We had two incredible trips today! This afternoon we started the trip off with a Mola mola, a big pod of long-beaked common dolphins and out on the drop off we encountered 3 fin whales and a blue whale! On our sunset trip we had a flying fish, two fin whales and the...
October 1, 2023
October 1, 2023We’re starting the spooky season off right! We had wonderful biodiversity on our trips today!We had a mega pod of common dolphins - meaning OVER A THOUSAND DOLPHINS to start our afternoon trip. This enormous pod was spotted working its way up the drop...
September 30, 2023
We enjoyed a Super Saturday aboard the Privateer! We set out on the morning trip and encountered an combo pod of ~40 Risso’s and ~15 Offshore bottlenose dolphins! They were very slowly traveling along the drop-off. We watched as they popped up all around us. There was...
September 29, 2023
We had great sea conditions and blue skies during our afternoon trip! We headed out west and encountered a massive pod of ~350 long-beaked common dolphins. They were stampeding and surfing our wake! They followed our boat for awhile and we also saw many cow and calf...
September 28, 2023
We had two great trips with Common dolphins sighted on both trips! During the afternoon trip, we set out toward the drop-off and traveled SW. We went as far as we could go and on our way back we sighted some huge splashes! They were high-flying Short-beaked Common...
September 26, 2023
We had an eventful day out on the water today! We saw about ~25 long-beaked common dolphins during our afternoon trip. For the sunset trip, we headed straight out west and encountered one juvenile Bryde’s whale even before the drop- off. We hung out with this Bryde’s...
September 25, 2023
We’re starting the week off with the fun type of Monday blues! Sea conditions were beautiful today! The sun was shining on the Pacific Ocean all afternoon. The ocean was so bright and blue. We also had great visibility. Today, we saw two pods of common dolphins. The...
September 24, 2023
We had a Bryde-ful day on the water! We hung out with two Bryde’s whales today (pronounced BROO-dus)! This is the perfect time of year to try and catch up with them! We tend to see them late summer, early fall. They are a tropical species of baleen whale that are...
Friday, September 22, 2023
We had a wet rainy day on the ocean but through the wet windows were able to spot several breaching Mola molas, a large pod of around 300 long-beaked common dolphins and a leaping pod of short-beaked common dolphins. -Ryan
September 21, 2023
We had warm, sunny skies and calm waters today! During our afternoon trip we spotted ~200 long-beaked common dolphins and a couple of mola-molas. It was so fun to see the long-beaked common dolphins riding alongside the boat and playing in our wake. During the sunset...