Thursday, October 14, 2021
We had a nice pod of at least 100 feeding long-beaked common dolphins today along with thousands of feeding birds and a brief glimpse of a minke whale that just didn't want to be seen... -Ryan
October 10, 2021
We had two great trips today! The conditions this morning were beautiful! We enjoyed glassy waters and great visibility! We found a fun pod of ~100 Long-beaked Common dolphins traveling north. A Minke whale was sighted near them! We continued to the north and...
Saturday, October 9, 2021
All together today we had hundreds of common dolphins, our first Pacific white-sided dolphins of the season, a minke whale and a Bryde's whale!
Friday, October 8, 2021
On our one trip today we made our way out in much better than expected conditions! We found thousands of feeding birds, a swordfish and a pod of around 200 long-beaked common dolphins. -Ryan
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Another absolutely beautiful day out on the water. The Privateer was able to find a couple hundred Common dolphins and Bottlenose dolphins throughout the day. In one of the Bottlenose pods we encountered the famous leucistic "Patches". Our sunset trip also encountered...
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
The Privateer made its way out to ideal conditions today with little to no swell and clear blue skies. On our morning trip we were able to find some Bottlenose dolphins, a couple hundred Common dolphins, and Twitch the Humpback whale! Our sunset trip found a pod of...
Monday, October 4, 2021
We had beautiful, glassy conditions on our one trip today. Past the drop off we found multiple pods of short-beaked common dolphins totaling around 250 in all and lots of black-vented shearwater. -Ryan
October 3, 2021
Sunday Funday! We had two awesome trips today! During the morning trip, we encountered a Minke whale hanging out pretty close to shore. Was popping up all around the boat! We set out to the west and found a fun pod of ~500 Long-beaked Common dolphins cruising to the...
October 2, 2021
It was a twitch-ful day out on the water today! All 3 trips today got amazing looks at Twitch the humpback. The afternoon was a true treat as he breached multiple times near the Privateer, tail slapped, and was lifting his head out of the water, even showing his...
September 1, 2021
We love Twitch! We found him today following a big pod of ~200 Long-beaked Common dolphins! We were thrilled to see Twitch the humpback whale BREACH, tail lob, and chin slap! Non-stop acrobatic behaviors made it hard to leave! The Long-beaked Common dolphins and...
Beautiful seas, weather and visibility made for an amazing trip! We set out to the northwest and found a pod of ~150 Long-beaked Common dolphins! They were seen feeding among diving birds! Just as we were leaving a horrid smell came wafting over the boat! We waited...
September 28, 2021
Twitch Tuesday! Today no was short of amazing out on the water with a crowd favorite, Twitch the Humpback. We spotted him this morning feeding near a pod of about 100 long-beaked common dolphin. The afternoon he was happy to see us again and was tail slapping and...