We had a whale of a day! We set out this morning and were surrounded by fog, even here in Mission Bay! We set out to the west, hoping we would find an open patch of clear visibility. Sure enough, we hung out with a Mola mola, and a huge pod of ~500 Short-beaked Common...
We had two incredible trips today! This afternoon we started the trip off with a Mola mola, a big pod of long-beaked common dolphins and out on the drop off we encountered 3 fin whales and a blue whale! On our sunset trip we had a flying fish, two fin whales and the...
October 1, 2023We’re starting the spooky season off right! We had wonderful biodiversity on our trips today!We had a mega pod of common dolphins – meaning OVER A THOUSAND DOLPHINS to start our afternoon trip. This enormous pod was spotted working its way up the...
We enjoyed a Super Saturday aboard the Privateer! We set out on the morning trip and encountered an combo pod of ~40 Risso’s and ~15 Offshore bottlenose dolphins! They were very slowly traveling along the drop-off. We watched as they popped up all around us. There was...
We had great sea conditions and blue skies during our afternoon trip! We headed out west and encountered a massive pod of ~350 long-beaked common dolphins. They were stampeding and surfing our wake! They followed our boat for awhile and we also saw many cow and calf...
We had two great trips with Common dolphins sighted on both trips! During the afternoon trip, we set out toward the drop-off and traveled SW. We went as far as we could go and on our way back we sighted some huge splashes! They were high-flying Short-beaked Common...