We sighted a Northern elephant seal and ~150 Short-beaked Common dolphins out at the 9-mile bank! We made it 14-miles from shore and skirted the Mexican border! The sea conditions were beautiful and calm with amazing visibility. We could see down into Mexico and up...
Two FIN Tuesday! We had a fun day rolling around on the Pacific Ocean! It was a little rolly, but the dolphins seemed to enjoy them! We started the day out with a pod of ~9 Inshore Bottlenose dolphin! They were riding the waves in as we were headed out! We sighted a...
We were rocking and rolling out there today! Sea conditions were bumpy however, visibility was great and the water was nice & blue with sunny skies! We headed out pretty much directly west of Mission Bay. At around ~12.5 miles offshore we encountered a spunky pod...
GIANT SQUID ALERT!!!!What a wild day on the Pacific! We got to see some spookies out there today! I guess we’re all getting excited for Halloween early. We were able to net out a dead Moroteuthis Robusta or a Robust Club Hooked Squid! Identified by Bill Gilly –...
It was a beautiful day with calm seas and incredible visibility! We could easily see down into Mexico and as far north as Carlsbad! On our morning trip, we set out to the west and just past the drop-off we spotted ~40 Offshore bottlenose dolphins cruising north. The...
Why do dolphins make great friends? – because they always go with the flow! We made so many new dolphriends today on the Privateer! We saw our favorite trio of dolphins; including short-beaked common dolphins, long-beaked common dolphins and offshore bottlenose...
