Friday, March 8, 2024 We made some new dolphriends on our trips today! We set out to the west and found ourselves along the drop-off. On our morning trip, we sighted a pod of ~100 Short-beaked Common dolphins cruising to the south. They zoomed up to us to ride the bow...
Do you know how much water is expelled in a whales spout? (Answer in comments, It may surprise you!) Speaking of spouts! With 15 knot winds knocking spouts down as fast as the whales were putting them up, we were able to find AN OUTRAGEOUS amount of whales out there...
Friday, March 1, 2024 Cheers to the start of an epic weekend on the Privateer! For our afternoon trip, we found a pod of ~100 long-beaked common dolphins about 2 miles from shore. We went a little further northwest and found a spread out pod of ~50 short-beaked common...
We had the most AMAZING conditions out there today! Our morning trip had glassy seas and we were thankful it did! We came across 2 very sneaky gray whales. They changed direction on us at least 3 times and changed their speed a couple times. We waved goodbye and moved...
We had the largest single group of gray whales of the season today! We traveled out about 12 miles from shore where we first came across a large pod of hundreds of long-beaked common dolphins traveling quickly to the north. Then at about 12 miles out we came across a...
We enjoyed another Sunday Funday on the Privateer! The ocean was abundant with our cetacean friends today! During our morning trip, we saw ~200 long-beaked common dolphins and a Grey whale. Then, on our afternoon trip we caught up with another Grey whale and a Minke...