Great Egrets, Great Blue herons, CA and Western Gulls, Brown pelicans, Double Crested cormorants, … Read more
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