Whale Watch Reports

Different types of whales!!
by William Smith, MAY 26, 2025

Ahoy! we had a charter today for Whale watching and it proved to be a very successful one!! we saw to start the day with a pair of FIN WHALES!! We followed them for about 1/2 hour and got several really good looks when they decided to go deep dive for some bait down deep. We then spotted a group of other whales...
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Our Resident Whales are Showing Up!
by Tradewinds Crew, MAY 26, 2025

Our Wonderful Resident Grey Whales are starting to show up right on time this year! This is a huge relief to us as last year they were about a month late. We also had an Orca Pod here yesterday! They have been showing up more frequently than usual. This year our Kelp started forming again about 6 weeks ago which is...
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Whales in Abundance
by Tradewinds Crew, APRIL 3, 2025

We have had very successful Whale Watch trips in 2025. So far this year we have found our Beautiful Migrating Whales on almost every trip for our wonderful folks on board. The spring Migration is on!! Early summer of 2024 was slightly worrisome with our whales being about a month late. Our kelp was late forming so some of our whales didn't stop...
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Friendly Whales
by William Smith, MARCH 10, 2025

WOW! What a spectacular day of WHALE WATCHING!!! With our group we headed out towards the Deep Reef. When on top of the reef Captain Lee was on watch out when he spotted a group of 3 humpbacks!! Motoring up i took the boat out of gear to watch. When the group of whales started to approach us I turned off the engine...
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Whales are here!
by William Smith, MARCH 8, 2025

What a great day on the water!!we had a great group and they saw 3 grays and a humpback!!

Whaling 9/4/24
by William Smith, SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Boy the fog was thick for most of the day but lifted enough for us to find 7 humpbacks!! Another successful day of whaling in Half Moon Bay!!