2024 Pelagic Trip Schedule

2024 Schedule

The 2025 schedule will be posted in early January 2025

We will be on the Legacy departing from SEAFORTH LANDING ON MISSION BAY

All trips are $160. See the reservations page for more info.

Additional information about logistics is on the Trip Details page.

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SATURDAY May 18      
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, South Polar Skua, and Scripps’s Murrelet. Near the peak of spring migration.

LIKELY SPECIES: Pink-footed and Sooty Shearwaters, Ashy and Black Storm-Petrels, Brown Booby, Red-necked and Red Phalaropes, Pomarine and Parasitic Jaegers, Scripps’s Murrelet, Cassin’s and Rhinoceros Auklets, 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 8      
10-11 hrs, departing 7 am  

These early-summer trips have  found Black-footed Albatross, Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, 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, Pink-footed and Sooty Shearwaters, Ashy and Black Storm-Petrels, Brown Booby, Cassin’s Auklet.

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, Red-necked and Red Phalaropes, Pomarine Jaeger, and any of the rare boobies.

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SUNDAY July 14      
10-11 hrs, departing 7 am  

This trip will offer one of the best chances for very rare COOK’S PETREL. We will spend a fair bit of time around the 30-Mile Bank and the area known as The Corner – the intersection between San Diego County, Los Angeles County, and Mexican waters – 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, Brown Booby, Craveri’s Murrelet, Red-necked Phalarope, Pomarine Jaeger, and Cassin’s Auklet.

POSSIBLE SPECIES: Cook’s Petrel, Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, 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 3      
10-11 hrs, departing 7 am   

SUNDAY August 4          
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. Also a great time of year for scarce Red-billed Tropicbird, Buller’s Shearwater, 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 Storm-Petrel, Brown 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 and Buller’s Shearwaters, 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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SUNDAY August 25      
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, Buller’s Shearwater, and South Polar Skua, as well as for migrant 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, Ashy, Black and Least Storm-Petrels, Brown 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, Townsend’s Storm-Petrel, 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 7    
10-11 hrs, departing 7 am    

SUNDAY September 8        
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, Buller’s Shearwater, and South Polar Skua, as well as for migrant 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, Ashy, Black and Least Storm-Petrels, Brown 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, Townsend’s Storm-Petrel, Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, Guadalupe Murrelet, and rare boobies.

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SATURDAY September 28    
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, Least, and Leach’s Storm-Petrels, Sabine’s Gull, Brown Booby, Red and Red-necked phalaropes, Pomarine and Parasitic jaegers, Cassin’s Auklet, Common Tern.

POSSIBLE SPECIES: Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Flesh-footed and Buller’s Shearwaters, Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, Guadalupe Murrelet, Arctic Tern, and rare boobies.

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