2025 Schedule
We will be on the Legacy departing from SEAFORTH LANDING ON MISSION BAY
All trips are $170. See the reservations page for more info.
Additional information about logistics is on the Trip Details page.
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SATURDAY May 17 Booking Webpage
10-11 hrs, departing 7 am
This is an excellent time of year for such sought-after species as Black-footed Albatross, Ashy Storm-Petrel, and Scripps’s Murrelet. It will be near the peak of spring migration.
LIKELY SPECIES: Pink-footed and Sooty Shearwaters; Ashy and Black Storm-Petrels; Cocos Booby; Red-necked and Red Phalaropes; Pomarine and Parasitic Jaegers; Scripps’s Murrelet; Cassin’s and Rhinoceros Auklets; and Sabine’s Gull.
POSSIBLE SPECIES: Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Black-vented Shearwater, Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, Common Murre, Common Tern, and any of the rare boobies.
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SATURDAY June 7 Booking Webpage
10-11 hrs, departing 7 am
These early-summer trips have found Black-footed Albatross, Red-billed Tropicbird, Cook’s Petrel, and Leach’s and Ashy Storm-Petrels. June is also a good month for pelagic surprises and for several large whale species.
LIKELY SPECIES: Scripps’s Murrelet, Cassin’s Auklet, Pink-footed and Sooty Shearwaters, Ashy and Black Storm-Petrels, Cocos Booby.
POSSIBLE SPECIES: Cook’s Petrel, Craveri’s Murrelet, Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Black-vented Shearwater, Leach’s Storm-Petrel, Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, Sabine’s Gull, Red-necked and Red Phalaropes, Pomarine Jaeger, and any of the rare boobies.
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SATURDAY July 19 Booking Webpage
10-11 hrs, departing 7 am
We will spend a fair bit of time around the 30-Mile Bank and the area known as The Corner – the intersection between the waters of San Diego County, Los Angeles County, and Mexico – where Cook’s Petrels have been seen in recent years. These early-summer trips have also found Black-footed Albatross, Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, Craveri’s Murrelet, and Leach’s, Ashy, and Townsend’s Storm-Petrels. July is also a good month for pelagic surprises and for several large whale species.
LIKELY SPECIES: Pink-footed and Sooty Shearwaters; Ashy, Leach’s, and Black Storm-Petrels; Cocos Booby, Craveri’s Murrelet, Red-necked Phalarope, Pomarine Jaeger, and Cassin’s Auklet.
POSSIBLE SPECIES: Cook’s Petrel, Black-footed Albatross, Guadalupe Murrelet, Northern Fulmar, Sabine’s Gull, Black-vented Shearwater, Townsend’s Storm-Petrel, Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, Red Phalarope, Sabine’s Gull, Arctic Tern, Pomarine and Parasitic Jaegers, Scripps’s Murrelet, and any of the rare boobies.
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Back-to-back weekend trip option: choose either one or both!
SATURDAY August 9 Booking Webpage
10-11 hrs, departing 7 am
SUNDAY August 10 Booking Webpage
10-11 hrs, departing 7 am
This is near-peak season for the irregular Craveri’s Murrelet. Storm-petrels should be one of the highlights of the trip, with good chances for Black, Ashy, Townsend’s, and two subspecies of Leach’s Storm-Petrel. It is also a great time of year for scarce Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, and Long-tailed Jaeger, as well as for southbound Sabine’s Gulls and Arctic Terns. August is also a good time for some of the large whale species. Migrant landbirds around the boat are also a possibility.
LIKELY SPECIES: Pink-footed, Sooty, and Black-vented Shearwaters; Black and Townsend’s Storm-Petrels Cocos Booby, Craveri’s Murrelet, Red-necked and Red Phalaropes, Pomarine, Long-tailed, and Parasitic Jaegers, Leach’s and Ashy Storm-Petrels, Cassin’s Auklet, Sabine’s Gull, Common Tern.
