Month: November 2013

11-20-2013 Plenty of Whales, Anchovies, Sea Lions, Birds and Dolphins Still

What a November it has been so far! The humpback whales continue to be abundant and active only a few miles out from Moss Landing. The conditions are remaining calm most days as well. It is truly incredible. We have added more weekend trips due to the high interest. On weekends we have 7 am early bird trips. Expect calm conditions at this time. We also have the 2-5 pm trips. Conditions can be a bit rougher if the winds come up, but it also could be the most awesome time to be out there with calm waters and beautiful sunsets and great whale behaviors. Typically the whale activity slows down in early December as the humpbacks head south towards their breeding grounds. The grays start arriving in mid to late December. So we will be taking a break to sail in Mexico from December 2-Christmas Day.  We will be back in action for the Christmas holidays and early gray whales from December 26th onward.

11.11.13 – The whales are still here!

We just can’t get away from the whales if we tried. The Humpbacks have not left Monterey Bay yet, and are seen in every which direction when we head out of the Moss Landing Harbor right on top of the Monterey Submarine Canyon. Not only do we still have these massive congregations of California Sea Lions and Humpbacks feeding on the anchovies, but a large group of orcas have graced our presence as well! This year is one that will go down in the books!

11.8.13 – Fabulous Feeding Frenzy

Today was wonderful as we had one LARGE feeding frenzy! There were 15+ whales popping up within a flurry of California Sea Lions and a whole bunch of birds trying to steal a morsel when they can. Several whales cruised right in front of the boat giving several passengers a whiff of the fishy-smelling whale breath. We were even given a show of pectoral slapping, tail throwing and several breaches! What a wonderful day to be out on Monterey Bay!

11.1.13 – Humpbacks, Sea Lions, Sea Otters, Orcas!

The whales are still here and giving us a spectacular show! We definitely received the works today from the marine mammals. There were several sea otters snacking on our harbor exit, a feeding frenzy of Humpback whales along with the CA sea lions on the anchovies, followed by the Humpbacks lunge feeding, breaches over and over, and to top it off we saw 5 ORCAS! The waters were calm and we had a beautiful, warm, sunny day. It just couldn’t get any better.