San Diego: Whale Watching

Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by admin in Travel Ideas

The annual migration of the gray whale can best be witnessed from the San Diego coast. Twenty six thousand gray whales every year make this ten thousand mile journey from the Artic to Baja and back. Whale watching is something anyone can enjoy, regardless of age. So if you are visiting between the months of December and March, be sure you take the opportunity to witness this event. They can travel in groups from just two to three, to dozens at a time.

Gray whales usually dive to about one hundred feet, then surface and blow. They often swim in shallow depths between diving deep, so you have plenty of opportunities to see them as they pass.

As for where to see them, the best seats are on board a cruise. There are plenty specialty cruises that leave from the harbor for whale watching, where you will have the best chance of seeing these amazing mammals.

When watching from the coast, the best spots are on Point Loma, and the cliffs of Torrey Pines State Beach. Here you will have front row seats for the gray whale migration.