San Diego Whale Watch Blog

September 29, 2023

We had great sea conditions and blue skies during our afternoon trip! We headed out west and encountered a massive pod of ~350 long-beaked common...

September 28, 2023

We had two great trips with Common dolphins sighted on both trips! During the afternoon trip, we set out toward the drop-off and traveled SW. We...

September 26, 2023

We had an eventful day out on the water today! We saw about ~25 long-beaked common dolphins during our afternoon trip. For the sunset trip, we...

September 25, 2023

We’re starting the week off with the fun type of Monday blues! Sea conditions were beautiful today! The sun was shining on the Pacific Ocean all...

September 24, 2023

We had a Bryde-ful day on the water! We hung out with two Bryde’s whales today (pronounced BROO-dus)! This is the perfect time of year to try and...

Friday, September 22, 2023

We had a wet rainy day on the ocean but through the wet windows were able to spot several breaching Mola molas, a large pod of around 300...

September 21, 2023

We had warm, sunny skies and calm waters today! During our afternoon trip we spotted ~200 long-beaked common dolphins and a couple of mola-molas. It...

September 19, 2023

Our whale wishes have been granted! The Pacific Ocean had us on our toes all afternoon! We spotted multiple baleen whales and toothed whales today....

September 18, 2023

What a swell way to start the week! We had incredible visibility today with sunny skies and bright blue water. It was a bit windy so we saw some...

September 16, 2023

September 16, 2023

Super socked in Saturday! Sunny San Diego has had a case of the glooms this year! That’s actually good news though! The cloudy sky keeps the ocean...