Orcas Ride the Wake of a Fishing Boat near San Diego
This exhilarating video perfectly captures the excitement of orcas playing in the wake of a small fishing charter boat. Orcas are a type of highly-social dolphin and will occasionally interact …
Whale Watching Review on Yelp.com Touts Typical Great Experience
I had to report this great YELP.com review from Mel C, from Las Vegas, NV from 2/9/14 This review is for their Whale & Dolphin Watching Adventure, not for the …
Interview with Wally Whale
We managed to catch-up with Wally the Whale to get an inside scoop on Hornblower’s upcoming Blue Whale Watching season: Hi, Wally! Welcome back to San Diego. Thanks, man. Great …
Gray Whale Watching Season Begins
Our first Gray Whale of the season put on quite a show! Captain Earnesto Coleman and our expert Whale Watching Naturalists from the San Diego Natural History Museum spotted a …
Hornblower Captain Recognized for Customer Service on San Diego Whale Watching Cruise
Love and kindness is indeed in the air at Hornblower! This past Valentine’s weekend Captain Gaetano Balistreri was recognized for his excellent guest relations on board the whale watching cruise …
Scientists do Detective Work on a Dead Whale
Sadly, a dead Gray Whale was found washed up on a San Diego beach and towed to Fiesta Island. While spotting live whales is the main focus of our Whale …
Gray Whale in San Diego Bay
Book Your Whale Watching Tour More and more often Hornblower is seeing Gray Whales hanging out in San Diego Bay. About a week ago three Gray Whales were spotted within …
Remarkable Risso’s Dolphins
Risso’s Dolphins (Grampus griseus) We finished our 2017 Summer Whale Watching season with an appearance of rarely-spotted Risso’s Dolphins. Whale watch naturalists aboard the cruise mentioned that they only see …
Fast Facts about Blue Whales
The blue whale is bigger than 25 elephants. It is almost twice the size in weight of most large dinosuars, including the Argentinosaurus and Apatosaurus (once mistakenly know as the …
San Diego Whale Watching Photos from this Whale Season
The trained naturalists on board every one of Hornblower Cruises Whale Watching Cruise are there to enhance the educational experience of our guests. These “Whalers” as we fondly call them …