Whale Watch Reports

Our awesome resident Grey Whales put on a great show for us today. Every one of our cruises had excellent sightings. These gray whales are feeding and staying in one place making for excellent photo opportunities and viewings. The weather and conditions look great for the next few days be sure to schedule your next whale watching adventure online or call...
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Morning Star passengers and crew got a close up view of some of our resident Gray Whales today! While we must remain respectful of the whale's space, they can absolutely approach us if they wish, as is often the case. Cetaceans (members of the whale, dolphin, and porpoise family) are notoriously curious and social creatures that thrive off of interaction with other individuals, species...
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You get a whale, you get a whale, and you get a whale! Everywhere we look lately we have seen the famed resident Gray Whales of Depoe Bay. We are so happy to welcome them this summer, as we are every year. The activity is increasing as life flourishes off our reefs. It's never a bad season to come see...
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During our Whale Watching excursions today we witnessed some different behavior from our resident Gray Whales. While they normally dive down to feed off the bottom, there was a bunch of surface actitivy leading us to believe that the whales decided to possibly feed on some floating crab larvae or a small crustacean such as krill. When it comes to...
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Another day, another whale! Today we were very pleased to see a number of individual Gray Whales traveling straight then a little ways south of Depoe Bay. As the Northern migration comes to an end, the whales we see this time of year are our residents. These guys will stick around until the end of summer when they move along to different...
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Passengers and crew of the Sunrise got a two for one deal during their fishing trip this morning! While out Bottom Fishing some Gray Whales decided to cruise by and wave a farewell flipper to their bony finned friends. As Gray Whales are baleen cetaceans, bottom fish (rockfish and ling cod) are not part of their daily diets but the whales do gather amphipod...
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