SoCal Whale Watching

08/18/2026

This mom and baby pair of humpback whales almost gave us a double fluke this morning!

08/08/2026

It was wonderful to spend some time this morning with this seemingly very healthy, happy and friendly humpback! 😍

08/07/2026

Jessamy and captain Matt relocated this injured humpback from Tuesday in collaboration with Empty Drone Media from the beach today. We’ve been in touch with NOAA to document sightings and behavior. It still seems to be swimming well which is hopefully a good sign!

08/05/2026

We followed this humpback for almost an hour yesterday! We were pretty worried it might be suffering a fishing gear entanglement on its left tail fluke.

*Updated - At first glance at the photos, the injury to the fluke appeared to have Orca bite marks. After a closer look, the rake marks are in a different area and it actually appears to be more consistent with a ship strike/propeller injury! 😢 Our naturalist Jessamy got some hi res photos we will be sharing soon.

06/10/2026

06/10/2026

We were excited to see this Nazca B***y near Long Beach on Monday! This adorable and charismatic bird is an exceptionally rare sighting in our local waters.

05/01/2026

Guess who came to visit Long Beach today! Thanks to some perfectly timed intel from another local whale watching boat, we were able to experience this friendly pod of Orcas. After a couple of more distant looks, they decided to come over and say ‘hi!’

04/17/2026

Our first Blue Whale of the year and it decided to come over and check us out too! 😮

04/15/2026

S***m Whales! 😍 Any creature that can hold its breath for hours must have a whole different concept of time. We got word from friends at point Vicente that they were seeing s***m whales just a few miles out. It’s such a special treat for us that we decided to extend the trip and go for it. Patience and persistence paid off!

04/07/2026

Sunsets and whales, a magical combination! Our sunset trips have been truly amazing lately 😍