Naturalist log for Tuesday, December 21st: Christmas draws near, and small bursts of vacationers have shown a slight boost in whale interest. Two boats left the harbor this morning, out into beautiful weather. Round Pt. Pinos, we found a lone Grey Whale, making its annual migration south to Mexico. We watched it doe a bit…
Naturalist Log, Sunday, December 12th: The trip that almost didn’t happen. Forecasts called for high winds and rough seas for today, bad enough to cancel the trip. However, this morning revealed some beautiful conditions, as the forecasted south winds had yet to arrive. Seizing the opportunity, we managed a morning trip, finding some ten humpbacks…
Naturalist Log, Saturday December 11th: Brr!!! Ice on the dock this morning, as a full load of Saturday passengers shuffled onto the Pacifica with their gloved hands stuffed in their coats, and colorful beanies capped their heads. Thankfully, the sun shone brightly, and conditions were otherwise beautiful out at sea, and Captain Danny spotted 4…
Naturalist log for Friday, December 10th: No words. None, at least, that could capture today’s trips. Today started out innocently enough. Two humpback whales, traveling slow and steady up the edge of the Monterey Submarine Canyon. What they lacked for in tail-showings, they more than made up with close passes, and cooperative and predictable behavior.…
Our midweek whale watch had a low passenger count but high spirits as we embarked on our morning trip. We journeyed through thick fog a few miles from Monterey before coming upon a pod of Risso’s Dolphin. They charged through the water at a clipped pace. We could only guess as to why they were…
Yet ANOTHER day of atypically calm November weather as Captain took us out on the Pacifica. Right out of the gate, we found a pod of roughly 50 Risso’s Dolphon, who also had small calves with them that liked to breach and roll around. Not a minute after leaving them did we find a group…
Our whale watching adventure began with boarding the vessel during one of our king tides. The hurdle onto the boat slowed some of our passengers down, however we were quickly on our way and rewarded With Risso’s dolphins just outside the Harbor. We were treated with some head slapping’s from a large male eager to…
Foggy conditions early on, as Captain Rod took the helm and headed us North, towards the middle of the bay. As we arrived, the fog lifted and the sun came out just as we found two humpback whales. Cooperative,l and slowly milling around, our two whales spent lots of time at the surface and even…
Full value on the high seas on Monday. Twelve passengers (a light load) set out with us on the AM trip, led by Captain Danny “The Tank” Frank, a seasoned Monterey Mariner. Fog rolled in quickly on the AM trip, and westward we charged with hopes of breaking through the fog, which we did just…
Amazing trips today!! On the morning trip we witnessed one of the coolest things you can see whale watching in the Monterey Bay. We saw a pod of orcas in the process of hunting and killing a grey whale calf. There were about 15 orcas, including 2 males, and 2 calves. There was a lot…