Captain
Dave's Dolphin
and Whale Watching Safari
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REASONS OUR DANA POINT WHALE WATCHING TRIPS
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LIVE Whale Watching Broadcast From Our Boat: |
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Best year round whale watching in the world! High-tech catamaran sailboat with underwater viewing. Get up close and personal with blue whales, gray whales, fin whales, humpback whales, minke whales, killer whales, and five species of wild dolphins!
Captain Dave's Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari is located at
24440 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point, Orange County, California
92629
Call 949-488-2828 for reservations or email us us for more Dolphin and Whale Watching information
Captain Dave's Dolphin and Whale Watching Safari offers you the opportunity to get close to and view
the exquisite California dolphins and California whales, as
well as other beautiful sea creatures. Southern California
whale watching most unique trip in world, high-speed Catamaran
with underwater viewing.
We leave from Dana Point Harbor daily,
and take you on a 2 1/2 hour ocean adventure. Dana Point is
located not too far from Sea World in San Diego California
(approximately 60 minutes away). And not too far from Disneyland
in Orange County California.
Captain Dave Anderson is an experienced
Marine naturalist who has been leading dolphin trips and whale
watching from Dana Point since 1995. He has also created and
produced the award winning documentary "Wild Dolphins and the Whales of Southern California". (To read more about Captain Dave, check out his bio) Call Captain Dave's to book your dolphin and whale watching safari and enjoy your awesome once-in-a-lifetime experience!
#1 Rated Whale Watching Company!
Highest rated whale watching company by Trip Advisor, Google+ and Yelp!
Did you see Capt. Dave's adorable "teething" baby gray whale video on Good Morning America? If so, you'll love his award winning book!
Lily, A Gray Whale's Odyssey, a Nautilus Book Awards Silver Medalist, is a fascinating look into the life of a gray whale and features scientifically accurate gray whale information and one of the best collection of gray whale photos ever assembled.
Visit our web store TalesFromThePod.com to preview and purchase Lily, A Gray Whale's Odyssey.
Take a virtual tour of Manute'a, our most unique Hi-Tech, Hi-Speed Whale Watching Catamaran, with underwater viewing pods and Dana Point location in Orange County, California. Get up close and personal with the wild dolphins and whales of Southern California!
You can hear the dolphins and whales with our research hydrophone. Click here to hear a megapod of dolphin with our hydrophone! P.S. That's not static you hear, it's the sound of hundreds of thousands of clicks per second!
Recent Whale Watching Sightings
May 19, 2 Trips:
400 Common Dolphins, 31 Bottlenose Dolphins, 1 Mola Mola
May 18, 3 Trips:
550 Common Dolphins, 1 Mako Shark, 1 Mola Mola
May 17, 4 Trips:
1 Humpback Whale "Stinky", 400 Common Dolphins, 5 Bottlenose Dolphins, 1 Mola Mola
May 16, 1 Trip:
1 Fin Whale, 2 Gray Whales, 4 Bottlenose Dolphins, 1 Harbor Seal
May 15, 1 Trip:
2 Fin Whales, 1 Blue Whale, 120 Common Dolphins, 50 Bottlenose Dolphins, 13 Risso's Dolphins
May 14, 4 Trips:
4 Fin Whales, 200 Common Dolphins
May 13, 4 Trips:
2 Fin Whales, 1 Minke Whale, 1,000 Common Dolphins
May 12, 7 Trips:
1 Blue Whale "Kinko", 5 Fin Whales, 376 Common Dolphins, 6 Bottlenose Dolphins, 1 Mola Mola
May 11, 4 Trips:
3 Fin Whales, 2 Gray Whales, 3 Minke Whales, 115 Bottlenose Dolphins, 51 Common Dolphins
May 10, 2 Trips:
1 Blue Whale, 1 Gray Whale, 1,000 Common Dolphins, 30 Bottlenose Dolphins
Whale Rescues
1,000 dolphins and whales are dying from entanglement in fishing gear every day.
You can help spread awareness by visiting TheCaretakers.Org
Watch part 1 and part 2 of Captain Dave's interview on the Ellen Show.
Learn about Captain Dave's dolphin and whale disentanglement efforts
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