Last Thursday, I finally went whale watching again! It felt like ages since my last trip. Unfortunately, the whales didn’t show, but that’s to be expected since it’s not really whale watching season in Southern California at the moment. A pod of common dolphins did grace us with their presence and approached the boat for… [read more]
Whale watching photos taken near Santa Barbara part 3
These are actually dolphin watching photos! We saw three types of dolphins during the all-day ACS whale watching trip: bottlenose dolphins, common dolphins and Risso’s dolphins. We saw a huge pod of common dolphins that were having a blast. Many came over to the boat to do some bowriding, which is always fun to watch,… [read more]
Gray whale and dolphin watching
Gray whale watching is in full-swing off Southern California’s coast. I went on my first whale watching trip as a naturalist for the 2011 season yesterday on the Voyager and we had a great time. The trip included a chance to spend some time with about 500 common dolphins. A few swam towards the boat… [read more]