San Diego Whale Watch Blog

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 24, 2025

We were whaley blessed this morning with glassy sea conditions, beautiful sunny skies and finomenal wildlife! We went north towards La Jolla and saw...

April 23, 2025

April 23, 2025

What’s a whale’s favorite candy? - Blubber gum! Our trip started with a few inshore bottlenose dolphins within the jetties! We went out to the...

April 21, 2025

April 21, 2025

We encountered two species of dolphin today with some amazing acrobatics and feeding frenzies observed! We left the Mission bay jetties and cruised...

April 20, 2025

The buffet line is absolutely going off out there!!! There were bait balls after bait balls out there! We could see these looming dark blobs under...

April 19, 2025

The wind is a blowin out there but we’re still having some epic sea time! We found a MEGA POD of long beaked common dolphins on both our morning and...

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 16, 2025

Oh baby! What a special day out on the Pacific ALREADY and we’re not even done! We sat out on our first trip of the day and immediately found a cow...

April 15, 2025

We had a FIN-tastic afternoon trip! We caught up with a cow/calf pair of Fin whales hanging out with a huge pod of ~200 Short-beaked Common...

April 13, 2025

April 13, 2025

Some strange Fin-omenon here in San Diego, but it’s about time! Today we witnesses some speeding fin whales racing south to Mexico! That in its self...

April 12, 2025

Gray whales, Fin whales and Commons oh my! We had two beautiful trips with success in finding baleen and toothed whales all day! We cruised out to...