Whale watching can be overwhelming, in both wonderfully positive and sometimes in more mixed ways. For many of our passengers it is their first time on the ocean, or even their first time on a boat at all. Simple things like walking around are can be a challenge. As we left Monterey harbor this morning,…
June 2nd (Vessel Pacifica): Captain Danny Frank so graciously steered us northwest into a beautiful morning of partly cloudy skies (the best for photography) and mild seas. As dozens of humpback whales continued to feed just a mile or two north of the harbor, it did not take long to sight a pair of Humpback…
June 1st (Vessel New Horizon): Fields of whales. That is what awaited us early on into our morning trip. With occasional lunges, massive rafts of sea lions, and thousands of birds ranging from gulls, to shearwaters, fulmars, and of course the iconic pelican… today was not a good day to be an anchovy! Choppy seas…
Tuesday, May 31st (Vessel Chubasco): The all-too-familiar Northwesterly winds loomed on the horizon, as Captain JJ led the charge on the mighty Chubasco. Barely 3 miles out, dozens and dozens of humpbacks surfaced this way and that, and while birds and sea lions abounded by hundreds or thousands, the SONAR continued to pick up massive…
Two and a half days of immaculate seas and incredible whales has been a cherished respite in the midst of the constant barrage of NW winds these past few months, and as they say, “All Good Things…” Discovery sent out two boats this morning, making haste as impending wind loomed on the horizon. Barely three…
Again, I am speechless. As the immaculate weather window threatens to snap shut (tomorrow) we were once again afforded three full trips of amazing seas, dozens of humpbacks close to the harbor, ravaging shoals of anchovies with frequent surface lunges amongst hundreds of sea lions and intermittent breaches and tail throws. Sporadic fog made an…
By wind, waves, and bravery, suffering for months, The Sea chashes in all her debts, all at once. Three trips we skated ‘or blue fields of glass, Three trips beholding the Humpbacks in mass. This way and that, and all day we saw, Anchovies by millions engulfed in the maw. The life soup of plankton,…
An interesting few days, as both Thursday and Friday boasted similar morning-only trips (afternoons cancelled by continued Northwesterly winds). Both saw roughly 15 humpbacks, whereas the former additionally saw 80 Risso’s Dolphin. Solid trips, good and hardy passengers, and no small supply of sea shanties 🙂 Today’s weather was merciful enough to allow for two…