Sunday Finday! We had two great trips with sightings of Fin whales and Common dolphins! During the morning tour, we set out to the NW. We caught up with a big pod of ~100 Long-beaked Common dolphins cruising to the north. Out on the drop-off we sighted a tall,...
May 6, 2023 Blue whales are in town
It's busy out there! Our morning trip had amazing conditions and lots of life. We spotted a blue whale about 5 miles from shore! We stuck with it for at least 6 cycles. It's dive times kept changing from 4 to 6 to 8 minutes. We also spotted some offshore bottlenose...
Friday, May 5 2023. First Blues of the season!
We had our first Blue Whale of the year today!!!! We started our adventure heading straight west from Mission Bay as we had heard whispers of something big waiting out there for us. We were quickly rewarded by sighting not just one - but three blue whales! We also ran...
Thursday, May 4, 2023
We had some wind and waves today on our afternoon trip as we ventured out to the 9 mile bank. We sighted several Mola molas feeding on Velellas and an active pod of short-beaked common dolphins! -Ryan
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
We had one morning trip today and encountered at least 5 Mola molas eating Velellas and a gregarious pod of ~100 short-beaked common dolphins including a cute calf with fetal folds! -Ryan
April 30, 2023
So far today we've encountered over a thousand common dolphins, 2 fin whales, offshore bottlenose dolphins, Molas, Velellas, and a brown booby. We've got one more trip that leaves at 5 with plenty of room onboard if anyone can get down here by then! We just got back...
April 29, 2023
We had a great day on the water! We had smooth seas and nice visibility! During our morning tour, we set out and found a feeding frenzy of birds diving in the water. We sighted a handful of Common dolphins out near the drop-off. Tons of By-the-wind-sailors were seen...
April 28, 2023
We had a fun morning trip! We had sightings of multiple pods of Short and long-beaked Common dolphins! They surfed in our wake but were mostly milling around. We pushed out further to the west and encountered 3 Fin whales. They mostly stayed up at the surface and...
Thursday, April 27, 2023
We had two trips today in great conditions. This afternoon we found 3 baleen species! We first encountered a northbound pair of cow/calf gray whales and spotted a third just a bit west of them. We then went out to the drop off where we found a minke whale that I first...
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Todays trip was great! This afternoon we went nearly straight west and first encountered a Mola mola. We continued west and found a spread out pod of around 100 offshore bottlenose dolphins just past the drop off. We followed them south for a few minutes before...