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Discovery Whale Watch Monterey Bay is the premier destination for whale watching year around! Monterey Bay is the premier destination for whale watching all year!
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We see whales every day here in Monterey. Our daily whale watch trips are narrated by a marine biologist or naturalist who provides educational and interesting information about whales, dolphins, and a wide variety of marine wildlife. In addition to teaching you about the wildlife, our marine biologists and naturalists will provide information about the natural history of the local area and talk about conservation. While out on the ocean, our marine biologists and naturalists are also collecting sighting data for scientific research. We are highly invested in learning about our local wildlife and serving as a data collection resource for other scientists who study our local wildlife as well. Our daily whale watch trips are 3.5-4 hours in duration in the morning and 3 hours in the afternoon. (Trips are weather permitting.) We travel to different locations within Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary to view whales and dolphins throughout the year. Our crew will show you how to spot whales and dolphins as well as give you advice on how to best capture photos and videos of the wildlife. We regularly send out a professional photographer on our whale watch trips to capture those amazing moments with the wildlife. Therefore, you don’t have to worry about getting the perfect shot. Furthermore, the photographers will be available to give you some tips and tricks for how to catch those moment for yourself while on board with us. We see whales year round! Learn more about the different species throughout the seasons on our website here: https://discoverywhalewatch.com/education/

Whale, that's a wrap! Take a look at our behind the scenes role in the production of WhalefallBack in March 2025, locati...
10/24/2026

Whale, that's a wrap! Take a look at our behind the scenes role in the production of Whalefall

Back in March 2025, location scouts chartered one of our boats to get a feel for Monterey and the surrounding Central Coast. After many conversations, emails, and a lot paperwork, we got to support a film production in June of 2025. Our vessel, Pacifica had a film crane set up on the back deck, and for nearly 12 hours, we got a behind-the-scenes look at how a movie comes together.

Pretty awesome!

BTS photos provided by our crew: GM Sophie & Deckhand Kenny.

Whalefall poster provided by 20th Century Studios

10/10/2026

10/9 - Morning Trip: When fish are at the surface, it’s the perfect opportunity for Humpbacks to lunge feed vertically.

🎥: Photographer Amanda

Photos from trips Sept 14th - 30th
10/07/2026

Photos from trips Sept 14th - 30th

10/04/2026

Don’t fear the reaper, unless you’re a sea lion…

Hopper’s Pod (CA39As) spent the day zig-zagging around finding sea lions to eat.

Monterey Bay tends to see an increase of Killer Whale sightings in the fall but it’s hard to predict if/when they show up.

From today’s 9am trip onboard our boat Pacifica
🎥: Photographer Amanda

10/02/2026

Oct 1st - Afternoon Trip: Active Humpback Whale calf

Baby would not stop breaching, pec-slapping, chin slapping. Like an energizer bunny. It’s a rare thing to say we left it while still being active. Mom was more elusive taking dives but staying close surfacing as the baby was breaching next to it.

Soon the time will come when they part ways, so by now it’s learning how to fend on its on but still having fun from the looks of it.

🎥: Photographer Amanda

09/25/2026

We’ve been very lucky to have a streak of great Killer Whale encounters!

On today’s afternoon the CA39As just finished hunting and gave us a close pass and showed us what they feeding on.

9/24 Afternoon Trip
There was also a Humpback in the background of the video, not too happy either. Did you see it?

09/15/2026

Very lucky to encounter Killer Whales on our morning trip today!

Filmed on boat Pacifica
9/14 - 9am

Photos from trips Sept 3 - 12
09/13/2026

Photos from trips Sept 3 - 12

Photos from trips August 24th - September 2
09/13/2026

Photos from trips August 24th - September 2

Address

66 Fishermans Wharf
Monterey, CA
93940

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 5pm
Tuesday 7am - 5pm
Wednesday 7am - 5pm
Thursday 7am - 5pm
Friday 7am - 5pm
Saturday 7am - 5pm
Sunday 7am - 5pm

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