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,…
Daylight savings ended with a bang this year, as large swells led us offshore, with Captain Rod at the Helm, to find the famous humpback whales Fluke Skywalker, and her mother, Aurora. We watched them for a good while before heading out west, to find a true megapod of Pacific White Sided Dolphin. Easily numbering…
After several days of big swells, today’s calm was a pleasant surprise, as Captain Rod took the Pacifica out west. Once we hit the edge of the Monterey Submarine Canyon, we found a massive group of roughly 600 Risso’s Dolphin, with about 200 Pacific White Sided Dolphin and a handful of Northern Right Whale Dolphin.…
Large, yet smooth and rolling swells swayed back and forth beneath the Pacifica as Captain Rod took her out to the north. Very early on, we sighted a small pod of Risso’s Dolphin. Under partially cloudy skies, and the low-hanging winter sun, our customers enjoyed some very beautiful lighting on the animals. Pressing on, we…
Our whale watch had a rough start aboard the Pacifica with Captain JJ, and Fredo as our crew. We had thick fog banks that made visibility difficult, forcing us to run for about two hours before spotting our first whales. We came across a pair of full grown southbound humpback whales. As we approached, one…
No difficulty in finding whales today, as Captain Rod took the helm and ventured out west (we love going west) to the edge of the Monterey Canyon. Immediately upon our arrival over the edge of the shelf, humpback whales were spotted left and right. On the way out, a pod of Risso’s Dolphin gave us…
Such woes! Unacceptable! Once in a while, enough is enough. Captain Danny dragged our otherwise dandy vessel Pacifica far offshore, to find an exhorbitant amount of humpback whales, some 12 in all. Far too many to keep track of, we settled on a group five. At one point, they came so close to the boat,…