Every year, blue whales—the largest animals on Earth—make a spectacular appearance off the coast of San Diego, drawing thousands of visitors hoping to glimpse these majestic giants. Last year was an exceptional season, with a phenomenal 308 blue whale sightings aboard...
We saw a couple of warships. One was the USS San Diego, an amphibious warship of the San Antonio Class. We did see a couple of small pods of Long-beaked common dolphins; on our way out for a possible Blue Whale, which was reported to our captain,...
BLUE Monday! Like – the most AMAZING blue whale Monday ever! Bad day NOT to be on the ocean. This year has been slow for blues but this boat full of people was treated an extra rare sighting! We breezed by a feeding pod of long beaked common dolphins, they...
A beautiful morning greeted crowds of outdoor enthusiasts, from us whale watchers to the hundred or more outrigger canoes participating in a regatta in the Mission Bay Channel. Spectacular colors and shouts from the cockswain mixed with the din of gulls. We saw...
Did you know only 1% of the world’s population will ever see a blue whale? And we had a full boat of lucky passengers joining that 1% club today!Captain Brian and the salty crew of the Privateer journeyed a short 6.5 miles south west of Mission Bay to hang out with a...
Who is responsible for the sunshine? We had one of our uncommon sunny days in what is typically our “June Gloom” season with associated marine layer making it cool and gray. Our deckhand immediately spotted a pod of Short-beaked common dolphins only 1.5-miles off of...
