We set out aboard the Pacifica with Captain Danny, deckhand Kevin, and myself (naturalist Pete). Our conditions were favourable today, as we met a very minimal swell with quite light wind throughout the day. Our morning trip started off right with a nice pod of Risso’s Dolphins directly outside the harbour! Nice! We continued pushing…
DetailsDISCLAIMER: lots and lots and lots of photos in this one. We set sail on the Pacifica with Captain Rod, deckhand Alfredo, and myself (Naturalist Pete). We had an awesome boatload of fun people from all around the world, and we met pretty nice ocean conditions. A very small swell and light wind made…
DetailsI’m amazed that we are seeing blue whales for days in a row now! We started our 9AM trip with a blue that swam right towards us at one point. As we watched this blue whale circle us we saw a few other large blows towards our South but a large splash drew our attention…
DetailsOur hot streak of sighting blue whales continued today with an amazing look at 10 huge animals. The blue whales seemed to have been long winded today but when they did resurface it was often close to us. A lone humpback whale wandered amongst the blue whales but seemed shy so we let it be.…
DetailsThe variety of wildlife that showed during our 9AM trip was off the charts!! Blue whales also continue their streak of showing up for our lucky guest. Our first stop earned us a look at two humpback whales, four blue whales and a single shy fin whale! It’s really rare that we get all these…
DetailsWe had two boats going out this morning, and I was on the New Horizon with Captain Danny and deckhand Andrew. We had a little bit of weather. We had a small swell and a fair bit of easterly wind. The wind made a little bit of chop so it was a bit bouncy, but…
DetailsCaptain Rod and I took out a light load of 13 passengers on the Pacifica this morning. We met really nice ocean conditions, a little bit of northerly wind but no swell. Today we decided to set sail up north towards Moss Landing and see what we could find. We came across a pair of…
DetailsAwesome conditions out there today as Captain Rod and I set sail on the Pacifica. What started out as a cold day ended up being too hot for me, and by the end of the day we were sailing on a flat calm sea. On our morning trip, we started off watching a couple of…
DetailsToday we set sail aboard the New Horizon with Captain Danny, deckhand Reed, and myself (naturalist Pete). As we left in the morning the sea conditions were not too bad. A bit of wind coming from the North, and a pretty small swell. Over the next couple of hours, the wind picked up a bit…
DetailsThe blue whale sighting streak continued today!!! An amazing 9 blue whales popped up around the Pacifica during our 9AM trip. These animals hold the title of being the largest living animal on the planet and their population might be as low as 10000 animals worldwide. Our encounter with the blue whales occurred in 450…
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