I highly recommend this boat trip. We unfortunately didn't see any whales but we saw whole and huge schools of dolphins, which were so close to us that they even touched the boat. I had never seen one, it was incredibly impressive. We also saw sea lions (or seals?). In short, a great boat trip to do absolutely. I recommend doing it in the afternoon, when the sun is strongest, because with the wind it quickly gets cold on the boat. Take a vest too.

Everyone that I interacted with was polite, and very helpful. I was so glad to have Jill on the boat. She would point out the wildlife, and give us information about what we saw. I learned a few things that I didn't know. I enjoyed her energy, and how she was so polite, friendly to talk to.

You never know if you will see a whale or not, and we didn’t, but we came across a “mega pod” of over 1,000 dolphins, which was totally awesome. They were riding our bow wave, sometime as many as 8 or 10 at a time, as we stood literally four feet above them looking down over the bow. And they were jumping out of the water all around us. It was the coolest thing we saw while we were in California.