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...
A lovely day after the Memorial Day holiday weekend. On both trips, we spotted thousands of seabirds flying in an excited manner, indicating an “all you can eat ocean buffet” of schooling fish, in multiple “bait balls” just beyond the Mission Bay Channel entrance....
