discovery whale watch

Excuse our absence from updating our blog, but we’re excited to be back and updating you on our recent trips! Summary of January Sightings: Calm weather and unexpected encounters! The first week of 2025 brought us active Humpback Whales, Killer Whales hunting sea lions, and dolphins galore! Winter typically brings nautical weather with bigger swells,…

May 30, 2023 What a day. What. A. DAY! Today’s epic journey was our final 6-hour trip of the season, and it really felt like Monterey Bay had saved its best for last. It all started with a pod of 50-some odd Risso’s dolphins greeting us just ten minutes outside of the harbor along the…

The month of May brought us here at Discovery not one, but TWO amazing sightings in one week of an incredibly rare whale-the Baird’s Beaked Whale! Not much is actually known about the world’s Beaked Whales due to their elusiveness. The Baird’s whales we sighted are the largest of the Beaked Whale species, travel in…

4/2/23 “Our morning trip started off with a true introduction to the Monterey Bay as guests earned their sea legs through some wind and white caps on our way out to search for whales. Captain Rod had our backs through, and as he pushed through to the edge of the marine canyon off of Moss…

Monday March 12th brought us a beautiful morning trip before the next wave of weather and atmospheric rivers sent rain and winds into Monterey Bay. The Pacifica was filled with eager passengers awaiting whales and visiting the bay all over the world; whether it was Germany or Tennessee. Pacific white sided dolphins were spotted just…

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…

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…

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.

Lunge feeding Humpback Whales continued today! There were over 40 whales feeding along the beaches north of Monterey harbor today. The weather was very nice this morning and the breeze was picking up by the end of the trip. It is always incredible to see Humpback Whales feeding at the surface in shallow water. Definitely…