More fantastic weather today, as captain Danny took us out into Monterey Bay. After a bit of a search, we did find two humpback whales and eventually a small pod of Risso’s Dolphin. The afternoon trip really stole the show, as we found not just one humpback whale, but a pod of 6 Killer Whales!…
Good weather prevails over this holiday weekend, as plenty of passengers meant two boats! Straight offshore, west of Pinos, we found two famous humpback whales, “Angel Wing” and “Pockadot.” Snoozing, they lazily milled about, barely spending any time underwater and affording us great looks. After watching them for a good while, we left for…
It was nice having big holiday crowds today aboard the New Horizon and Pacifica. After giving our passengers our safety speech and rundown of the trip, we boarded the boats and took off. The weather was nice and sunny with a slight land breeze from the northwest that tapered off throughout the trip. Finding our…
We started both the morning and afternoon trips this Monday with a twelve mile run up to the middle of the bay. We were rewarded with great sighting of the killer whales Fat-fin and Tofino, though the pair made us work for each look as they darted back and forth a few miles off shore…
On yet another beautiful day, Captain Rod took us out west to the canyon’s edge, where we stumbled into an unexpected (and rare) sighting: Fin Whales, and two of them. The second largest animal in Earth’s history gave us some good looks before we went exploring and found some Risso’s Dolphin to cap out the…
After a week of climbing up Yosemite’s El Capitan, I seriously could not have expected a more phenomenal “welcome back trip.” Flat seas, – glassy calm and windless – made it all too easy to find our first group of humpback whales (three in all). During some solid looks, we got a double breach from…
Warm sun, chilled air, and a slight land breeze made for pleasant conditions this morning aboard the Pacifica. The first hour and 10 minutes of the trip was a pleasant boat ride, but hardly any marine mammals were to be seen. We saw a few harbor porpoises that surfaced once before doing their characteristic dive…
Weekend with whales we know all too well… Summer and Fall season in Monterey Bay bring in hundreds of Humpback Whales to the area and there are some that stick with us over the course of the season. Memorable ones, so to say. On Saturday afternoon we encountered “Fluke Skywalker.” This humpback whale calf lets…
Both the New Horizon and Pacifica left this morning at 9 sharp for the morning tours. We had calm seas, warm fall sun, and a bit of northeast wind. The Pacifica moved northwest for about 15 minutes before seeing a few spouts in the distance. We approached them as they dove and waited. Then we…
Wednesday morning’s whale watch started off sunny and calm. The Pacifica exited Monterey harbor with George the deckhand, Fredo the naturalist, and Captain Danny. Almost as soon as we exited the harbor we came across our first whale! It was a single humpback whale calf, and an active one. We watched it chin slap twice,…