This fall has been full of unbelievable sightings and today’s trip just continued our hot streak! Even though we had a decent swell in the bay area, the area around Pacific Grove was glassy. As we passed the beautiful coastline of Pacific Grove we spotted my favorite species of dolphin, the Risso’s dolphin. The small…
The great days at sea continue for us here at Discovery Whale Watch! Capt. Mat led both trips today and each trip ended up with happy and satisfied passengers. Blue sky’s led to great lighting but a little bump was felt further offshore. Right as we left the harbor, I was able to find about…
Wow. What a day. We set sail aboard the Pacifica with Captain Rod, deckhand Andrew, and myself (Naturalist Pete). The day was hot, the swell was small, and the wind was barely noticeable. We started off pointing towards the middle of the bay, where the humpback whales had been located recently. After about a 10…
All our trips today got a chance to see the largest and second largest whales living whales in our seas today, the blue whale and fin whale. The best time to see blue whales in our area is late summer and early fall. Fin whales can show every month of the year in the Monterey…
Today we set sail aboard the Chubasco with Captain JJ and deckhand Kevin. It was an awesome sunny day, with a light wind and a gentle swell. A couple of bumps just like it had been the last few days, but it was still nice and manageable. We headed out North-West, and before long started…
Today we had 60 passengers joining us off a visiting cruise ship, the Royal Princess. Eric and I greeted them all as they were shuttled from the ship to the wharf, and after signing everybody in we split the load between the New Horizon and the Pacifica. I hopped onboard the Pacifica with Captain Rod…
Today I was running a private charter with an amazing group of 30 people from Holiday Vacations, alongside Captain Danny and deckhand Andrew, aboard the New Horizon. We were facing a little bit of swell but nothing too crazy. Barely any wind and the sun was shining bright. We were looking forward to the day!…
There was a little bit more bump to the ocean today than there had been in the last couple of days. It was nothing crazy, but the swell was definitely noticeable as we set sail on the New Horizon with Captain Danny, deckhand Daniel Rosa, and myself. The ride was still quite comfortable, and we…
We had a pretty large swell today, although it was still quite comfortable due to the waves being quite spread apart. Although the wind was predicted to pick up, I barely felt a breath of it once we got offshore. I was only working the afternoon trip, and I showed up ready to go see…
Captain JJ, deckhand Daniel, and I (naturalist Alfredo) took to a flat calm bay with a small group of passengers. Before we had time to leave the harbor however, we spotted a pair of coastal bottlenose dolphin. These are a pretty rare sighting for us in Monterey; in fact, this species is quite new to…