As holiday weekend crowds surged against like relentless tides against our shop doors, Discovery sent out THREE full boats today (our entire fleet). Swells proved to be moderate, setting a tone of true adventure. Early on, we found a large group of Risso’s dolphin (some 200 or so) mixed in with a few dozen Pacific…
What season is this? January and February have proven to be exceptionally warm and mild as far as conditions go. Today was no exception, as yesterday’s larger swells backed down to nothing, and warm, sunny skies yielded little to no wind. Seizing this beautiful weather, today’s morning whale watchers were treated to two grey whales,…
Eight foot seas set an adventurous tone for today’s trips, as both the Pacifica and the New Horizon were sent out to find today’s animals. Following a possible sightings report from a nearby fishing vessel, we found a single humpback whale, north of the harbor. After a fair amount of time with the creature, went…
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…