San Diego Whale Watch Blog

Monday, March 20, 2023

We got great looks at a humpback whale today that even breached right before we left! This humpback we recognize by its almost all white pectoral...

March 19, 2023

We had a big day out there on the Privateer! Our morning trip caught up with a megapod of long beaked common dolphins off the drop-off. There were...

Saturday, March 18, 2023

We had a great day on the water full of wildlife! The morning started out pretty foggy but had over a thousand common dolphins. This afternoon we...

March 17, 2023

March 17, 2023

We had super lucky day full of sightings! Our morning trip caught up with a fun pod of ~50 Offshore bottlenose dolphins up to the north. The...

March 16, 2023

We had an outstanding day full of cetaceans! We started the day with ~50 Long-beaked Common dolphins, ~20 Offshore bottlenose dolphins and 3 Gray...

March 14, 2023

It was a wet one on the Privateer but that didn't stop us! Our sunset trip pushed 12 miles south, just touching the border, and found a pod of about...

Monday, March 13, 2023

Monday, March 13, 2023

We got to see two species of dolphin today that we don't see very often! We first had a pod of Risso's dolphins and then a big spread out pod of...

March 12, 2023

March 12, 2023

It was a foggy one out there this morning! Our morning trip set out into the mist in search of wildlife. We came across a small pod of about 100...

Saturday March 11, 2023

We had a mostly foggy day all day offshore but found feeding pods of long-beaked common dolphins and a couple of Mola molas during our 3 trips! -Ryan

March 10, 2023

Gray skies, gray seas, and gray whales! It was a wet one out there today on the Pacific. Our morning trip set out to find wildlife and stumbled...

March 8, 2023

We had a whale of a time out there! On our single trip of the day we set out to the NW and encountered a big pod of ~400 Long-beaked Common dolphins...