The Twelve Seabirds of the Season in San Diego Bay
While whales are often the stars of a Hornblower Whale watching Cruises, cruising out to sea also provides a wonderful opportunity to see many seabird species. Here are 12 species …
Watching the Whale Watchers Watch Whales
Friday June 30 was the first day of Hornblower Cruises & Events’ Blue Whale Watching season in San Diego and what a spectacular start to the season it was. Like …
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 …