Looks like the recent rainfall event stirred up some nutrient mixing in the water column bringing out lots of wildlife! On our morning trip, we encountered a massive pod of long-beaked common dolphins and saw lots of bird activity; a mixture of terns, gulls and...
Happy Friday everyone! We found some dolphriends and California sea lions this morning. We saw mostly scattered pods of ~150 long-beaked common dolphins. We also saw a small feeding frenzy of California brown pelicans, Elegant terns, California sea lions and LB common...
We had a FIN-tastic Friday aboard the Privateer! We caught up with a Fin whale on both of our tours today! During the morning trip, we set out to the La Jolla! Out there we sighted a huge pod of ~400 Long-beaked Common dolphins cruising to the north. We watched them...
We had an action-packed trip with whales and dolphins sighted on both tours! We started our afternoon trip with a Gray whale in Mission Bay! It was just hanging out and not traveling very fast. We can’t confirm it is the same whale as sighted last week. We continued...
We had an action-packed afternoon trip! We sighted a single Gray whale in Mission Bay! It slowly milled about outside of Quivira basin. We said goodbye and pushed through the lumpy seas to the west. We sighted a Stinky Minke just a mile from the drop-off! It was a bit...
Swelly day on the water! We were rocking and rolling out there today!However, we were rewarded with seeing two Gray whales! We had our first encounter in Mission Bay. It seems like a juvenile gray whale got a little confused and moseyed into the bay. Then, we headed...
