San Diego Whale Watch Blog
April 28, 2025
We’ve only got one trip today and dolphins were on he menu! We encountered multiple feeding pods of short beaked common dolphins. Searching all the...
April 25, 2025
We are having a FIN-tastic Feeding Frenzy Friday out here! We encountered 2 Fin whales, hundreds of Long-beaked Common dolphins and multiple bait...
April 18, 2025
Even though we had a Humpback and Minke whale sighted, the Common dolphins stole the show today! On our morning journey out to the Pacific we...
April 17, 2023
What did the whale say to the ocean? - nothing! It just waved 🙂Today, we had the best visibility all day! We could see for miles and miles, we even...
April 9, 2025
Welp, after 6+ years on the ocean - not much makes you scream profanities in excitement anymore. Today definitely did that. WE HAD FALSE KILLER...
March 1, 2025
We headed out to the west today in hopes of finding the fin whales that have been hanging around for the last few days. We found a single fin whale...
Sunset vs. Morning Whale Watching in San Diego: Which is the Better Experience?
Define Best Whale watching in San Diego is about experience based unlike any other, offering a front-row seat to one of nature’s most awe-inspiring...
February 26, 2025
The calm before the storms proved to be quite gorgeous today! It was sunny and brisk with abundant wildlife. Just 5 mins after exiting the jetties...
February 24, 2025
Felt like summer out there! It was whale soup! SO MANY WHALES WE COULDN’T KEEP TRACK! Usually we don’t get aggregations of fin whales until around...
How the Full Moon Affects Whale and Dolphin Watching in San Diego
Whale and dolphin sightings in San Diego often seem unpredictable—some days, marine life is abundant, while on others, the ocean appears unusually...
February 17, 2025
Back to Back trips with Gray whales and Common dolphins! We set out on our morning trip and sighted a pair of Gray whales! They were about 5-miles...
Why February is the Best Month for Whale Watching in San Diego
Every year, thousands of gray whales travel along the Pacific Coast on one of the longest migrations of any mammal, moving from the cold waters of...