Category: Theme Cruises
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Whale Watching in Santa Barbara: A Guide
Like most coastal cities in Southern California, there are a number of whale watching cruises in Santa Barbara. These cruises are offered by several different companies that are focused on whale watching to various degrees. One company (Condor Express) is focused primarily on whale watching, but most of the Santa Barbara-based companies have offerings that extend beyond whale watching. To give you an idea of exactly what’s available, we’ve compiled the following guide to whale cruises in Santa Barbara. Read more […] -
Whale Watching in Dana Point: A Guide
You may have never heard of Dana Point, but if you have a desire to go whale watching in Southern California, it is one of the best towns to visit. There are two popular whale watching cruise companies that operate out of Dana Point, and there are also several whale watching cruises in the surrounding area. In fact, Dana Point is essentially at the very heart of the California whale watching industry, situated about halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego. If you find yourself in Dana Point hoping to take a whale watching cruise, everything you need to know is included in this guide. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in Los Angeles: A Guide
Although the largest city in California and the second largest city in the United States, there are no whale watching cruises that depart from Los Angeles specifically. However, there are several companies that provide whale watching cruises to people visiting or living in Los Angeles. Most of these companies have come up in our other articles about whale watching in California, but a couple have not, and in any case this guide was written with Los Angeles visitors and residents in mind. If you are interested in taking a whale watching cruise from Los Angeles, we have all the information you need. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in Long Beach: A Guide
Like lots of California coastal towns, there are opportunities for whale watching off the coast of Long Beach. Despite its close proximity, there aren’t as many whale watching cruise companies in Long Beach as there are in Newport Beach, and there certainly aren’t as many as there are in San Diego, so Long Beach isn’t exactly a whale watching mecca. However, there are cruises to be taken, and below we have composed a guide to help you find the best whale watching cruises in Long Beach. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in Newport Beach: A Guide
Like a number of cities in California, there are many whale watching cruises out of Newport Beach. Three major companies in Newport Beach offer whale watching cruises all year long. The number of whale watching opportunities from Newport Beach is almost comparable to San Diego, despite the fact that Newport Beach’s population is more than 15 times smaller. (Whale watching cruises from both cities more or less explore the same California waters, so the industries of each city are blended together.) Below we’ve put together a guide to whale watching cruises in Newport Beach that explains what is available and how you can go about securing a spot on board a ship. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in San Diego: A Guide
We recently wrote an article about whale watching cruises in California in which we described the general landscape of whale watching in the state. While most of the larger, coastal towns in California have at least a couple of whale watching cruise companies, we noticed that San Diego had a particularly lively scene, partly because it is the second largest city in the state and partly because it is especially well situated for observing certain types of whales. There are numerous whale watching cruises out of San Diego every single day (at least during certain parts of the year), so it can be difficult to make sense of the wealth of options at your disposal. To help steer you toward the right sailing, we have compiled the following guide to whale watching cruises in San Diego. Read more […]
