Gray Whale Migration Whale Watching

OCEANIC SOCIETY WHALE WATCH.  Thousands of gray whales are now swimming just off our coast. Join an Oceanic Society whale watch cruise  led by expert naturalists. Full day and half day trips are available select Fridays, and every Saturday and Sunday March through May13th  from San Francisco,  and now through May 13th  from Half Moon Bay.  From May 19 - November 25th, humpback and blue whales can be observed on our Farallon Island trips.

Oceanic Society Naturalist Izzy Szczepaniak aboard Salty Lady—highlights include 4 Gray whales, 5 Harbor porpoises and many seabirds.

Participants braved early morning fog and cold temperatures to see a group of 4 Gray whales swimming close together. Five Harbor porpoises were also spotted.

The Seabirds sighted on this trip included: Eared grebes, Western Grebes, Northern fulmars, Sooty shearwaters, Brown pelicans, Double Crested cormorants, Brandt's cormorants, Phalarope sp., Western gulls, Common murres, and Cassin's auklets.

Naturalist-led trips for the Gray whale migration depart from Half Moon Bay on weekends December through may and from San Francisco on weekends March through May. Trips are filling up. Make reservations today! Call (415) 256-9604. Or simply download our registration form and fax it to our office, (415) 474-3395. Or register via Acteva as offered at the bottom of the Whale Watch schedule.