We had a whale of a time out there! On our single trip of the day we set out to the NW and encountered a big pod of ~400 Long-beaked Common dolphins cruising south! They were all around us surfing in our wake and bow-riding the boat! We went north and followed the...
March 5, 2023
We had three great trips today! Our morning trip set out straight to the west. We came across 3 separate pods of gray whales, two with 4 whales and one with 2 whales making the total 10 gray whales in one trip! It was really awesome seeing that many together! Our...
March 4, 2023
Saturday, March 4, 2023 We had a Super Cetacean Saturday aboard the Privateer! During the morning trip, we encountered ~75 Long-beaked Common dolphins cruising to the south. We saw many cow/calf pairs. On our way back in, we sighted a mixed pod of ~10 Offshore...
Friday, March 3, 2023
We had 3 great trips today with common dolphins on every trip, including a megapod this afternoon! This morning a fin whale was feeding along with hundreds of brown pelicans and other birds and during the sunset trip we encountered a northbound gray whale right off...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
We had nicer than expected conditions through the day today before we get another storm keeping us off the water for the next couple days. This morning we had brief sightings of short-beaked common dolphins and two northbound gray whales! This afternoon we encountered...
February 27, 2023
We had one trip today and it rocked! We just reached the drop off when we were greeted by about 100 long beaked common dolphins. We passed through the pod a couple times, but we had our eyes on a larger prize down to the south. We cruised to the south, almost the...
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
We had a great day on the water before the storm hits tonight. We encountered hundreds of long-beaked common dolphins heading out this morning, a big Mola mola further out and found a trio of southbound gray whales coming back in. On this afternoon's trip we...
Today, we had some nice sea conditions with great visibility! During the morning trip, we set out to the southwest and sighted Common dolphins everywhere we went! We made it close to 8-miles from shore and sighted several bait balls with birds and dolphins feeding on...
February 19, 2023
Happy International Whale Day! We certainly had no shortage of whales today. Our morning trip got to see a megapod of long beaked common dolphins out at the drop off. Pushing out to the west, we caught up with a cow calf pair of humpback whales. We got to stick around...
February 18, 2023
Super Cetacean Saturday! We observed whales and dolphins on all three trips today. During the morning trip, we encountered 2 northbound Gray whales and ~300 Long-beaked Common dolphins. On the afternoon trip, out near the drop-off, we sighted a big pod of ~250...