April 21, 2023
By Todd Mansur Captain / Marine Naturalist
De Portola Mrs. Payton Nunez 1st grade 105 students.
Departure : 9:40 from Dana Point Horbor
Weather: incredibly calm and sunny.
Our 1st sighting was a North Bound Gray whale Cow and Calve at 10:10. The two whales were in 7 fathoms just 1 mile South of Dana Point Harbor.
2nd sighting was at 10:55 with the most incredible pod of offshore Bottlenose Dolphins in 600 feet strait out of Dana Point.
11: 45 Arrive back To Dana Point Harbor.
Total sightings
- 2 Gray Whales
- 45 Bottlenose Dolphins