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April 3, 2024

April 3, 2024

by Melissa Bridges | Apr 3, 2024 | Dolphins, Humpback Whales, Recent Sightings, Whale Watching Blog

Happy HUMPday dolphriends!Today on our afternoon trip, we encountered a Humpback whale located about 7 miles offshore. It mugged us and even got so close to the boat that we could smell its stinky breath and feel the mist from its spout!! The humpback whale was tail...
April 2, 2024

April 2, 2024

by Melissa Bridges | Apr 2, 2024 | Dolphins, Gray Whales, Humpback Whales, Recent Sightings, Whale Watching Blog

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...
March 22, 2024

March 22, 2024

by Vanessa James | Mar 22, 2024 | Dolphins, Fin Whales, Gray Whales, Humpback Whales, Recent Sightings, Whale Watching Blog

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...
March 15, 2024

March 15, 2024

by Vanessa James | Mar 15, 2024 | Dolphins, Humpback Whales, Recent Sightings, Whale Watching Blog

Friday, March 15, 2024 Splashy seas and a whale making a splash!During our morning trip, we set out and found a pod of ~100 Long-beaked Common dolphins to the north of us! They were feeding on a bail ball of small schooling fish! We could see the dolphins wack the...
February 27, 2024

February 27, 2024

by Vanessa James | Feb 27, 2024 | Dolphins, Gray Whales, Humpback Whales, Recent Sightings, Whale Watching Blog

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...
February 10, 2023

February 10, 2023

by Melissa Bridges | Feb 10, 2024 | Dolphins, Gray Whales, Humpback Whales, Recent Sightings, Whale Watching Blog

This morning we went north and had 3 humpbacks off La Jolla, we went southwest from there and found a couple hundred long beaks heading towards a feeding frenzy of birds and dolphins. Afternoon trip we found ~50 Risso’s dolphins at the drop off and then found 5 grey...
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