Fast Raft

Fast Raft The original small boat whale watching on Monterey Bay. Super-cool RIB for 6 ppl, since 2013. Whale watching, coastal cruises to Point Lobos, and special events.
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Experienced captains & great naturalists from peaceful Moss Landing. Daily tours tickets, Private Charters, All Day Expeditions: https://fastraft.com Scheduled public tours and custom private charters in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. "Ranger" is a 33ft RIB (rigid fiberglass hull, inflatable pontoons) with two new EPA certified four-stroke Mercury engines. The boat was designed for mi

litary use and is made to the highest standards of safety and reliability. It's perfect for photography and feeling close to the whales and dolphins. Join us!

09/03/2026

So many whales!!! Get out here!

09/03/2026

It's time to come whale watching! Dozens of humpback whales near Moss Landing Harbor, herds of common dolphins some days, and a chance of orcas. Autumn brings some of the best conditions of the year. Highlights from our Tuesday at the office give you a little taste. Book your tickets on our website, FastRaft or link 🔗 in bio. We can't wait to show you Monterey Bay!

08/31/2026

Common dolphins came to surf in our bow wave and off they went to fish some more. We're seeing them almost every trip. LOTS of humpback whales near Moss Landing, too!
Autumn is prime whale watching season on Monterey Bay. Join us!
Daily tours & private charters with Fast Raft Ocean Safaris from peaceful Moss Landing Harbor ⚓🐬🐋🦭

Big gulps by big humpbacks—close to Moss Landing! Time to come whale watching! 👋September is GREAT for whales, dolphins,...
08/31/2026

Big gulps by big humpbacks—close to Moss Landing!
Time to come whale watching! 👋
September is GREAT for whales, dolphins, and seabirds on Monterey Bay. October too!

✅ Book online at FastRaft or link 🔗 in bio

🚀 Fast Raft Ocean Safaris
The ORIGINAL small boat whale watching on Monterey Bay

Daily tours & private charters from peaceful Moss Landing Harbor,
where the wildlife lives 🦦

🌟 Ask about ALL DAY and SEABIRD trips!

08/29/2026

Humpback whales played peek-a-boo with our boat today. A sea lion joined the common dolphins. In the harbor, elegant terns caught anchovies and almost faster than you could see passed them off to their chicks. Just another typical wonderful tour from Moss Landing Harbor.

08/28/2026

Common dolphins all around 🐬
We're seeing them almost every trip lately. Lots of humpbacks around too.
Come whale watching with us! Our open boat is low to the water so you're close to the action.

08/25/2026

Orcas! The common dolphins stampeded past our boat when they detected predators. The killer whales got one. Has the autumn killer whale season begun? Come whale watching on the Fast Raft! Video from 8-24-26

Another cool day on Monterey Bay, seeing something we'd not seen before!As we have on many days, we saw plenty of common...
08/23/2026

Another cool day on Monterey Bay, seeing something we'd not seen before!

As we have on many days, we saw plenty of common dolphins along with humpbacks, tens of thousands of sooty and hundreds of pink-footed shearwaters, and other marine life.

We ran across anchovies near the surface where the dolphins were feeding on them, and several times the anchovies erupted from the surface in a small patch as the dolphins swam through the school, invisible to us until the surfaced twenty or thirty feet beyond it.

We often see large numbers of anchovies fleeing surface feeding humpbacks this way, but not dolphins!

In the first of these two photos, you can see common dolphins swimming rapidly by porpoising out of the water. In the second you can see the patch of fleeing anchovies leaping from the water and if you look closely, to the right, you can barely see the dorsal fin of the trailing dolphin of the group that caused the anchovies to panic!

No matter how many times one has been on Monterey Bay, you still see something new surprisingly often.

We'd love to take you whale watching!

Adult long-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus capensis), northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax)

🚀 Fast Raft Ocean Safaris
The ORIGINAL small boat whale watching on Monterey Bay
Daily tours & private charters from peaceful Moss Landing Harbor,
where the wildlife lives 🦦
✅ Book online at FastRaft or link 🔗 in bio
🌟 Ask us about fall seabird trips!

I never thought I'd photograph a dolphin's ear.Can you see it? The little dimple behind the eye. That's the opening of t...
08/22/2026

I never thought I'd photograph a dolphin's ear.
Can you see it?

The little dimple behind the eye. That's the opening of the ear canal, but of course in whales and dolphins it's squeezed shut.

Adult long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis, August 21, 2026 by Captain ©Kate Spencer

🚀 Fast Raft Ocean Safaris
The ORIGINAL small boat whale watching on Monterey Bay

Daily tours & private charters from peaceful Moss Landing Harbor,
where the wildlife lives 🦦

✅ Book online at FastRaft or link 🔗 in bio

🌟 Ask us about fall seabird trips!

There's nothing quite like a breaching humpback whale to brighten up a gray day!We tell people that humpbacks are more l...
08/17/2026

There's nothing quite like a breaching humpback whale to brighten up a gray day!

We tell people that humpbacks are more likely to breach when it is windy and choppy on Monterey Bay, but for some reason despite the calm conditions yesterday morning, humpbacks were breaching in front of Moss Landing Harbor. We had about a half dozen, along with some slapping pectoral fins and tail throws!

Were they happy because it was the first day after the end of Car Week?

Or was it because a 1935 Duesenberg SSJ Special Speedster originally owned by Clark Gable won best of show at this year's Concours D'Elegance?

Or maybe because they were feeding on schools of anchovies?

We'll never know, but we always enjoy watching them, and we hope that you'll join us soon!

🐋 Come whale watching!🐬
🩵 Daily tours from peaceful Moss Landing, where the wildlife lives 🦦
💚 Book online at FastRaft or 🔗 Link in bio
⚓ Fast Raft Ocean Safaris
The ORIGINAL small boat whale watching on Monterey bay, California
Since 2013 🎉
Photo by ©Don Baccus

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