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Whale-Watching on a Boat Tour Off the Northern California Coast
The venerable Oceanic Society leads naturalist-guided, all-day weekend whale-watching trips to the Farallon Islands. As you ply the waves, keep your eyes peeled for porpoises, seal pups, sea lions, enormous sea birds—and of course, whales. You’ll likely see many breaching in the distance, but it’s not uncommon that they roll over right next to the boat. During the gray whale migration from December through May, over 15,000 of the cetaceans follow the coast as they eat their way south en route to their romantic rendezvous point in Baja California. Trips run about $95 a head—but really, how often do you get to sail off toward the horizon from beneath the Golden Gate Bridge?
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