San Diego Whale Sightings — Updated Daily!

See what our naturalists have spotted during our last 7 trips in Mission Bay and off the coast of San Diego.

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Whales Spotted

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Dolphins Spotted

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Detailed Sightings Log - September 19, 2026

Tour	Species	Count	Behavior
Morning Tour	Long-beaked Common Dolphin	150	ForagingBreathingSurfingSleepingHuntingNursery Pod

Detailed Sightings Log - September 18, 2026

Tour	Species	Count	Behavior
Morning Tour	Spinetail Mobula Rays	50
Morning Tour	Flying Fish	100
Morning Tour	Long-beaked Common Dolphin	300	Surface ActivePlayingBreaching

Detailed Sightings Log - September 17, 2026

Tour	Species	Count	Behavior
Sunset Tour	Humpback Whale	1	Surface ActivePlayingJumpingChin SlappingTail SlappingBreachingPec Slapping

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Kicking off the weekend with common dolphins!

September 19, 2026

The long beaks are back in town and showing off their good side on a glassy morning…

Flying Rays

September 18, 2026

Flying fish were OUT OF CONTROL today — absolutely stealing the show. Even with hundreds of dolphins…

Breachathon!

September 17, 2026

🔥 1.5 MILLION CALORIES. GONE. IN UNDER AN HOUR. 🔥 We’re talking 35+ BREACHES — all on…

Rays in the Seas and Skies

September 13, 2026

Sunday with a full boats on both trips we covered so many miles of oceans and saw…

Black and white and red all over…THEY’RE STILL HERE!

September 12, 2026

The sunset trip on Privateer was another one for the books. Beautiful glassy seas and nearly 1000…

Back to back dolphins and humpback part 2!

September 12, 2026

On the midday trip, we reversed the order of the morning were headed up by almost 1000…

Our Typical Route

While our route varies with sightings, we typically follow a similar course near known feeding areas.

A typical route that San Diego Whale Watch takes from Mission Bay into the Pacific Ocean to see gray whales

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Total: 22,947 dolphins and 318 whales.

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