November 12, 2019
THREE more Humpback Whales were spotted off San Diego this morning! The ocean was full of life and food was clearly plentiful. We observed flocks of shearwaters hovering above an active pod of ~12 Pacific White-Sided Dolphins and half a dozen California Sea Lions. All...
November 10, 2019
Holy Humpbacks! We spotted FIVE different Humpback Whales this morning and every one of them was traveling south. Two pairs and one single individual were seen throughout the trip. Sandwiched between humpback sightings were TWO different species of toothed whale!...
November 9, 2019
We had a wonderful day full of wildlife! We set out to 8-miles from Mission Bay to find a single Humpback whale. It was seen traveling in many different directions, but we got to see it surface right beside us a few times. We observed its mighty spout, back, and big...
November 8, 2019
BREACHING Friday! Although we had a pretty thick marine layer all morning into the afternoon, it didn't hinder us from having one of the most thrilling experiences aboard the Privateer!We were alerted on the radio as we were a few miles from the coast, there was a...
Thursday, 11/7/19
Unfortunately it was just one of those days today. The conditions were great, but the animals were just not there. We got skunked! The good news for our passengers, though, is that everyone received a free re-ride voucher so that they can come back and try again for...
November 5, 2019
We traveled 13-miles out to find an amazing sighting of a curious juvenile Humpback whale, and ~200 Long-beaked Common dolphins! The whale went under the boat several times and we could see its distinctive white pectoral flippers spread out beside it. The white...
November 3, 2019
CALLING ALL WHALE WATCHERS! Now is the time to get on a boat! We have increased chances of seeing Humpbacks as they migrate South and today was our fifth day in a row of sighting them! Read more about our encounter:Super Cetacean Sunday is here again! Boy did we find...
November 1, 2019
The first of the month brought us one of the MOST memorable sightings of the YEAR! As usual, the San Diego coastline had epic conditions for whale watching this morning. We ventured down to the south in hopes of encountering both toothed and baleen whales. It didn't...
October 31, 2019
Halloween on the water wasn't scary at all! Unless you consider the foul odor of humpback whale breath to be ghoulish... We headed north under beautiful conditions and sunny skies. When we didn't find anything close to shore we headed west to the drop off where we...
October 29, 2019
It was a gorgeous day full of wildlife! We set out to the SW and encountered TWO Humpbacks, ~400 Long-beaked Common dolphins, ~20 California sea lions, and birds galore! They were all hanging out together milling around. We observed a juvenile Humpback whale and a...
October 28, 2019
The storm of yesterday passed overnight and we were treated to BEAUTIFUL, ideal conditions this morning. A pod of ~50-60 Short-Beaked Common Dolphins were spotted in a mellow, graceful state to the south of Point Loma. We were nearly TEN miles from shore when we found...
October 27, 2019
A little cloud coverage and bumpy conditions didn't hinder us from finding "Twitch" the Humpback Whale and a pod of ~100 Common Dolphins! We had to take our pick of the wildlife, due to the uncontrollable swell. We chose to stick it out with the humpback, after a...
