Our captain Jennie very knowledgeable about the animals we were seeing and the geography of the area. We saw a pod of dolphins and a humpback whale. Great experience. It's a must whenever I have out of town visitiors! read more

I highly recommend this company, and I'm so glad I booked my tour with them! Unfortunately, we didn't spot any whales or dolphins--which was a bit of a letdown--but we did see orcas. Unlike the large, slow tourist boats, these small speedboats are incredibly fast, allowing you to cover a lot of ground and just have a blast riding the waves. I'd suggest bringing a warm sweater along with waterproof pants and a jacket--you'll definitely need them! read more

My female Captain was amazing. Her name was Allison or Alissa but she is definitely a Ocean Baddie!!! We got to see one whale breach and then he just showed his tail but we did see a lot of dolphins and seals. She was very knowledgeable and just had good energy. It was cold and not sunny but we cant control the weather or animals. I love the small group and the advantage its gives to actually see the wildlife without trying to get a good spot. You stay dry and can take snacks. I would definitely book this company again. read more

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Had a Great time with Jennie on the water at the beginning of August! We were able to see a pretty large pod of playful bottlenose dolphins that hung out for close to 30 minutes, a glimpse of a Minke Whale, a group of sea lions actively hunting offshore, and somewhere between 4-7 Fin Whales that hung out with us for quite some time! Highly recommend checking out Offshore Blue Adventures for a chance to head out on the Pacific to see what awesome encounters wait for you! read more

Incredible Morning Dolphin Tour with Captain Ray! I booked the morning small group tour with my sister, and it turned out to be just the two of us and our captain, Ray such a special and intimate experience! Ray was incredibly passionate and knowledgeable. We really appreciated the way he shared facts and explained everything in such an engaging way. While we didn't get to see a whale, we were lucky enough to encounter a massive pod of dolphins -- probably 30 to 50 of them -- swimming so close to our boat! The moment of scanning the open sea and suddenly finding such a large group of dolphins in their natural habitat was absolutely magical. The whole experience went beyond our expectations. Thank you, Captain Ray, for such a memorable morning! read more

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We were able to see dolphins, sea lions, and whales on our whale watching trip!!! Captain Jeff was very knowledgable about the sea life and area. Because of the small boat, he was able to move quickly to get to two different pods of dolphins and two whales! read more

Me and my mom came on a trip to San Diego, when I learned it was blue whale season when we would be there I knew we had to go! We are VERY prone to seasickness, so of course I did extensive research on which type of boat we should go with, what company etc. we came across Offshore and it was the right choice!! Neither me nor my mom got seasick at all, we were on a small RIB, but honestly so much better than the bigger boats due to them because of the speed of the boat, the intimate style tour (only 6 people), and how much closer you could get to the animals. Unfortunately, we weren't able to see any blue whales but we did see a mom and baby gray whale which was super rare for this time of year. The company has good status with other tour boats so they radio each other when they see something which is awesome. We also ended up seeing about a thousand dolphins and they were swimming right under our boat! Our captain Brian was awesome, always checking on us to make sure we weren't nauseous or scared. Overall, super awesome experience! THANKS BRIAN!!! read more

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Amazing early morning dive in the kelp forests and ship reck with Captain Fletcher and Kris as our dive master. They were both the coolest and super awesome! Such a cool dive site read more

Phenomenal unique experience. So much better than other whale/dolphin seeing tours. The small boat made us feel like we were with the dolphins. The guide was very knowledgeable and engaged. read more

Our family had an incredible time on our whale watching tour. The small boat experience was really fun and allowed us to be so close to the action. Our guide was great and very knowledgeable. We rode along with a massive pod of dolphins twice and saw 3 blue whales! Would highly recommend this tour! read more

Awesome and intimate experience. The captains are so fun and professional . We saw so many blue whales we couldn't decide which to look at up close and personal . read more

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I thought I was getting a private tour for $450 because there was three person minimum. They added two more but I didn't want to complain and ruin their day. One whale was seen in 3 hours. No dolphins, a few sea lions. Brian was a good captain though and friendly. read more

