Rating Summary:
Rating: 4.8  304 rating points
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Last 6 months 19 42 0 = 42 100% 4.6
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Catamaran Adventure Whale Watching Cruises

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Join us for an extraordinary whale watching experience aboard the OCean Adventure, an eco-friendly, state-of-the-art catamaran.

Rating Date Attended Sort Descending Reviewer Gender Age Where From? Group Type?
Rating: 5
Magical Trip!
Thu, Jul 16, 09   1:00 PM heatherparto Female 30-39 Domestic Tourist(s) Individual
The whale watching trip was wonderful! We had the chance to view 4 blue whales in a relatively close distance from the boat. The boat and guides were very knowledgable and friendly. Everybody on board appeared to be having a wonderful time. I would recommend this experience to anyone/everyone!!!! Great fun for all ages.
Rating: 3
Whale watch cruise...?
Tue, Jul 14, 09   1:00 PM fredrobirds Male 70+ Local Couple on a Date
Nice boat ride,nice day.No whales! ( They'd only spotted 3 in the last 4 months) Saw the "Regulars",sea lions and dolphins...pretty nothing trip.Probably should be advertised as a peaceful 2 hr. ocean cruise.
Rating: 5
Best value for our summer vacation memories!
Tue, Jul 14, 09   11:00 AM jeffreyhayne Male 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Family With Children
This activity was not only the best value for a day trip, but was also the most memorable. We didn't get to see any whales, but the amount of dolphins we encountered was unreal! Our daughters(ages 5 and 8) were so excited. They were able to see the details in the dolphins faces and even named one "Flipper" since it kept doing flips in front of the boat. We LOVED it!
Rating: 5
excellent experiene
Sat, Jul 11, 09   1:00 PM akeeferlyn Female 50-59 Local Family With Children
Robin our guide and Lucky the Captain are fantastic!!! I would recommend this adventure to all I know!!
Rating: 5
great experience, good price, good length
Sat, Jul 11, 09   11:00 AM jason1182 Male 20-29 Domestic Tourist(s) Couple on a Date
The tour was great, though we didn't see any whales (can't blame them). However, we did see a ton of dolphins (two species), one of the groups was a megapod with hundreds in all directions. They were swimming with the boat and doing tricks without any fish or anything else from the boat. All natural. The naturalist was very informative and nice and the captain was great at spotting animals. The boat wasn't crowded and the length of the tour was not too long and not too short. The tickets were also moderately priced.
Rating: 4
Great time!
Fri, Jul 10, 09   1:00 PM tshadof Female 30-39 Local Family Without Children
Although we didn't see any whales, we did see two species of dolphins and some sea lions. It was a great time!
Rating: 5
Lots of fun and a great show
Thu, Jul 9, 09   1:00 PM norm758 Male 40-49 Domestic Tourist(s) Family With Children
Maybe it was just a lucky day for us, but within a half-hour of leaving the dock we happened upon two blue whales and followed them around for the better part of two hours as they dived and re-surfaced. The Captain did an excellent job of tracking them. On our way back to port we took a loop through a school of dolphins who raced along with the boat, jumping out of the water as they swam along. It was quite a thrill.
Rating: 4
Very nice and must do thing!!!
Tue, Jul 7, 09   1:00 PM Meetshems Male 30-39 Local Family Without Children
I am local to Dana Point area and have been thinking about visiting the whale watch cruise for quite sometime, until recently. My in-laws were visiting us from abroad and I decided this trip would be cool one. Yes in deed, it turned out to be very nice trip after all. Since we went on weekday, there wasn't much crowd in the boat(at 15-20). The captain took us to the area where whale sightings have been reported that day. On the way there, we saw thousands of dolphins and its really cool to watch them show-off their skills in front of the crusie. Captain was very well knowledgeble on the whale location and was quick in turning the boat around to get closer to the whales. We spotted about 6 whales that dy in a span 0f 45 minutes. Great time and very relaxed atmosphere. Will surely take my brother and family from the east coase, again in August.
Rating: 4
The Ocean Adventure Cruise was worth the Money
Sat, Jul 4, 09   1:00 PM deeltee Female 40-49 Domestic Tourist(s) Family With Children
We had a good time on our cruise. The boat was clean and staff was friendly. Since we went out on a weekend a marine biologist was on board. She started us off with some basic but informative facts about the species we might see. Unfortunately we didn't spot a whale but we did see quite a few bottle nosed dolphins. The crew was able to spot them and then keep them engaged so we'd have more time to see them and take photos. I have no complaints about this company or cruise. I think it was a good value for the money and certainly something out of the ordinary to do on vacation.
Rating: 5
Dolphins!
Fri, Jul 3, 09   1:00 PM jandlforever Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified
Several species of Dolphin were out en masse the day of our trip.