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Get up-to-date information on the latest whale sightings in San Diego and surrounding areas with our daily blog posts. With a focus on blue whale sightings, orca sightings, and more, you’ll never miss a chance to witness the beauty of these magnificent creatures in the wild.
Every year, whales make their way to the California coast for their annual migration. As one of the best places for whale watching, San Diego offers incredible opportunities to see these magnificent creatures up close. With peak viewing season occurring from December to April, visitors can expect to see a variety of species, including blue whales, gray whales, and orcas. However, even outside of peak season, whale watching is available year-round and offers a chance to witness the beauty of these creatures in their natural habitat. Whether you’re looking for recent whale sightings, the latest whale sightings, or whale sightings today, San Diego is the perfect place to immerse yourself in the wonder of whale migration.
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With whale migration season in full swing, we encourage you to follow our daily updates and get the most out of your whale watching experience. From December to April, the California coast is a prime location for whale watching, with a variety of species making their way along the coast. But even outside of peak season, there is always a chance to spot these magnificent creatures in the San Diego area.
Gray Whales
Gray whales are among the most commonly seen species during whale watching tours in San Diego. These magnificent creatures migrate annually from their summer feeding grounds in the Arctic to their winter breeding grounds just south of San Diego in Baja California.
Blue Whales
Blue whales, renowned for their size as the largest mammals on Earth, stretching up to 100 feet in length and weighing over 200 tons, embark on captivating annual migrations along the California coast, affording residents and tourists in San Diego an awe-inspiring spectacle of whale watching.
Dolphins
With its abundant population of dolphins, San Diego is a prime location for observing these playful creatures in their natural habitat. From the comfort of a boat, you can witness the dolphins swimming, jumping, and playing in the waves, making for a truly unforgettable experience.
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July 4, 2023
We celebrated the Red, White and BLUE WHALES today! Blue whales and Common dolphins were sighted on both trips today. We started the day off with a feeding frenzy of ~100 Long-beaked Common dolphins. There were many California Brown Pelicans diving and feeding on...
July 3, 2023 Blues take my breath away!
July 3, 2023 We are running out of ways to say incredible! Take my breath away! This is by far the best summer I've seen on the Pacific! Blue Whales are abundant and the dolphins are always just little bit magical! Our oceans are so full of life! Our First trip- we...
July 02, 2023
July 2, 2023 We had three blue-tiful trips today! We found our favorite gentle ocean giants on all three trips! We even saw one blue whale blowing bubbles before it would go on dives! Silly whale! Once we got a handle on their dive rhythm, we got some pretty close...
July 1, 2023
No sky July is here but so are the whales! Our morning trip was foggy and gray but the blues were out to play in droves. We came across a pod of about 50 long beaked common dolphins feeding on schooling fish. We got to see lots of babies and some big jumps. We arrived...
June 30, 2023
June 30, 2023 A wonderful time out on the pacific! Our Sunset cruise was a stunner!!! We headed out to sea to see what we could find! About 8 miles from shore we hit the whale hotspot zone! There were a handful of whales in the area but we got good looks at one of...
June 29, 2023
June 29, 2023 So far today we've found 5 blue whales on both the morning and afternoon trips along with feeding pods of long-beaked common dolphins and this afternoon we encountered a huge pod of around 500 short-beaked common dolphins! We have another trip going out...
June 28, 2023
We enjoyed non-stop action from both toothed and baleen whales! That is always our goal anytime we head out to sea and today we were so amazed! Our first sighting was in the Mission Bay channel of a couple of juvenile Inshore bottlenose dolphins! We set out to the...
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
We had another great two trips today! On this mornings trip we saw something that none of us had ever seen before, a blue whale breaching!! We stuck with it for around 30 minutes as it breached and lunged and raced to the south with offshore bottlenose dolphins. We...
June 26, 2023 Speechless! Blue whale magic!
June 26, 2023 Absolutely fluking incredible! Once in a life time doesn't even begin to cover this trip! We headed west out of the jetties, with blue skies, blue seas and we didn't know it yet... but the closest looks at Blue Whales! The seas were a little rough but...
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