August 1, 2019
We're sailing into the month of August with some extraordinary wildlife sightings under our belt! We cruised through ~500 Common Dolphins throughout a multitude of scattered feeding frenzies this morning and found even more along the way home! In the afternoon, an...
July 31, 2019
La Jolla canyon had the goods this morning! We found ~100 Common Dolphins and one dozen California Sea Lions within a giant feeding frenzy of mammals and birds! The pod was scattered into multiple groups that each dialed in on condensing patches of bait. Just outside...
July 29, 2019
Risso's, commons, bottlenose, oh my! We hit the dolphin jackpot today with a variety of toothed whales! On the morning trip, we caught up with a small pod of 7-8 Risso's Dolphins that exhibited boat-friendly behavior and court ship behaviors! They swam right beside us...
July 28, 2019
Another beautiful day off the coast of San Diego! On the morning trip, we came across a pod of ~200 Common dolphins. They were extremely active and bow riding our vessel. Shortly after, we got a report of a Minke whale further out west! We went to investigate and had...
July 27, 2019
Common Dolphins and Blue Whales, oh my! We found ~100 Long-Beaked Common Dolphins and ~40-50 Short-Beaked Common Dolphins this morning! While the long-beaked showed high interest in surfing along with us, the short-beaked were more eager to perform acrobatics! We...
July 26, 2019
We’ve had some of the best Minke Whale encounters we’ve ever had the past couple of days! These notoriously shy whales have really warmed up to us and have been giving us some breathtaking encounters: swimming right beside us, circling us, and even bowriding like a...
July 25, 2019
We’ve had some of the best Minke Whale encounters we’ve ever had the past couple of days! These notoriously shy whales have really warmed up to us and have been giving us some breathtaking encounters: swimming right beside us, circling us, and even bowriding like a...
July 25, 2019
The baleen is BACK in San Diego and our favorite juvenile Humpback Whale, informally known as "Twitch", was seen paralleling the Point Loma coastline! To our surprise, he/she raised its tail in preparation for nearly every deep dive, a behavior we see very little from...
July 21, 2019
Sunday Funday! Today was filled with unique sightings! On our first trip, we saw Bubbles, our famous Blue whale who blows bubbles as she goes into a deep dive. She popped up right next to us giving us a close encounter. As we headed towards Mission Bay, we were...
July 20, 2019
Our day was filled with rarities! On each of our two trips today, we spotted a rare treat for San Diego whale watchers. On the morning trip, a BRYDE'S WHALE circled our boat, swam upside down and blew bubbles beside us in one of the best Bryde's encounters we have...
July 19, 2019
It was an amazing day on the water!! We had an epic encounter with a Blue whale that was super boat friendly! We sighted Common dolphins all day long, giving us a total of ~275 in all. We encountered a small pod of Risso's dolphins and a few Inshore Bottlenose...
July 18, 2019
Thursday, July 18, 2019 We had an incredible day full of wildlife! We encountered hundreds of Common dolphins, a Blue whale, a Humpback whale and a Minke whale today! During the afternoon, we journeyed out to deeper water and found a long stretch of ~200 Common...
