The yearly gray whale migration is one of Earth’s most fantastic nature shows. Everyone who came to Mission Bay had a whale of a tale to tell. At about 10 a.m., a gray whale was seen along the Mission Bay entry channel off Mission Point Park, south of...
We had two trips today in great conditions. This afternoon we found 3 baleen species! We first encountered a northbound pair of cow/calf gray whales and spotted a third just a bit west of them. We then went out to the drop off where we found a minke whale that I first...
There was no shortage of life out there today! Our morning trip came across a smaller pod of about 150 long beaked common dolphins about 4 miles from Mission Bay. We saw lots of bow-riding and wake surfing. We pushed further west and found a fin whale that had a huge...
It was a day to beat out there on the Privateer! Our morning trip started strong, finding a gray whale about a mile outside of the jetties. We got a couple looks at it before it gave us the slip. We pushed out to about 7 miles and found a fin whale! It was pretty...
We had a great day on the water once again! We encountered hundreds of long-beaked common dolphins, a pair of northbound gray whales and a huge humpback whale on our afternoon trip and on our sunset trip we found a solo northbound gray whale, a mixed pod of feeding...
You may be considering taking gray whale watching tours this year. You could be looking forward to leaving the bitter cold and putting your accomplishment into sweet sand. You could anticipate enjoying a beverage, snorkeling with exotic fish, or eating fresh seafood....