On our one trip today we encountered a minke whale and ~150 short-beaked common dolphins! Ryan

We had an amazing Sunset trip! We found ~200 Short-beaked Common dolphins racing to the south. Many hung out with us and surfed our wake and the bow! We traveled west and got super lucky and found a single BLUE WHALE! It was circling the area, likely feeding! The...

In both our morning and afternoon trips today we found over 1,000 short-beaked common dolphins, hundreds of long-beaked common dolphins and a pod of ~20 Risso's dolphins we encountered on both trips! Ryan

Perfect conditions out on the Pacific today made for a great time on the water. Glassy waters and smooth seas resulted in a day spent with over 800 Common dolphins and 30 Bottlenose dolphins.   Naturalist,   Tai

Fun times on the Privateer today! We had two great trips with sightings all day! We encountered a fun pod of ~50 Short-beaked Common dolphins during the morning trip. They were very active as they launched out of the water non-stop! Many cow/calf pairs were sighted as...

We endured some bumpy seas today! It was totally worth it as we encountered an awesome pod of ~20 Offshore Bottlenose dolphin during the morning trip! There were a few cow/calf pairs that cruised right beside our boat. During the afternoon trip, we set out and found...

No, you aren't seeing pictures from this last winter. On our afternoon trip today a northbound gray whale was traveling up the kelp line off of sunset cliffs! We got great looks at it as it was staying mostly near the surface and never made any deep dives. We wish it...

We had two great trips today! We sighted ~250 Short-beaked Common dolphins during the morning trip! They were breaching, porpoising and cruising beside the Privateer! Many cow/calf pairs were seen in both pods! During the afternoon trip we found a HUGE pod of ~600...

The day started with a thick fog bank limiting our visibility, but we were able to push through into beautiful conditions. Our perseverance paid off with multiple pods of Short-beaked Common dolphins all day.   Naturalist, Tai

Sightings of this morning and this afternoon: AM: 200 stampeding long-beaked common dolphins PM: 450 short-beaked common dolphins and a parasitic jaeger chasing elegant terns

A fog bank welcomed the Privateer this morning on our AM trip, but cleared up as we pushed out west. We were able to locate a Pod of ~50 Bottlenose dolphins.   Naturalist,   Tai

Over our 3 trips today we encountered ~1,000 long-beaked common dolphins and we just had a beautiful sunset! -Ryan