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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