San Diego Whale Watch Blog

May 13, 2023

May gray is here and in full force! Our morning trip headed out to sea and found a small pod of long beaked common dolphins. There were lots of...

Thursday, May 11, 2023

On our afternoon trip today we encountered two fin whales out on the drop off. When we got to the first fin whale we were waiting for it to come...

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

We had some wind and swell on the ocean today as we headed out on our two trips. We found both short-beaked and long-beaked common dolphins along...

Monday, May 8, 2023

We had one afternoon trip today, and traveled northwest until we encountered a humpback whale! It breached out ahead of us and once we got to it we...

May 7, 2023

Sunday Finday! We had two great trips with sightings of Fin whales and Common dolphins! During the morning tour, we set out to the NW. We caught up...

May 6, 2023 Blue whales are in town

It's busy out there! Our morning trip had amazing conditions and lots of life. We spotted a blue whale about 5 miles from shore! We stuck with it...

How Humpback Whales Respond to Tourists

Because of their size and the various tales about them that have been told about humpback whales since the beginning of time, it might be simple for...

Thursday, May 4, 2023

We had some wind and waves today on our afternoon trip as we ventured out to the 9 mile bank. We sighted several Mola molas feeding on Velellas and...

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

We had one morning trip today and encountered at least 5 Mola molas eating Velellas and a gregarious pod of ~100 short-beaked common dolphins...

April 30, 2023

So far today we've encountered over a thousand common dolphins, 2 fin whales, offshore bottlenose dolphins, Molas, Velellas, and a brown booby....