Tag: Whale Watching
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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 California
California, with a shoreline that stretches over a significant portion of the Pacific Coast, is a natural place to take a whale watching cruise, and there are plenty of whale watching cruises in California to be taken. Companies that offer whale watching cruises abound in California; if you are in any of the larger cities along the coast, there will likely be at least a few whale watching cruise companies vying for your business, regaling you with tales of leviathans beheld as they attempt to lure you on board. (That perhaps overstates the case, but you get the point.) Below we supply an overview of whale watching cruises in California to guide you through the process of finding and booking the right one. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises: What Kind of Whales Can You See?
Whale watching cruises, as the name implies, center on observing whales. Whale watching cruises are about sailing around the ocean in an effort to see a whale or multiple whales, and basically nothing else. This means that whale watching cruises are fundamentally different from normal cruise vacations because those who take the latter normally engage in several activities (spa visits, gambling in the casino, poolside lounging, etc.) and seek more than one end (to relax, see different parts of the world, etc.). Since whale watching cruises are focused on one particular goal – watching whales – this leads to an inevitable question: what kind of whales can you see on a whale watching cruise? If you are so interested in seeing whales that you want to take a cruise just to observe them, it seems like you ought to know what whales are possible to see. And that’s where we come in… Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises: Where Can You Go?
Recently, we wrote about whale watching cruises and why you might want to take a whale watching cruise. In the article we painted with broad strokes, covering only the general features of cruises that center on observing whales. We did not, for example, explain in much detail where you might actually go on a whale watching cruise, and so this article will address this issue specifically. Read more […]