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....
THEY’RE BAAAACK! We had a few days there where we were wondering just how long this blue whale season was going to last! On both of our trips today we were able to see multiple blue whales!Seas of mercury greeted us this morning, with no wind whispering its way to the...
Beautiful conditions this morning in the Pacific!! Glassy and smooth seas! We travelled to the north towards La Jolla and spent the morning hanging out with a Minke whale and some offshore bottlenose dolphins! The PM trip was just as smooth!! We headed South in the...
