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There will never be a moment when I take blue whale sightings for granted… If you went solely by the remarkable success we’ve had encountering blue whales with @gonewhalewatching in San Diego the last 5-6 summers, you’d think I might be relatively used to encountering blue whales. That couldn’t be further from the truth. The blue whale is the reason I fell in love with whale watching, and I cherish each and every sighting. In the summer of 2017 I was working my first ever job on a whale watching boat in Orange County. Going into that summer I knew that blue whale sightings hadn’t been great in that area the past couple of years, and I probably encountered blues less than a dozen times that summer. I remember seeing posts from San Diego documenting blue whale sightings a couple of times per week that summer(which ironically is where i lived) and being sooo jealous. From 2018 onwards I worked in San Diego, and each year I was amazed at the remarkable consistency of blue whale encounters during the summer, especially for faster boats like the ones we use with @gonewhalewatching that were capable of covering more ground. I’d be lying to you however, if I didn’t admit feeling anxiety each summer hoping to never experience such a slow summer for sightings like I did in Orange County in 2017. Welp, 2025 has been the first time I’ve really experienced a “slow” blue whale summer in San Diego. I put slow in quotations because the word is truly relative. Since May, we’ve encountered blue whales on our tours 19 different days this summer. Down substantially from the last 3 years when sightings were almost daily May through early August. When compared to the rest of California however, San Diego has been far and away the best place to have a chance to see blue whales this summer up to this point, as no other whale watching destination in the state has cracked double digit days of sightings, and most are in the low single-digits. Continued in comments:
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The lucky part is that Southern California is incredibly diverse when it comes to summer marine life. From San Diego to Santa Barbara, common dolphins have been encountered in their thousands. Humpbacks have been much more prevalent in San Diego this summer than what is typical for this time of year…and those humpbacks have been treating whale watching boats in the Santa Barbara channel to amazing daily encounters. Minke whales have been outrageously friendly in places like San Diego and Orange County, high-flying bottlenose have been putting on a show up and down the coast, and Bryde’s and fin whales will become more and more prevalent as the waters warm. The point? Even though blue whale sightings haven’t been as consistent as we’d like this summer, it’s still a wonderful time to go whale watching, because just about any species can be encountered on any trip you take! You also never know, blue whales sightings in the late summer used to be common years ago, so maybe we’ll get lucky and be treated to some late season blues throughout the rest of this summer and fall!
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These animals should be highly protected I am very upset so many wales were dead and washed up on beaches Particularly around windmills in oceans
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I enjoy these whales when they are 6 miles off the coast, I enjoy them much less when they are 80 miles off the coast.
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So grateful to @dolphindronedom and @erica.sackrison for allowing our family to experience a blue this year 🙏🏼
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We’re excited for our trip tomorrow! See you soon Dom!
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Seria um sonho ver uma Azul…🥹💙🐋
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@gregtaylorphotos 😍😍😍
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Are you worried it means less whales or just a change this year?
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