Top Reasons to Join our Orange County Whale Watching Adventures

1. Southern California has more blue whales and dolphins and the best whale watching weather of anywhere on earth.

2. The world's only boat with two Eye-to-Eye Underwater Viewing Pods! See dolphins and whales underwater without getting wet during your whale watching trip. BE one of the pod!

2. We are the only whale watch company in the world to broadcast Orange County Whale Watching trips LIVE daily at www.dolphinsafari.com

3. Hear the dolphins underwater during your whale watching trip with our Research Hydrophone.

4. Never crowded! We take a maximum of 49 passengers on our hi-speed, hi-tech, power/sailing whale watching catamaran Manute'a.

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Whale Watching News & Specials

Watch Capt. Dave on the Ellen Show

See Capt. Dave's interview on the Ellen Show!
Also, watch part 1 of Capt. Dave's interview.

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1,000 dolphins & whales are dying every day, worldwide, from entanglement in fishing gear.
Help spread awareness by purchasing Capt. Dave's award winning book: "Lily, A Gray Whale's Odyssey".

# 1 Rated Orange County Whale Watching Company!

Highest rated whale watching company by Trip Advisor, Google+ and Yelp!

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Greetings from Mrs Capt Dave

When we first started whale watching in 1995, the fishing companies took folks out only during the Gray Whale Migration, typically between December and April, on their fishing boats. We offered our whale watching trips on our sailboat, and equipped it with an underwater hydrophone and soon, an underwater camera.

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  • May 21
    425 Common Dolphins
    1 Minke Whale
    3 Mola Mola / 3 Trips
  • May 20
    350 Common Dolphins
    1 Trip
  • May 19
    31 Bottlenose Dolphins
    400 Common Dolphins
    1 Mola Mola / 2 Trips
  • May 18
    550 Common Dolphins
    1 Mako Shark, 1 Mola Mola / 3 Trips
  • May 17
    5 Bottlenose Dolphins
    400 Common Dolphins
    1 Humpback Whale
    1 Mola Mola / 4 Trips
  • May 16
    4 Bottlenose Dolphins
    1 Fin Whale, 2 Gray Whales
    1 Harbor Seal / 1 Trip
  • May 15
    50 Bottlenose Dolphins
    120 Common Dolphins
    13 Risso's Dolphins
    1 Blue Whale, 2 Fin Whales (Cow/Calf)
    1 Trip
  • May 14
    200 Common Dolphins
    4 Fin Whales
    4 Trips
  • May 13
    1000 Common Dolphins
    2 Fin Whales, 1 Minke Whale
    4 Trips
  • May 12
    6 Bottlenose Dolphins
    376 Common Dolphins
    1 Blue Whale, 5 Fin Whales
    1 Mola Mola / 7 Trips

Whale Watching Videos

More whale watching videos here
Watch exclusive LIVE Whale Watching TV provided by Captain Dave's Dolphin and Whale Watching Safari
Watch the ABC broadcast about Whale Watching on Captain Dave's Dolphin Safari
Watch amazing footage of Killer Whales training young to kill a seal shot from Captain Dave's Dolphin Safari
Watch a megapod of dolphins stampede and overtake our whale watching boat off the coast of Orange County.
Eye to eye with the largest creature on the planet, the Blue Whale, seen from Captain Dave's Dolphin and Whale Watching Safari
Watch Captain Dave pet a Gray Whale while on vacation in Baja, California.
Watch Gray Whale breach repeatedly in front of Dana Point from aboard Captain Dave's Dolphin and Whale Watching Safari
Check out Captain Dave's award winning documentary!