Beaked Whales: one of the most!!!

A weekend of incredible sightings on our 8hr trips was capped by a remarkable encounter with Cuvier’s Beaked Whales: one of the most elusive and mysterious cetaceans on earth! This is some of the only drone footage ever taken of this species, and it was an amazing moment for everyone involved! Initially 12 of these yellowish-brown whales appeared as we were waiting for one of the many Blue Whales that we had been observing to surface 70 miles offshore! After a 30 minute dive, half a dozen Cuvier’s returned to the surface with chunks of squid right next to our boat! The water depth was over 6,000 feet in this location, which is nothing for a Cuvier’s as they are the deepest diving animal on earth, capable of reaching depths nearly TWO MILES below the surface!

In our 4 Extended Trips we ran this weekend we encountered over a dozen different Bryde’s Whales and an uncountable number of Blue Whales, but nothing compares to being some of the few people on the planet to spend time with Cuvier’s Beaked Whales!

While most of the whale action was 70 miles offshore this weekend, there was quite a few Bryde’s Whales working their way towards San Diego, and even a handful of the Blue Whales were headed eastbound towards our local waters as well, so we’re hoping for a big finish to the summer! We did have a Blue Whale on our 2.5 hour trips on Saturday afternoon!

Video by Captain Domenic Biagini

Stay tuned later this week to see video of an absolutely amazing encounter we had with 4 Bryde’s Whales on Saturday!