We had a great couple of trips observing some migratory species! On the afternoon trip we hung out with a little juvenile Gray whale that was playing in the kelp forest off of Point Loma! It even spyhopped a few times! We got some great looks at the distinctive...
December 21, 2021
It was a gray day out on the water in more ways than one. We had a cloudy day but our morning trip brought a pair of adult gray whales making their way toward Mexico and they were accompanied by a pod of 20 pacific white-sided dolphins. Our afternoon trip we made it...
Monday, December 20, 2021
Today we encountered two different species of dolphins feeding along with birds. First we came across some inshore bottlenose dolphins and outside of the kelp forest off of La Jolla we found a pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins. Ryan
Sunday, December 19, 2021
We had a great day today with beautiful conditions all day and various cetacean species! This morning we had over 1,000 long-beaked common dolphins, this afternoon we had a gray whale and pacific white-sided dolphins and this evening we had offshore and inshore...
December 18, 2021
We hung out with a Gray whale all day today! It was spotted less than a mile from shore, in 50-ft of water! It hung out near the kelp forest exhibiting some fun social behaviors. We got to see the beautiful heart-shaped spout Gray whales are known for. We enjoyed...
December 17, 2021
Today we spent some time with a pod of 100 long-beaked common dolphin with a few sea lions in the mix. There were lots of babies in the mix and a good amount of seabirds hanging out off the coast of Point Loma. Naturalist, Alexia
December 16, 2021
Today, we encountered a big pod of ~200 Short-beaked Common dolphins! Lots of babies were seen in the pod! We hung out with them as they cruised to the northwest outside of the drop-off. We observed them breaching and porpoising all around us! We spotted a pretty big...
December 12, 2021
It was beautiful conditions out on the water today and we spent both the morning and afternoon trips with long-beaked common dolphins. This morning we had glassy water with about 75 dolphins and a rare sighting of two different Mola Mola (one on each trip). While the...
December 11, 2021
Smooth seas and beautiful views all day long! We enjoyed back to back trips with Common dolphins spending time with us! Over the course of the day, we encountered over 500 Long beaked Common dolphins! Lots of fun acrobatic behaviors were witnessed as they porpoised...
December 7, 2021
Today we headed out along the coast toward La Jolla and then out west and came across a playful pod of about 100 spread out offshore bottlenose dolphin. We spent about 20 minutes with them as many of them jumped out of the water, including some babies who were playing...
Sunday, December 5, 2021
There's been a gray whale hanging out in La Jolla the last 3 days and we found it again today on both trips! Will it be there next week? Only one way to find out... We also had long-beaked common dolphins on both trips today as well. -Ryan
December 4, 2021
The FIRST Gray whale of the season was sighted today!! On both the morning and afternoon trips we sighted the same Gray whale hanging out in La Jolla canyon! The gray was observed heading south! We During the afternoon and sunset trips, we encountered 5 humpback...