San Diego Whale Watch Blog

July 19, 2025

We had beautiful seas, great visibility and a stealthy visit from a Humpback on the morning trip and a surprise Minke sighting on the afternoon...

July 15, 2025

July 15, 2025

15 July 2025. AM Morning Trip: We had an overcast day. July “no sky” follows “May gray” and “June gloom” for the coastal regions of Southern...

July 14, 2025

July 14, 2025

BLUE Monday! Like - the most AMAZING blue whale Monday ever! Bad day NOT to be on the ocean. This year has been slow for blues but this boat full of...

July 10, 2025

July 10, 2025

Thursday 10 July 2025 While waiting on the walkway beyond the ticket booth, many of the San Diego Whale Watch passengers-to-be saw the round...

June 9, 2025

June 9, 2025

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,...

July 9, 2025

July 9, 2025

July 9, 2025 Wednesday: Sunny skies greeted our enthusiastic guests on this mornings wildlife tour of Mission Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Our moon...

July 8, 2025

July 8, 2025

8 July 2025 AM Tuesday “There she blows!-there she blows!”  This is what some of us might think when we book a whale...

July 7, 2025

July 7, 2025

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...

July 6, 2025

July 6, 2025

A bit of a swell greeted us as we exited the Mission Bay Channel. Captain Brian pointed out some Nearshore Bottlenose dolphins surfing the swell and...

July 5, 2025

July 5, 2025

The early bird gets the worm! Nice to see a lot of adventurous folks for the morning tour after all the festivities of the Fourth of July last...

July 4, 2025

July 4, 2025

Happy 4th of July everyone! We are seeing RED, WHITE and BLUE skies today! We had a wonderful day spent with a Humpback and hundreds of Common...

July 3, 2025

Did you know that a dolphins echo location is SO GOOD that we still have personnel dolphins in the navy? YEAH! Us humans with all of our abilities...