It was a foggy day out there! We started the day with about 1/4 mile of visibility and then it slowly became about 1.5 miles of visibility. It steadily opened up for us making it easier to spot wildlife. We set out to the west and on the morning trip, we got out to...
Happy International Coastal Cleanup Day! We are ecstatic to be conducting a beach cleanup at Fiesta Island! We had an amazing morning trip with an everything hanging out on the drop-off! We initially spotted a big pod of Long-beaked Common dolphin that were feeding...
Why the long face? We had a unique sighting today! A large male northern elephant seal! We actually got pretty close and got to hang with it for a while – this is a first for our company – usually these animals are incredibly shy! Elephant seals are the...
Saturday, August 24, 2024: We had a Minke madness morning on the water! We started the AM trip with blue skies and beautiful seas. As we stopped by the bait receiver on the way out of Mission Bay, we had very playful sea lions jumping up on the yellow buoy, fighting...
It was a BRYDE-ful day out there! There’s a whole lotta bait balls out there! We had two great trips with dolphins sighted everywhere we went! On our morning trip, we set out to the west and spotted a MEGAPOD of Short-beaked Common dolphins! They were traveling to the...
Whale, hello friends! It is Sunday Funday on the Privateer! On today’s morning trip, we travelled out west towards the drop-off and encountered ~200 short- beaked common dolphins! They were hanging out with a ton of shearwaters, mostly black-vented shearwaters....