Amazing! If you want a personalized, small boat experience this is the place to go for San Diego whale watching! Captain CiCi is awesome, very knowledgeable and experienced, and is willing to "put in the work" to find the wildlife. This is an experience you won't get on a large "cattle boat" tour. While it's never guaranteed you will find the whales (or any wildlife for that matter), Captain Cici communicates with other captains and is willing to move around to sighting areas. On our trip we saw a lone blue, a group of 3 blues, a humpback that gave a great breaching show, several pods of common and bottlenose dolphin, and a bonus Mola Mola (Sunfish). This was by far the best and most productive whale watching trip we have been on. Highly recommend! read more

Love this company. From initial call to book the experience they were responsive and accommodating to including a child (unlike any other local company contacted.) Brian B was a great captain and gave us an experience of a lifetime. He knew how to navigate the water and chased after the whales as we saw them. It was expected for us to see whales as we weren't in season and we spotted 9 humpbacks! We followed their footprints and captured it all. Unforgettable. He made the experience fun for us! Very knowledgeable. Highly recommend! Thank you Brian B! read more

We had a blast on our whale watching tour. Captain Morgan was awesome and was determined to find us some whales even if it meant staying out a little longer. Didn't realize it was such a small boat because we booked last minute and didn't even think to ask but it was great to have a small group of 6. I feel like we got to see so much more than we would have on one of the big whale watching boats and it was much more personal. The life vests were great too. Not super bulky like some of them I've had to wear. My favorite was getting up close to the dolphins. Such a sight to see! Loved every minute. read more

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What a lovely adventure with the family. Having the experience on the calm water and having the boat to our self with captain Peter was fantastic. Almost right away he spotted gray whales that we followed for an hour. Later we stumbled upon a pod of curious dolphins and some sea lions. Peter is responsive to our needs and what we would like to see. Highly recommend. read more

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Fun, personalized experience. We were greeted by the Captain and escorted to the vessel. Before we boarded the RHIB, we had a quick safety briefing and we're given our life jackets. For adults, they have the auto-inflating style, so they aren't bulky. We headed out of Mission Bay and went north up the coast. Our Captain worked hard to find a large pod of dolphins, and we spent a while observing them. This was a peak human experience. Watching the dolphins from a small RHIB was an awesome experience in every sense of the word. We've been on whale/dolphin watching tours on larger vessels, and this beat that experience hands-down. read more

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We had a great trip with Adam. He was knowledgeable and enthusiastic. We took the 8:30 am trip, which I would recommend. Saw many dolphins seals, and of course whales. Looking forward to another trip with Offshore Adventures read more

What a great day we had Jules our boat captain was the best we above and beyond to make sure we saw a whale and dolphins. She was an amazing captain handling the swells making the trip very comfortable! read more

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Small boat, very safe, 5 passengers, we were all 3 in the front, friendly captain provided lots of interesting information. We couldn't find whales but he spotted and tracked for over 40 minutes a pod of 1500 dolphins. It was great riding with them. All around, under and in front of the boat. You can nearly touch them, great videos! Just wear warm windbreaker if you seat in the front:) read more

Liz took my coworkers and I on a last-minute trip to see sea lions, humpback whales, and thousands of dolphins. We were in a tiny boat that allowed us to move quickly and get very close to the animals. Liz was a wonderful captain and we highly recommend this trip. read more

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Offshore Blue Adventures does it right. Liz, our Captain, was very knowledgeable and fun. If they're whales or dolphins out there, she'll find them. Cici was amazing too. The smaller boat is the way to go. I highly recommend. read more

