After several immaculate days of calm seas, things boiled a bit on the water, as a rising breeze sent a lump through the bay: calm at first, though enough to cancel our 5pm tour (and making for a rocky afternoon. Otherwise, our passengers handled it well enough that I was very impressed with their fortitude…
Three stellar trips bled into one another, each producing about 6 to 8 humpback whales each, each with dozens of sea lions and hundreds of birds, all swarming what must have been a formidable school of anchovies the entire day. In the end, the humpbacks alone would account for some 360,000 anchovies lost to the…
Holy flying humpbacks! Today was a grand slam, three trip day of high flying humpback whales, with one “little” baby whale at the center of it all. Three trips in a row, and we found the same pair of humpbacks: a cow and her calf. Three trips in a row, and that calf put on…
Another one and done day, as rough seas loomed on the horizon, Captain Danny led us northwest, into intermittent fog which cleared up nicely, and just in time to find a handful of humpback whales, and a small group of Risso’s Dolphin who exhibited several breaches. Nothing crazy, but nothing bad! A fine day on…
Light overcast and mild seas set an ethereal tone over today’s trip, as Captain Danny led us out into the bay. Two humpbacks were sighted early on, though they were rather erratic and hard to watch. Hence, we abandoned them and quickly found a playful humpback, who flipped and flapped his tail and pecs, and…
Humpbacks and wind continue to dominate our coasts these last few months. Since March, we have been forced to cancel at least HALF of all our trips on account of rough seas (generated by wind). What trips we send do indeed prove bountiful in terms of sightings, though seasickness has been an apparition that haunts…
Fickle and wild, embittered for months, The Sea, she returns all her debts all at once. Grey for a day, or two it may seem, The water, it glows now with opals that gleam. Dolphins and birds, leviathan tails, Anchovies run from lunge feeding whales. Though soon we may yield to oncoming fronts, Fear Not,…
As Monterey swells with wildlife, it also swells with swells themselves. Yesterday, three trips were sent out into rolling and rocking seas. Blue whales, pacific white sided dolphin, northern right whale dolphin, risso’s dolphin, AND humpback whales made various appearances throughout the day. Barring from a few upset stomachs, all were incredible trips. Not only…
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…