Newport Beach, CA Sightings this week included: Blue whales, Humpback whales, Minke whales, common dolphins, risso’s dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, mola molas, and even an elephant seal. This week saw a promising upswing in whale sightings including a few blue whales. Even more exciting was a massive influx of anchovies in our local waters off of Newport Beach, CA bringing minke whales and humpback whales to feed. We have seen humpback whales every tour for 3 days and there is plenty … Read More

It’s Blue whale time again! Krill is stacking up along the dropoff and the blue whales are beginning to filter in on the food along the Newport coastline. Consistency has been good for 2-3 days and numbers of whales will be in route. We are looking forward to upcoming trips and more blue whale sightings!

What an amazing couple of weeks we have had in Newport Beach, CA including dolphin trifectas of common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, and even risso’s dolphins. Though whale sightings have been inconsistent with the occasional blue whale, fin whale, or humpback whale traveling through, we are poised and hopeful for the second spree of blue whale sightings to take place very soon as feeding blue whales south of us have began to travel north. Fluctuations of numbers and consistency of whale … Read More