Top experience for us in San Diego. I have to recommend this to ANYONE and EVERYONE who comes to San Diego. I was lucky to do a similar experience in Hawaii but my time here in San Diego just surpassed that. From my phone calls to the lovely owner to understand what is a good time to go to the actual captain who's wealth of knowledge and fun attitude put our time on the ocean at the top of my list. I will say this... this is all about observing nature. So sometimes nature may bless you with whale sights and a thousands of dolphins doing handstands. Other times, it may give you the beautiful blue sea and the occasional sighting of the common "foilus balloonisicus" aka... terrible foil balloons released and dropped into the ocean as garbage. We got pretty lucky on our adventure. To start ... this is a true adventure. You will sit in a smaller boat that is meant to go fast and keep up with dolphins. We got a private tour ... yeah lucky. No one else book the time we asked for. For those who have a sore back or get sea sick easily... this might be the boat for you. Our captain moved the boat swiftly and smoothly but its still riding quickly over the waves in search of the wonderful animals. As I mentioned, the owner and captain are 10++/5. They're always pleasant, happy, willing to accommodate, follow up, and probably do a handstand if you asked. Ok maybe not but they're great. We learned SO SOOOOO much about dolphins as we were riding with them and watching them as they were beside us. We got to have these dolphins within a foot of our boot as we sped with them. Our first sighting was adorable as we say a calf and mom swimming gently. It was a fairly small pod with only 5 dolphins swimming casually about. What was mind blowing was that we encountered a stampede. I had no idea this was a real thing but let me tell you that if you have this, enjoy... every... minute. On the horizon, you'll see tons of light flickering off what it seems a flurry of random water splashes in these small bursts. Soon you'll realize that you're staring at HUNDREDs of dolphins who are all swimming at top speeds across the ocean waves. It was amazing as we joined in and followed along with them. Within seconds the dolphins would start 'playing' with us by swimming right under our helm and surface right beside us and dive under again to swim left then right of us. It was completely amazing to see these incredible animals up close. We did this easily for a better part of 90 minutes. We didn't get to see any whales that day but honestly being so close to the dolphins and in that massive stampede was a complete highlight of my trip to San Diego thanks to the careful and wonderful service and mother nature showing us the playful nature of the dolphins. read more

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Even though this is the "shoulder" season, we still saw a massive beautiful grey whale, a couple of bottlenose dolphins, many sea lions and a couple hundred longnose dolphins. Was on the small 6 person raft and had a great time getting to places so quickly. Well worth the price! read more

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The small boat is a great experience - you are up close and personal with the sea - and the max of 6 people means you aren't fighting a crowd to get a look. Captain was friendly and knowledgeable and went all out to make sure we saw Risso's dolphins and an amazing gray whale. read more

Cici was our captain and because the boat was limited to 6 we had a personal tour vs a large boat We were able to see 2 sets of blue whales, Dolphins (over 500) up close and flying fish. We took the 8:30 departure and would recommend that as well. read more

Fantastic experience on the morning tour! Captain Peter was an experienced seaman and great host who made our family of five feel comfortable, knowledgeable, involved, and not like the tourists we were! He was a friendly part of our experience but did not dominate our time at all. We saw a blue whale (!!) along with common dolphins and bottlenose dolphins, and that, coupled with Peter and customized nature of our time, made this a totally memorable experience. This was easily above and beyond standing on a large boat with a hundred other people--it was your own personal guided tour. Highly recommend! read more

We had the best time. Captain Jamie put us right on a whale. We saw lots of dolphins too. Cici was very pleasant and accommodating. Couldn't recommend Offshore more highly. Their smaller boat makes for a much more intimate experience. The dolphins play right around the boat almost within arms length. Go with Offshore and you won't be disappointed. read more

We went on the Offshore Blue Adventures whale watching and dolphin tour and it was absolutely amazing. Christine our captain was very humble and knowledgeable in operating the vessel, reading both the waters the wildlife. And was very respectful to the curious sea life that approached us. With that said our novices camera skills don't even do the trip justices as we saw two different types of dolphins, large pods surrounding us from adults to babies. Pretty amazing. Thank you to the owner, Cici and our Captain Christine for making a memorable experience for us. Cannot wait to return and do this again with our kids and grandchildren. We will definitely make this an on going activity. read more

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Came across this company via random google search. It appealed to me to take note. I was able to book without difficulty and was promptly contacted to assure confirmation. This team knows their stuff and gladly enjoys to share their knowledge. I choiced the sunset excursion and eagerly awaited our departure time. Their equipment current and clean. Plenty of spacing for a captain and 4 passengers. They do have a dry box on the boat but best to leave big items on shore. Christine piloted the boat. She maneuvered well across the swells and was attentive to all on the boat. Her knowledge about the area including the marine-life was deep. Appropriately mindful of conservation of the ocean and retrieved trash from the waters that could have led to harmful effects. Saw handful of blue whales, large pods of dolphins and variety of birds. Well worth my time and dollar to use this company. read more

My girl and I decided spontaneously to make a tour. So we reached OBA out and they welcomed us. Our captain Tony was a bit unhappy, because of us he couldn't clean the house with his wife (#ironic ). We really loved the trip with him and saw four humpbacks on a very sunny October Sunday. We highly recommend the team as well as this trip and will definitely do it again while another SD trip!!! read more

