San Diego Whale Watch Blog

May 2, 2025

May 2, 2025

What a whirlwind trip! We got word from two other boats that had searched over 50 miles of ocean that there was very little to be found out there -...

May 01, 2025

No two trips out there are the same and sometimes - it just feels like the ocean is playin games with us! This trip was a perfect example of that!...

April 30, 2025

We were SEA-riously blown away on today’s afternoon trip! We quickly found an awesome pod of ~150 long-beaked common dolphins. They were swimming...

April 29, 2025

Who likes anchovies on their pizza?! -I don’t but I know some of my humpback whale friends wouldn’t mind a few anchovies! We’ve been having whaley...

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 26, 2025

We had an AMAZING day full of wildlife sightings! We had a Fin-tastic morning with a Fin whale, Common dolphins and feeding frenzies! We had a...

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...