On Newport Beach’s Balboa Peninsula, Davey’s Locker offers whale-watching cruises several times a day, year-round they boast a 95-percent success rate of seeing blue whales, gray whales, dolphins, and other whale species. While whales may be your focus, hundreds of bottlenose dolphins often put on spectacular displays too. Captain Dave’s Dolphin and Whale-Watching Safari, also out of Dana Point, offers an underwater-viewing capability, so that you can see the marine beauties both as they jump out of the water and as they swim below the surface.įrom Newport Harbor, Newport Landing Whale Watching offers cruises three times daily year round. The winter and spring months has the annual gray whale migration with over 20,000 gray whales migrating along the Newport Beach coastline. From Dana Point Harbor, Dana Wharf Sportfishing & Whale Watching offers narrated 2-hour-long whale-watching trips all year, some aboard a 65-foot catamaran. Newport Landing Whale Watching offers multiple whale watching cruise times daily year round. True or not, the unusually high number of whales traveling along this stretch of coast has earned it the designation of Dolphin & Whale Watching Capital of the World®, as well as recognition by the World Cetacean Alliance: it’s the first location in the Americas that the organization has named as a Whale Heritage Site. Some experts believe that the 200-foot-high cliffs off Orange County’s Dana Point serve as a landmark for migrating whales. May to October you might see blue whales, which can grow more than 100 feet long. The best time is during the annual migration of gray whales, December through April, though whales visit these waters year round. The underwater Newport Canyon brings nutrient-rich waters close to shore, so you don’t have to travel very far before the show begins.
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The fleet has state-of-the-art electronics, spacious indoor/outdoor seating and full amenities including a full-service snack bar and kitchen.Ĭheck Newport Landing's website for special deals and offers on whale watching trips.Join guided cruises out of Newport Beach ’s Newport Harbor and Dana Point, which has been dubbed the Dolphin and Whale Watching Capital of the World ®, to explore remarkable marine habitat that’s home to huge numbers of whales, dolphins, and sea lions. Greater varieties of fish are usually caught on the longer trips. Fishermen can catch yellowtail, barracuda, bonito, calico bass, sand bass, white sea-bass, halibut and yellowfin tuna. Their ¾-day trips average 10 hours and fish over 40 miles of coastline, along with Catalina Island. They can catch barracuda, halibut, sand bass, calico bass, red snapper, giant yellowtail, white sea-bass and many other species. Half-day trips average 5-6 hours in length and fish locally, from Long Beach to Dana Point. They offer several departure times during the day, catering to almost any schedule. All trips are open to the general public. Newport Landing also offers sportfishing in half-day, ¾-day or overnight fishing trips. Newport Landing Whale Watching also offers group rates for the general public and for corporate events. The Nautilus also has both indoor and outdoor seating and people can view the whales from the top observation deck for picturesque photo opportunities.
The smaller Nautilus boat has an indoor snack bar with beverages and snacks available for purchase. Ocean Explorer is the company’s primary whale-watching vessel, with two full walk-around decks, a full bar, a snack bar and two restrooms. Newport Landing Whale Watching’s crew members are always available to provide educational information and answer questions during the cruise. May through November brings warmer waters and the opportunity to view blue whales, finback whales, thousands of huge pods of dolphins, seals, killer whales, sharks and many other marine creatures. During their migration, hundreds of grey whales surface within minutes of Newport Harbor and along the Laguna Beach coastline. December through April is the primary grey whale migration period and Newport Landing Whale Watching is ideally positioned to take advantage of the annual grey whale migration. Newport Landing Whale Watching offers whale-watching tours every day of the year.
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