Loved every minute of this adventure! The owner was very nice and answered my many questions right away. Christine, our captain, was fantastic. She shared so much information with us and taught us a lot about the sea life. I was nervous about getting sea sick, but I have to say, I never felt a single bit of nausea! We saw sea lions, huge pods of dolphins and two gray whales - a mom and her calf- (about 30ft away)! Christine really did an awesome job. I would definitely do this again ! SO MUCH FUN! read more

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Both the times I visited San Diego, I have done tours with them, and absolutely love them! The first time (in June 2017) we saw 3 whales (2 Blue whales and 1 Finback whale), a megapod of dolphins, and a Mako shark (was late to turn, so only saw part of the tail)!! Seeing the whales and the megapod was surreal! The captain of our boat went above and beyond to chase the dolphins, who had gone far out in the ocean by the time we started chasing them. But we finally caught and then every direction we turned, we could see so many dolphins leaping out of the water constantly. It was simply one of the best days of my life! On the second trip (Dec 2018), we, unfortunately, did not see any whales. But, we did see 2 types of dolphins. And seeing the Pacific White Sided dolphins was so exciting! Though they are shy, they came close and we could see them clearly, while they kept passing under our boat. All in all, highly recommend them! The boats are small, so they are more agile in moving and chasing the whales and dolphins. Also, the ride on the sea is so much more fun than bigger commercial boats. read more

Cici was great! She chased the dolphins down for us and I've never been so close! The boat was nice and comfortable and she knew what and where she was going! Great time, definitely recommend! read more

We went on the Classic Whale & Dolphin Tours with Offshore Blue Adventures and had a wonderful experience. Our captain, Liz, was the perfect match for us, passionate about marine life, full of knowledge and ready to share! Offshore Blue Adventures is a small business and you feel like your tour is very personalized. There's no guarantee that you will see whales (though we did; Liz was determined!), but you'll see lots of other amazing nature and Liz gives great information on all of it. We spent time surrounded by a pod of dolphins as they fed, watching sea lions play, and learning about the ever present birds. It would have been a full and amazing outing even if we hadn't located the whale. It is good to know that you will be on a small (6 passenger maximum) boat - LOTS of fun, but don't be surprised. If your party is smaller than six, you might be joined by other passengers. Take plenty of clothes to layer - it's colder on the water! read more

The Best trip you can have to see whales, dolphins and many other wonders of the sea. The boat is small enough to get you low to the water, excellent speed for quick location changes and skippers by the best woman captains in the world! I was on the 9am trip, left early saw first whale in less than 30 minutes! Then a mega-pod (several hundred) of dolphins. You cannot find a better place to go! read more

Everything was great with this company. Sisi from the first call was very friendly and took time to explain all the options to me and answered all my questions. Jamie, the captain, was friendly and was great at spotting wildlife. We stayed with a mega pod of dolphin for close to 20 min as they darted around and in front of our boat. It was truly a magical experience. Highly recommend...well worth the extra price to have that private of an experience and get so much closer to the wildlife. read more

We went on an afternoon tour and Christine was our captain. She is absolutely spectacular! We were able to see 3 Humpback whales, hundreds of dolphins, and a group of seasons. Christine also shared her abundance of knowledge regarding sea life. Don't waste your money on a large tour boat, this boat only holds 6 people so it's a much more personal experience. I'll definitely be return when I have friends and family visiting the San Diego area. After returning to the dock we asked Christine for a restaurant recommendation for dinner. She recommended several and we chose Mitch's Seafood. It did not disappoint. In fact, it was the best seafood I've had in years. Christine, thanks so much for a fantastic day! We'll see you in a year, if not sooner. read more

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Captain Liz did one amazing job! We saw a giant pod of bottlenose dolphins and a gigantic blue whale. It was to celebrate my birthday, and we simply had the best time imaginable! Thank you to Offshore Blue Adventures and shoutout to Captain Liz!! read more

Our group of 5 (3 adults and 2 kids- 10 almost 5) had the best time. Our Captain, Morgan, was so sweet and she really made the experience. She was so informational.. The kids loved both the boat ride and seeing the whales and dolphins. We really went into it think we wouldn't see much as I had read it was off season, but we saw 3 different whales (2 blue + 1fin) plus sooo many dolphins. My youngest' favorite animal is now a dolphin! So much fun. Thank you Captain Morgan!! read more