POSSIBLE SPECIES: Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Flesh-footed Shearwater, Cook’s Petrel, Townsend’s and Least Storm-Petrels, Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, Guadalupe Murrelet, Arctic Tern, and rare boobies.
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SATURDAY August 23 Booking Webpage
10-11 hrs, departing 7 am
Good time of year for the irregular Craveri’s Murrelet. Storm-petrels should be one of the highlights of the trip, with good chances for Black, Least, Ashy, Townsend’s, and two subspecies of Leach’s Storm-Petrel. Also a great time of year for scarce Red-billed Tropicbird, and South Polar Skua, as well as for migrant Long-tailed Jaegers, Sabine’s Gulls, and Arctic Terns. Migrant landbirds around the boat are also a possibility.
LIKELY SPECIES: Pink-footed, Sooty, and Black-vented Shearwaters; Craveri’s Murrelet; Leach’s, Townsend’s, Ashy, Black, and Least Storm-Petrels; Cocos Booby; Red-necked and Red Phalaropes, Pomarine, Long-tailed, and Parasitic Jaegers, Cassin’s Auklet, Sabine’s Gull, and Common and Arctic Terns.
POSSIBLE SPECIES: Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Flesh-footed and Buller’s Shearwaters, Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, Guadalupe Murrelet, and rare boobies.
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Back-to-back weekend trip option: choose either one or both!
SATURDAY September 6 Booking Webpage
10-11 hrs, departing 7 am
SUNDAY September 7 Booking Webpage
10-11 hrs, departing 7 am
This is a good time of year for the irregular Craveri’s Murrelet. Storm-petrels should be one of the highlights of the trip, with good chances for Black, Least, Ashy, Townsend’s, and two subspecies of Leach’s Storm-Petrel. It is also a great time of year for scarce Red-billed Tropicbirds, Buller’s Shearwater, and South Polar Skua, as well as for migrant Long-tailed Jaegers, Sabine’s Gulls, and Arctic Terns. Migrant landbirds around the boat are also a possibility.
LIKELY SPECIES: Pink-footed, Sooty, and Black-vented Shearwaters; Craveri’s Murrelet; Leach’s, Townsend’s, Ashy, Black, and Least Storm-Petrels; Cocos Booby, Red-necked and Red Phalaropes; Pomarine, Long-tailed, and Parasitic Jaegers; Cassin’s Auklet; Sabine’s Gull; and Common and Arctic Terns.
POSSIBLE SPECIES: Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Flesh-footed and Buller’s Shearwaters, Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, Guadalupe Murrelet, and rare boobies.
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SATURDAY September 27 Booking Webpage
10-11 hrs, departing 7 am
This is a good time of year for locally scarce Buller’s and Flesh-footed shearwaters, and for Craveri’s Murrelet. It will also be one of the best trips for rarities. Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, and Sabine’s Gull are also possibilities.
LIKELY SPECIES: Pink-footed, Sooty, and Black-vented shearwaters; Craveri’s Murrelet; Black, Ashy, and Least, Storm-Petrels; Sabine’s Gull, Cocos Booby, Red and Red-necked phalaropes, Pomarine and Parasitic Jaegers, Cassin’s Auklet, and Common Tern.
POSSIBLE SPECIES: Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Flesh-footed and Buller’s Shearwaters, Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, Guadalupe Murrelet, Leach’s Storm-Petrels, Arctic Tern, and rare boobies.
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SATURDAY October 11 Booking Webpage
9 -10 hrs, departing 7 am
This is a good time of year for locally scarce Buller’s and Flesh-footed shearwaters. South Polar Skua and Sabine’s Gull are also possibilities.
LIKELY SPECIES: Pink-footed, Sooty, and Black-vented shearwaters; Sabine’s Gull; Cocos Booby; Red and Red-necked phalaropes; Pomarine and Parasitic jaegers; Cassin’s Auklet; and Common Tern.
POSSIBLE SPECIES: Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Flesh-footed and Buller’s Shearwaters, Black, Ashy, and at Least Storm-Petrels, Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, Guadalupe and Craveri’s Murrelet, and Common Murre.