June 19, 2023 We had another FIN-tastic day today seeing plenty of whales and dolphins just off our San Diego coast! The sun was out and sea conditions were very calm so we had great visibility today. We were escorted out to deeper water by ~400 long-beaked common...
We had a great time on both trips today! Our morning trip headed out west on the search for blue whales and we were not disappointed! We reached 7 miles and found 8 blue whales, including a cow-calf pair! We got great looks at about 5 of them, with 3 showing off their...
Another day full of cetaceans! We had multiple blue whales on both our morning and afternoon trips. This morning we also encountered hundreds of long-beaked common dolphins, and offshore bottlenose dolphins as well. This afternoon nearly every whale lifted its flukes...
Friday, June 16, 2023 Happy Friday everyone! We had another amazing day spent with our brilliant blue whales and various species of dolphins! We saw about ~225 common dolphins throughout our morning and afternoon trips! We also saw 50 offshore bottlenose dolphins...
We’ve been having a whale of a time here on the Privateer! We enjoyed such flat, calm sea conditions in the morning that it was like a lake out there! We set out to the north and sighted some spouts out in the distance. A minke whale surfaced near some diving...
We’ve been having an incredible blue whale season so far this year! Today we had close encounters with 5 blue whales located off the continental shelf. We saw 7 other blue whales spouting out in the distance. On our way back to Mission Bay, we encountered a...
