August 7, 2021
Perfect conditions out on the Pacific today made for a great time on the water. Glassy waters and smooth seas resulted in a day spent with over 800 Common dolphins and 30 Bottlenose dolphins. Naturalist, Tai
August 6, 2021
Fun times on the Privateer today! We had two great trips with sightings all day! We encountered a fun pod of ~50 Short-beaked Common dolphins during the morning trip. They were very active as they launched out of the water non-stop! Many cow/calf pairs were sighted as...
August 5, 2021
We endured some bumpy seas today! It was totally worth it as we encountered an awesome pod of ~20 Offshore Bottlenose dolphin during the morning trip! There were a few cow/calf pairs that cruised right beside our boat. During the afternoon trip, we set out and found...
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
No, you aren't seeing pictures from this last winter. On our afternoon trip today a northbound gray whale was traveling up the kelp line off of sunset cliffs! We got great looks at it as it was staying mostly near the surface and never made any deep dives. We wish it...
August 3, 2021
We had two great trips today! We sighted ~250 Short-beaked Common dolphins during the morning trip! They were breaching, porpoising and cruising beside the Privateer! Many cow/calf pairs were seen in both pods! During the afternoon trip we found a HUGE pod of ~600...
August 2, 2021
The day started with a thick fog bank limiting our visibility, but we were able to push through into beautiful conditions. Our perseverance paid off with multiple pods of Short-beaked Common dolphins all day. Naturalist, Tai
Sunday, August 1, 2021
Sightings of this morning and this afternoon: AM: 200 stampeding long-beaked common dolphins PM: 450 short-beaked common dolphins and a parasitic jaeger chasing elegant terns
July 31, 2021
A fog bank welcomed the Privateer this morning on our AM trip, but cleared up as we pushed out west. We were able to locate a Pod of ~50 Bottlenose dolphins. Naturalist, Tai
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Over our 3 trips today we encountered ~1,000 long-beaked common dolphins and we just had a beautiful sunset! -Ryan
July 28, 2021
We had two awesome trips today! We encountered pod after pod of both Long-beaked and Short-beaked Common dolphins! In total, we found close to ~750 Common dolphins for the day! We enjoyed watching them rush to the boat and bow-ride! They showed off their acrobatics as...
July 27, 2021
We had two awesome trip aboard the Privateer! During the morning trip, we encountered multiple pods of dolphin everywhere we went! We had a total of ~400 Long-beaked Common dolphins and ~300 Short-beaked Common dolphins! Lots of babies sighted in all pods. During the...
Monday, July 26, 2021
The Privateer had a great day on water today with excellent conditions. We spent the day hanging out with over 500 Common dolphin today and even were able to find some Bottlenose dolphin. Naturalist, Tai