Looks like the recent rainfall event stirred up some nutrient mixing in the water column bringing out lots of wildlife! On our morning trip, we encountered a massive pod of long-beaked common dolphins and saw lots of bird activity; a mixture of terns, gulls and...
Happy Friday everyone! We found some dolphriends and California sea lions this morning. We saw mostly scattered pods of ~150 long-beaked common dolphins. We also saw a small feeding frenzy of California brown pelicans, Elegant terns, California sea lions and LB common...
The Common dolphins were out in full force today! Everywhere we went there were dolphins spotted! Only a mile from shore, we spotted a small pod of Long-beaked Common dolphins feeding under diving birds! We continued on and found a Megapod of Common dolphins traveling...
Today’s ocean program consisted of a sneaky Minke whale, a Mola-mola and ~150 Short-beaked common dolphins. During the afternoon trip, we sighted a pod of ~150 short-beaked common dolphins located past the drop-off. For our sunset trip, we encountered scattered pods...
We had a FIN-tastic Friday aboard the Privateer! We caught up with a Fin whale on both of our tours today! During the morning trip, we set out to the La Jolla! Out there we sighted a huge pod of ~400 Long-beaked Common dolphins cruising to the north. We watched them...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 On flat calm seas today we’ve so far encountered two fin whales, ~50 offshore bottlenose dolphins, and various pods of short-beaked common dolphins. Calm seas and great overall conditions continued into our sunset trip! We had the most...
