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Detailed Sightings Log - April 24, 2026
| Tour | Species | Count | Location | Behavior |
| Private Charter | Short-beaked Common Dolphin | 50 | Surface ActiveHunting | |
| Mid-day Tour | Long-beaked Common Dolphin | 100 | Surface ActiveHunting | |
| Mid-day Tour | Short-beaked Common Dolphin | 100 | Surface Active | |
| Sunset Tour | Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin | 45 | BreachingBow RidingJumpingSurface ActiveHunting |
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- Blue Whale
- Fin Whale
- Minke Whale
- Orcas
- Inshore Bottlenose Dolphin
- Long-beaked Common Dolphin
- Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin
- Pacific White-Sided Dolphin
- Risso's Dolphin
- Short-beaked Common Dolphin
- Dolphin
- California Sea Lion
- Harbor Seal
- Mola mola (Sunfish)
January 31, 2026
WE ARE BACK! AND SO ARE THE WHALES! Straight out of the gates, we knew exactly where…
January 30, 2026
What a beautiful evening out on the water! We had beautiful weather, ocean conditions, and an abundance…
January 29, 2026
DELUGE of dolphins! We’ve been missing our smaller cetaceans these last few weeks, but today they came…
January 27, 2026
Join me in wishing our Head Captain Bryan farewell! After 7 years here at San Diego Whale…
January 26, 2026
We headed far west today! Unusual for this time of year but we journeyed beyond the “gray…
January 25, 2026
We saw so many babies today!! The flawless conditions are sticking around making it the best gray…
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