San Diego Whale Watch Blog

June 5, 2025

We made some new dolphriends on our afternoon trip! We left the Mission bay jetties and went west. After reaching the drop-off, we hooked it to the...

June 3, 2025

June 3, 2025

Our fearless guests showed up despite a heavy mist, a gray morning with persistent drizzle. But the “June gloom did not deter our intrepid whale...

June 2, 2025

June 2, 2025

We had an amazing morning trip with a Fin whale, a big pod of 200 Long-beaked Common dolphins and ~30 Offshore Bottlenose dolphins! We left Mission...

June 1, 2025

June 1, 2025

The first day of June greeted our intrepid travelers and guests with liquid sunshine, the official “June Gloom” of coastal overcast weather. The...

May 31, 2025

A whale-y eventful day so far!! We started the day headed west and ran into a pod of about 700 long-beaked common dolphins. They were a super spunky...

May 30, 2025

On our afternoon trip, we had sunny skies and just a little bit of a swell and wind chop. Just a few miles outside of Mission Bay, we spotted white...

May 29, 2025

May 29, 2025

We KRILLED it today! There’s nothing better than seeing a couple of big & beautiful blue whales swimming happily in our big & beautiful blue...

May 28, 2025

May 28, 2025

We had a Wacky Whale Wednesday aboard the Privateer! We cruised out toward the west and searched far and wide for wildlife. We got to the drop-off...

May 27, 2025

A lovely day after the Memorial Day holiday weekend. On both trips, we spotted thousands of seabirds flying in an excited manner, indicating an “all...

May 26, 2025

Happy Memorial Day! We had such an epic day so far! We spent the day hanging out with cetaceans on the Pacific Ocean! On the morning trip we had a...