Legacy Whale Watch is a family-owned whale watching company in San Diego offering scheduled and private boat charters focused on whales, dolphins, sea lions, birds, and other wildlife. They provide educational tours with experienced USCG-certified captains and crew aboard the classic motor yacht 'The Legacy', featuring heated indoor areas, snack bar, lounge seating, restrooms, and viewing decks.
Adventure Whale Watching is a San Diego-based tour agency established in 2006, specializing in private and semi-private year-round whale and dolphin-watching excursions on fast Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBs). They offer small group tours with maximum capacities of 6-10 passengers per boat, providing 360-degree views, intimate experiences, and sightings of whales, dolphins, sea lions, and other marine wildlife on 2.5-3 hour safaris from Harbor Island Sheraton Hotel & Marina.
Gone Whale Watching offers premium whale watching tours in San Diego, featuring high-speed small-group vessels for intimate dolphin and whale watching adventures along the coastline. Operating daily from Mission Bay with 6-passenger boats and a 40-passenger catamaran limited to about 32 guests, they provide public tours, private charters, and extended blue whale tours with guaranteed sightings on extended trips.
Waterhorse Charters is a San Diego-based marine entertainment company offering friendly boat charters focused on scuba diving, snorkeling, freediving, wildlife watching, party cruises, and bay cruises. They prioritize kindness, safety, community, and comfort with spacious vessels like the Humboldt (22 passengers) and Orion, sailing from Mission Bay Harbor. Services include weekly trips to Wreck Alley, La Jolla Ecological Reserve, Point Loma kelp forest, and Coronado Islands, with amenities like hot showers, soup, snacks, and equipment support.
Malarky Charters is San Diego’s finest luxury catamaran rental service, offering a 47-foot performance catamaran yacht for up to 12 guests. It provides yacht charters throughout Mission Bay and San Diego Bay, including captain and crew, BYOB and food, with features like modern decor, waterslide, bow trampoline, and views of downtown San Diego, wildlife spotting, and customizable routes.
Pelican Sportfishing is a private fishing charter service based in San Diego, owned and operated by Captain Shaun Uyeda since March 2019. It offers inshore, offshore, and Coronado Islands guided fishing trips targeting species such as Rockfish, Halibut, Yellowtail, Bonito, Barracuda, Tuna, Marlin, and more, with a strong focus on customer satisfaction, family-friendly experiences, instruction, and assistance for all ages.
Romancing the Wind (Sailing RTW) is San Diego's premier private yacht charter service on San Diego Bay, operating the 60-foot custom-built all-steel ketch sailboat RTW. It specializes in personalized sailing experiences for events including corporate gatherings, bachelor/bachelorette parties, birthdays, family reunions, weddings, cocktail cruises, sunset excursions, swim charters, bay tours, and Burial at Sea services, with USCG certification for up to 41 passengers and crew combined, though regular capacity is limited to 30 for comfort (up to 35 upon approval).
Imagine Sailing San Diego offers luxurious sailing adventures aboard the Pristine 34 Catalina Yacht Imagination, including private sailing charters, dolphin/seal cruises, sunset sailing for couples, and anchoring to swim in Coronado Bay, led by experienced captains like Captain Mike.
Wild Pacific Whale Watch is San Diego’s newest locally owned whale watching company offering year-round whale and dolphin watching tours aboard the 82-foot vessel Peregrine, equipped with Tohmei anti-rolling gyro stabilizers for comfort, air-conditioned seating, lounges, bathrooms, and a full galley. Owner/operators have over 40 years of combined experience, providing expert-guided trips with a whale watching guarantee: if no whale is seen, the next trip is free. Committed to marine education, conservation, and unforgettable wildlife encounters including gray whales, blue whales, and dolphins.
Family fishing San Diego waters since 2010. Better boats, better prices, more experience with 5 star service. Decades of experience fishing Southern California. Hired by other companies and running own boat. Family fun and big game anglers having fun on the water. Offers world class private fishing charters year round, including deep sea fishing for Tuna.
Waterhorse Charters offers premium scuba diving charters in San Diego by boat, prioritizing safety and community with creature comforts like heated showers, hot soup, and warm crew. They sail from the closest commercial dock to the ocean on Newton dive boats Humboldt and Orion, with weekly trips to Wreck Alley, La Jolla Ecological Reserve, Point Loma kelp forest, and Coronado Islands sea lion colonies.
Big Blue Photo Boat offers unforgettable, marine biologist-led private whale watching tours in San Diego. Each trip is a personalized ocean adventure, focusing on intimate, photo-worthy encounters with dolphins, whales, and other marine life. The business is led by experienced captains and marine biologists Susan and Matthias Scheer, who provide expert knowledge and guidance throughout the tour. Their small group charters allow for a more agile and immersive experience compared to larger boats, making it ideal for wildlife enthusiasts and photographers.
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