Rating Summary:
Rating: 4.7  300 rating points
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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: 4
Great ride, dolphins gave a good show
Tue, May 19, 09   1:00 PM tonipereyra Female 60-69 Local Individual
The first day was very windy and water was choppy. We were given tickets for another cruise. I think this was more than fair!! Second time out was great.
Rating: 5
OCean Adventures made for a great Girls Night Out
Mon, May 18, 09   6:00 PM melindastone Female 50-59 Local Group of Friends
Our ladies networking group meets monthly for dinner at local restaurants. We decided this time to do something different. The sunset harbor cruise made for a fun evening with the most gorgeous scenery in Southern California--and a great change of pace. The crew was great and rates were reasonable. This boat has a fabulous layout for a party-boat. The pictures don't do it justice. It is more spacious than it appears and has great seating arrangements. You have to see the inside to realize what a great "floor plan" it has - which works out very well for a social event. Perfect for groups of 15-50.
Rating: 3
Wrong time to show up
Mon, May 18, 09   6:00 PM SharonMcNair Female 60-69 Local Group of Friends
We were told to be there at 5:30 but the boat never took off until 6:30 we could have come later. Everything else was okay
Rating: 2
Boring for a local, only slightly less for a touri
Mon, May 18, 09   6:00 PM gailfox Female 50-59 Local Group of Friends
Great boat, clean and well appointed. A great, friendly and helpful crew. Cruising the harbor was a complete bore, however. How many docked boats, and rocks with bird poop does anyone really want to experience? For the price I'd rather have a drink and a burger @ Turk's and take a walk around the harbor.
Rating: 4
Lots of Fun
Mon, May 18, 09   6:00 PM hwheeler Female 60-69 Local Group of Friends
It was a beautiful evening and the catamaran was a very nice venue for socializing.
Rating: 5
My grandkids loved this boat trip!
Sat, May 16, 09   1:00 PM marilyno Female 60-69 Local Family With Children
kids (5 and 7) loved it. They at least saw one whale (bigger than boat) and several hundred dolphins. Highlight of trip to California.
Rating: 5
We saw whales!
Wed, May 13, 09   1:00 PM captlee48 Male 60-69 Domestic Tourist(s) Couple on a Date
Wow, what a beautiful day aboard the OC Adventure! Calm seas and a beautiful power catamaran that took us out to sea where we were treated to close up views of dolphin - they come right over to the boat - and huge fin whales. Knowledgable crew, timely departure and return, and a nice clean boat made the trip just right! Would highly recommend this mid-week fun to do trip.
Rating: 3
Maybe wrong time of year
Mon, May 11, 09   1:00 PM ElizabethAbr Female 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Other
We took off on time but were out there nearly 2 hours before we finally saw 1 small humpback whale. It was exciting to see it but it was not what I expected. I rated the activity as Neutral because I don't know enough about whales to have expected something better at this time of the year. Maybe earlier in the year the whales are out more but one whale at the very end of the trip was a bit disappointing. The crew of 2 were not the friendliest either. We asked one (pink mohawk) if it was time and he kind of snapped at us. We're from Las Vegas. Whales are not something we see everyday. They need to take into consideration that although they see these beautiful animals everyday, there are people who have never seen one "Up Close and Personal" as your ad says. Our original plan was to go to Santa Barbara but with the fires we thought it best not to go into that area. I probably would not recommend this trip to my friends. Also when we came into the office to pickup our tickets we weren't greeted in a friendly manner. We felt as if we were more of a bother than customers.
Rating: 5
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Sun, May 10, 09   1:00 PM edenzon Male 50-59 Local Family With Children
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Rating: 2
Won't recommend
Sun, May 10, 09   11:00 AM Menezeh77 Female 30-39 Local Couple on a Date
It was my 1st time going whale watching so I was looking forward to it. Unfortunately it was horrible! The catamaran was to un-steady it was hard to walk from one place to another specially with a drink in your hand. It was just not worth getting up and trying to get outside. It was just a bad experience one that wasn't worth what it cost. I didn't even get to see a whale which was made it worst, all I know is that I will never go on it again or recommended to anyone.