We had a Fun Fabulous Friday Full of Flipping DolFriends! During our morning trip, we set out to the west and hung out with a pod of ~100 Long-beaked Common dolphin within a mile from shore. The seas were super glassy and blue which made for some amazing sights! We...
There’s nothing better than seeing hundreds and hundreds of wild dolphins! 🙂 On today’s afternoon trip, we went out west and quickly encountered a massive pod of ~800 long-beaked common dolphins! They were stampeding, tail slapping, and launching out of the water! We...
Why the long face? We had a unique sighting today! A large male northern elephant seal! We actually got pretty close and got to hang with it for a while – this is a first for our company – usually these animals are incredibly shy! Elephant seals are the...
What do you call a dolphin who doesn’t follow the rules? -A rebel without a porpoise! On today’s morning trip, we encountered ~5 Mola-molas throughout the trip! A Mola-mola is also known as the Ocean sunfish. They are one of the largest bony fish! Their maximum size...
We enjoyed watching a Bryde’s whale barrel-rolling near the surface! We had two amazing trips with baleen and toothed whales sighted on both trips! For our morning trip, we set out to the west and spotted a fun pod of Long-beaked Common dolphins traveling south. We...
Saturday, August 24, 2024: We had a Minke madness morning on the water! We started the AM trip with blue skies and beautiful seas. As we stopped by the bait receiver on the way out of Mission Bay, we had very playful sea lions jumping up on the yellow buoy, fighting...