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...
What do you call a dolphin who doesn’t follow the rules? -A rebel without a porpoise! On today’s morning trip, we encountered ~5 Mola-molas throughout the trip! A Mola-mola is also known as the Ocean sunfish. They are one of the largest bony fish! Their maximum size...
We enjoyed watching a Bryde’s whale barrel-rolling near the surface! We had two amazing trips with baleen and toothed whales sighted on both trips! For our morning trip, we set out to the west and spotted a fun pod of Long-beaked Common dolphins traveling south. We...
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...
Friday, August 23, 2024 We had some incredible Long-beaked Common dolphins and Offshore Bottlenose dolphins! We also spotted a Bryde’s whale on our afternoon tour! On our morning trip, we set out to the west, and spotted ~300 Long-beaked Common dolphin headed west, in...
Some absolutely groovy shades of blue out there today! Summer ocean has definitely arrived. WE found nearly 1000 short beaked common dolphins on our morning trip! Every time we would announce our departure from one pod – another would show up just ahead of us!...
