June 01, 2023 Sunset Blues

June 01, 2023 Sunset Blues

We had a FIN-nomenal day today on the water! We saw three blue whales throughout our morning and afternoon trips. Two of those whales were a cow and calf pair! They came up super close to our boat and even showed its flukes! We also saw two fin whales during our...

May 30, 2023

May 30, 2023

May 30, 2023 We spent another beautiful day on the open ocean water seeing various types of marine life! During our morning trip, we came across a pod of ~25 short beaked common dolphins. We also saw one elusive but majestic blue whale! It showed its fluke when diving...

May 29, 2023

May 29, 2023

Today was another FIN-tastic day on the Privateer! We had great sea conditions all day. We encountered a couple of Mola molas feeding on By-the-wind-sailors aka Velella velellas. We also spent some time hanging out with one Fin whale during our morning trip. We got...

May 28, 2023

May 28, 2023

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

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

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...

Monday, May 22, 2023

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

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...