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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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- Gray Whale
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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 18, 2026
Gorgeous day on the water! It felt like lake Pacific heading into the ocean on the Sunday…
January 17, 2026
5 whales? NO! 10 whales? NOPE! 20 WHALES TODAY? YEP, YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT! We had a…
January 16, 2026
Another GRAY whale TRIO will be in Mexico by the end of the day! We set out…
January 13, 2026
Long trips are always better with company. The gray whales definitely got that memo today. The whale…
January 12, 2026
Can’t stop, won’t stop! The great migration is in FULL SWING! We’ve had gray whales cruising down…
January 11, 2026
We saw a very new baby gray whale! And it was adorable. All the action was close…
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