Whale and dolphin watching tours are growing increasingly popular as more people know that these animals should not be kept in captivity and instead wish to appreciate them in their natural habitat. While witnessing cetaceans in the wild has immense optimism, it must...
Our morning trip had the most incredible conditions today, it was completely glassy. We travelled 8.5 miles out of Mission Bay and came across 2 early morning humpbacks! We stuck with them for a while as they had short dive times, about 6-8 minutes. They were also...
We hung out with ~200 Shorties this evening! We cruised out to the west, and sighted many birds diving on bait balls. We passed the drop-off and noticed a huge aggregation of birds to the NW. Under them, we sighted big splashes! The short-beaked common dolphins...
It was a beautiful day on the water! We also got to hang out with a Minke whale and ~500 Short-beaked Common dolphins! We set out to the west and only 3-miles from shore, we sighted a Minke whale! It popped up all around us, keeping us on our toes. At one point, we...
Could have fooled us! We thought it was HUMPday! We were so lucky and caught up with Humpbacks and Common dolphins today! During our afternoon cruise, we set out to the west and sighted a single Humpback traveling south, around the drop-off! It surfaced for about 8...
October 11, 2023We had a bumpy ride out there today! Some morning wind kicked the waves up but that didn’t stop us from finding wildlife! We found an enormous pod of long beaked common dolphins! They were BLASTING to the north east so we had so work cut out for us to...
