October 7, 2019
We had some incredibly rare sighting this morning! As we exited the jetties, we were alerted there was a pod of offshore bottlenose dolphins heading to the south! We quickly veered our vessel in that direction and went straight to the given coordinates. When we...
October 6, 2019
Did we forget to mention that October is an AMAZING time to see Humpback Whales off San Diego?! We typically see a spike in humpback sightings in the spring and fall..boy, were they timely this year! TWO different Humpback Whales (NOT including our summer resident,...
October 5, 2019
An entire day was spent watching hundreds of Common Dolphins and "Twitch" the Humpback Whale! We embarked on two trips today, and relocated the same wildlife from the morning tour throughout the afternoon. It isn't every day that everything stays in the same general...
October 4, 2019
Friday, October 4, 2019 Cetacean Friday! We had some incredible sightings on the Privateer this morning! We headed to the northwest where we encountered a beautiful, adult Minke whale. Our guest got some amazing views of this cetacean, even able to see its ventral...
October 1, 2019
We sighted three species of toothed whale this morning! We sighted ~five Inshore Bottlenose dolphins as we cruised out of the Mission Bay jetties! They were feeding under some birds, but took interest in us and bow-rode the Privateer! We continued out to the west and...
September 30, 2019
It was a cetacean packed Monday morning! We had some extraordinary sightings, back to back action!Our first encounter was with the offshore Bottlenose dolphins! They were extremely curios of our vessel and displaying lots of activity as we ventured along with them....
September 29, 2019
Boy, do we love finding Humpback Whales surrounded by hundreds of Common Dolphins! That seems to be the typical trend here off San Diego this month. Despite the bumpy conditions, we were treated to amazing visibility and a vibrant sunny sky that offered some ideal...
September 27, 2019
We enjoyed a beautiful day on the Pacific, searching for wildlife. The seas have calmed down so it was a smooth ride out to the west. There were sightings of birds, California sea lions, and a Mola mola! We found a couple of Mylar balloons that we successfully...
September 24, 2019
Another beautiful day in sunny San Diego! During our trip, we decided to head up northwest to search for dolphins and whales! We ventured some time in the area but didn't find much activity aside from marine birds. Later we turned our vessel to head southeast and to...
September 23, 2019
The wildlife was plentiful today and rid us of any possible Monday blues! We spotted 1 Humpback Whale, 1 Bryde's Whale (90% positive species ID) and up to ~600 Long-Beaked Common Dolphins with a sprinkling of ~100 Short-Beaked Common Dolphins! It was an incredible...
September 22, 2019
HUNDREDS of Long-Beaked Common Dolphins and "Twitch" the friendly Humpback Whale were spotted on both trips today! Our two trips were nearly the same, as the wildlife hadn't moved or changed between the morning return and afternoon departure. The young Humpback Whale...
September 21, 2019
It was a gorgeous day off the coast of San Diego this afternoon! We had a beautiful ride on the Privateer with fantastic visibility. It took us a bit of time but we finally found an amazing pod of Common dolphins! At first, we thought it was just a handful but as we...
