Every year, blue whales—the largest animals on Earth—make a spectacular appearance off the coast of San Diego, drawing thousands of visitors hoping to glimpse these majestic giants. Last year was an exceptional season, with a phenomenal 308 blue whale sightings aboard...
This afternoon on the pacific there were dolphins to be found everywhere! We could see birds heading north the entire time we ere out to sea. After we made it past the drop off to the south west, we decided to rely on the birds knowing where the good stuff was to be...
We saw a couple of warships. One was the USS San Diego, an amphibious warship of the San Antonio Class. We did see a couple of small pods of Long-beaked common dolphins; on our way out for a possible Blue Whale, which was reported to our captain,...
Saturday August 9, 2025 Sunset Our sunset trip began with overcast skies. An incredibly busy Quivira Basin with all sorts of recreational boaters, SUP, sit on top kayaks, pontoons and some kind of bicycle on a paddle board. Out beyond the Mission...
We’ve got TONS of anchovies scattered along the dro off that lead to us finding thousands of dolphins today! Long-beaks in the morning and short- beaks in the afternoon. The long-beaks were scattered over miles and followed by equally as many birds. The Short -beaks...
We caught up with two species of dolphins today! We enjoyed the presence of ~300 Long-beaked Common dolphin! They were slowly traveling to the south along the drop-off! We were excited to sea plenty of cow/calf pairs! The calves were being brave as they approached the...
