We had a Wacky Whale Wednesday with sightings of Offshore bottlenose dolphin, Long-beaked Common dolphins and a MINKE whale! We started our afternoon off by cruising out to the west and cruising the drop-off. It was a bit quiet except for a small group of 4 large male...
Sunny, warm weather is a welcome respite from the marine layer we’ve had for more than half of the summer. We saw a lot of bird guano on the dock. White indicates birds are eating fish. Red guano is from a diet of krill, and purple or...
Monday 18 August 2025 Warm weather has returned to coastal San Diego. We saw plent of seaweed in the Quivira Basin, the reds, greens and browns. Large brown algae is called kelp. Eventually these seaweeds wash up on the shoreline and...
The has been one mix up of a summer on the Pacific. We hung out with a Grey whale that looked pretty healthy all afternoon! It was steadily heading north up the drop off, strong surface breaths and pretty solid body condition. We caught up with some awesome long...
We went way offshore to the 9-Mile Bank, part of the Coronado Escarpment. It is an underwater ridgeline with interesting bathymetry for scientists that tow a torpedo-like device that does side-scan sonar, a type of mapping of the bottom of the...
We had two amazing trips with sightings of Offshore bottlenose and Long-beaked Common dolphins! On our afternoon trip, we cruised out to the SW toward the 9-mile bank. Plenty of birds like shearwaters and California brown pelicans were sighted flying to the south. We...
