San Diego Whale Watch Blog

June 22, 2025

June 22, 2025

Our morning—the 2nd full day of summer after the solstice took place on 20 June— began with good looks at herons, egrets, gulls, cormorants,...

June 21, 2025

June 21, 2025

The seas were up and so were our spirits! We were excited to out on the Pacific to find wildlife today! On our sunset trip, we caught up with two...

June 20, 2025

Having a FIN-TASTIC Friday out here on the Pacific Ocean! On our AM trip coming out of the jetties a little ways we found 6 long-beaked common...

June 17, 2025

June 17, 2025

We began our morning trip with a sounding of our horn, as several sea kayakers were crossing our bow and blocking our way to the bait dock. Captain...

June 16, 2025

OH BABY OH BABY! We got blue skies AND blue whales even… a BABY BLUE! Summer might just be landing soon!This morning we headed out into the misty...

June 15, 2025

June 15, 2025

Happy Father’s Day! We had an awesome time hanging out with a couple of Stinky Minkes and hundreds of dolphins! We started our trip this morning by...

June 14, 2025

June 14, 2025

Minke mayhem again! Our luck continues with the most unsuspected whale, usually elusive and difficult to track down ( we like to refer to them as...

June 13, 2025

We hit MEGAPOD (1000+) status on our trips today! There’s a very social pod of Long-beaked Common dolphin roaming the San Diego waters! We started...

Thursday, June 12, 2025

After sounding the horn, Captain Michael departed our slip with a bit of boat traffic behind us, but soon we were observing our feathered and...

June 11, 2025

June 11, 2025

Our afternoon trip began with a look at a few California sea lions playing a game of “King of the Buoy” just behind our slip at the floating bait...

June 10, 2025

We began our morning trip with great looks at our feathered and flippered friends just behind our slip in Quivira Basin at the baitfish floating...

June 9, 2025

June 9, 2025

Who likes anchovies on their pizza? Common dolphins would if they ate pizza! On both tours, we encountered some awesome very lively feeding frenzies...