We made some new dolphriends on our afternoon trip! We left the Mission bay jetties and went west. After reaching the drop-off, we hooked it to the NW. We got word that a pod of ~30 Offshore bottlenose dolphins were cruising nearby by so we made a U-turn to catch up...
The ocean was teaming with life, starting with great looks at a harbour seal right after departing the dock. Heading southwest chasing some pelicans and shearwaters a small pod of ~30 long beaked common dolphins showed up in the mix. A larger pod of long beaks in a...
We had an amazing morning trip with a Fin whale, a big pod of 200 Long-beaked Common dolphins and ~30 Offshore Bottlenose dolphins! We left Mission bay and cruised out toward the SW. Along the way we sighted a couple purple-striped jellies! We reached the drop-off and...
On our afternoon trip, we had sunny skies and just a little bit of a swell and wind chop. Just a few miles outside of Mission Bay, we spotted white water on the horizon with zig-zagging Common dolphins—650– and maybe a couple thousand wheeling seabirds. We were...
We KRILLED it today! There’s nothing better than seeing a couple of big & beautiful blue whales swimming happily in our big & beautiful blue ocean! ❤ Sea conditions were pristine with warm and sunny skies all day! We found two gentle giants on both the morning...
We had a Wacky Whale Wednesday aboard the Privateer! We cruised out toward the west and searched far and wide for wildlife. We got to the drop-off and finally started to see some bird activity. Most of the birds were in travel mode headed west. We followed the...