May 23rd 2018 Humpbacks & Risso’s (Vlog)
After a brief hiatus, Slater Moore is back at it with another vlog episode on one of our trips. We encountered a Mola mola or Ocean Sunfish, Humpback Whales and Risso’s Dolphins today. An excellent mix of species and nice sea conditions today too. The video footage of the Risso’s Dolphins is our favorite from…
Breaching Blue Whales for New Years!
WOW! What a way to ring in the new year! We received this photo late last night from one of our passenger’s on yesterday’s 10am trip. This is a BREACHING BLUE WHALE! It was taken from quite a distance; about half way through the breach, but incredible none the less. This behavior from a Blue…
Blue Whales continue in to Thanksgiving
What could have been a brief pit stop on the migration route, has turned in to a vacation for Blue Whales in Monterey. After eleven days straight, the Blues are still feasting in the bay! This is as good as summer time (better some years) whale watching! Blue Whales are very large animals and cannot…
Blue Whales and Fin Whales in November?!
We had a fantastic morning in Monterey Bay yesterday! Even though it’s late in the feeding season, we had three types of baleen whales in the bay. We have had numerous humpbacks for weeks but it was a real treat to see blue whales and fin whales. There were many krill eating birds in the…
9.28.17 Update – Killer Whales Galore!
Killer Whales Galore! September has been filled with sightings of Bigg’s or transient Killer Whales. We have mostly observed the same family pod since the 19th of this month. The main pod of 5 whales is identified as the 51A, 51A2, 51A3, 49C and 50B. These whales are loosely related and have been sighted all…
Lunge Feeding Humpbacks Vlog September 2017
Episode two from our in house photographer, Slater Moore. We had an incredible encounter with lunge feeding humpbacks! One surfacing, the whales lunged right next to the boat! This was definitely the encounter of a lifetime for our passengers. They do not always feed so close to the boat so, they did take us by…
Vlog & Trip Report September 2017
Our in house photographer, Slater Moore has been vlogging his experiences out on our trips! Check out his first episode where we encountered Killer Whales! We had seen Humpbacks previously in the trip and then made a 7 mile run to a report of a pod of Killer Whales. That was our main sighting of…
May 2017 Recap
Month two! Woohoo! This month brought us more diversity to our sightings, but we really had a hard time with the weather. May was our first month of offering Nature Cruises and Photography Tours – we learned a lot! The Nature Cruises are our go-to trip when weather conditions are severe, but as we prepare…
May 10 2017
Wednesday’s sunrise trip was another one for the books. It was overcast during sunrise which was an added challenge for our photographers – but we were treated to some surface behaviors first thing in the morning by a young Humpback. While out on the bay today we sighted 30 Humpback Whales, 2 Blue Whales, 20…
May 9 2017
Our afternoon trip today was filled with nice sightings. We ended up with 20 Humpbacks and 2 Harbor Porpoise while out on the bay. On our way back in to the harbor we sighted a small group of Risso’s Dolphins right in front of the breakwater.