Sunday, April 11, 2021
On our afternoon and sunset trip we had altogether 1 humpback whale, 2 minke whales, ~200 long and short-beaked common dolphins, 2 Mola molas and had a great time! -Ryan
Saturday, April 10, 2021
We had some incredible sightings on our trips today! Over the course of 3 trips we encountered 3 Mola mola, 1,000+ long-beaked common dolphins, 1 gray whale, 1 humpback and many many feeding birds. -Ryan
April 8, 2021
We had a great day full of wildlife on both trips today! We encountered ~250 Long-beaked Common dolphins that were cruising to the southwest. During the sunset trip, we found an awesome pod of ~400 Long-beaked Common dolphins that were feeding on small schooling fish....
April 7, 2021
We spent a gorgeous evening out in the Pacific! We set out to the west and got out to 10-miles from shore! We encountered a fun pod of ~30 Short-beaked Common dolphins! They were seen actively feeding with a mixture of diving birds. A Mola mola was also sighted on our...
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
On our two trips today on the privateer we had great conditions and great sightings! Our morning trip had long-beaked common dolphins, offshore bottlenose dolphins and short-beaked common dolphins! On our afternoon trip we had a feeding frenzy of birds, sea lions,...
April 5, 2021
It was a fun day out there! We were rolling with the big swells. During the morning trip, we were still in shallow water, and found a Minke whale pop up right in front of us! It popped up all around us allowing us some great looks. We got out beyond the drop-off and...
Sunday, April 4, 2021
Today's Sightings! Long-beaked Common dolphin: 800 Pacific White-sided dolphin: 25 Gray whale: 5
April 3, 2021
We had two more great trips today! We encountered a single Gray whale during the afternoon trip that was cruising pretty fast up the coast. We caught up with an amazing pod of ~500 Long-beaked Common dolphins! They were sighted only a few miles from shore. During the...
April 1, 2021
Aaaamazing day on the water today! We found FIVE northbound Gray whales and about 15 Pacific white-sided dolphins on the afternoon trip! The trio of Gray's were rolling around showing courtship/socializing behaviors! During the sunset trip, we encountered a stinky...
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Ocean conditions were as good as it gets today! In the morning we had a inshore Bottlenose dolphin right by the dock again and as we headed out we encountered a pod of about 30 Pacific white-sided dolphins. Further out we found a curious Minke whale that came right up...
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 – Sunset
After pushing to the west into the glare of the sun, we were able to locate a MEGA-pod of Long-beaked Common dolphin that was feeding in a very dense pod formation. After getting some great looks at them, Captain John spotted a spout in the distance that turned out to...
March 30, 2021
We had wonderful conditions this morning into the afternoon. The San Diego coast was certainly alive, folks! We saw 2 Mola molas in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. As for cetaceans, we had offshore Bottlenose dolphins and Common dolphins with lots of babies in the...