Most people think of Catalina Island as a place you travel to. On a whale watching trip, it works better as a direction you travel toward. The island is the destination on the map; the water between here and there is where the wildlife is. That shift in thinking...
Gray whales pass through Dana Point. Blue whales move in and stay. That difference is the whole story of blue whale season, and it is why the trip you book in summer should look different from the trip you book in winter. Blue whales are not migrating past the coast...
Almost everyone who shows up at Dana Point Harbor for a whale watching trip is dressed for the weather they can see: sun overhead, warm pavement, a light breeze coming off the water. That’s the weather at the dock. It is rarely the weather forty-five minutes...
Every winter, thousands of gray whales pass within a few miles of Dana Point Harbor on one of the longest migrations of any mammal on Earth. If you are planning a trip around this migration, timing matters more than almost any other whale-watching decision you will...
Most people picture whale watching as a show: you board, the whales perform, you go home. The reality is closer to a hunt with a camera. The ocean is big, the animals set the schedule, and the best trips are the ones where everyone on board understands that the...
