Summer is here! The sun has been shinning and pods of short beaked common dolphins (acrobats of the sea) have become more plentiful. Nothing like being surrounded by hundreds of short beaks showing off and vying for one’s attention. Minke whales have dominated sightings foraging on large concentrations of anchovies. We have also seen the occasional fin whale as well as humpback whale. Sightings have also included large pods of long beaked common dolphins, offshore bottlenose dolphins, numerous ocean sunfish … Read More

Today’s 1130a tour sighted 3 giant blue whales and all 3 showed their tails! Keeping the blue whale sightings going strong aboard East Meets West Excursions, Newport Beach – heading further offshore and scoring multiple blue whales on all 3 tours Thursday and our 2 tours today. With reports of more whales trending up from down South spread over all of Southern California, we are excited to see what the next couple months have in store for us here in … Read More

This weekend was nothing short of spectacular with 3-10+ giant blue whales seen on all tours. Action continues red hot with blue whales this week as over 10 blue whales were sighted less than 2 miles from Newport Beach on all 3 of our tours. Included in our sightings were commons dolphins and bottlenose dolphins. Now is the time to join East Meets West and have the opportunity to see the largest creature on earth up close!