Did you know only 1% of the world’s population will ever see a blue whale? And we had a full boat of lucky passengers joining that 1% club today!Captain Brian and the salty crew of the Privateer journeyed a short 6.5 miles south west of Mission Bay to hang out with a...
Who is responsible for the sunshine? We had one of our uncommon sunny days in what is typically our “June Gloom” season with associated marine layer making it cool and gray. Our deckhand immediately spotted a pod of Short-beaked common dolphins only 1.5-miles off of...
Our morning—the 2nd full day of summer after the solstice took place on 20 June— began with good looks at herons, egrets, gulls, cormorants, pelicans and a pair of black oystercatchers in Quivira Basin. Our flippered friends were a bit quiet, the sea lions were...
The seas were up and so were our spirits! We were excited to out on the Pacific to find wildlife today! On our sunset trip, we caught up with two fun pods of Common dolphins! Right of the bat, we sighted a bunch of birds diving only a couple miles from shore just...
Having a FIN-TASTIC Friday out here on the Pacific Ocean! On our AM trip coming out of the jetties a little ways we found 6 long-beaked common dolphins, and they surfed the bow for a bit as we headed west. It was a bit quiet out there this morning, but we made a...
We began our morning trip with a sounding of our horn, as several sea kayakers were crossing our bow and blocking our way to the bait dock. Captain Brian gave us excellent views of our feathered and flippered friends. We all had the opportunity to practice our...
