| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Good trip and friendly people onboard |
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Sat, Jul 28, 07 1:30 PM |
nathalietje9 |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
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We had an excellent guide who told a lot during the trip. The man who was looking after the people on board was also very helpful. I would recommend it to anyone who is going to visit Monterey. |
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Knowledgeable Naturalist |
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Sat, Jul 28, 07 10:00 AM |
annot8 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
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Enjoyed the cruise because of the naturalist - she knew so much about the bay, the marine mammals and birds, and was able to fill in with informational material in between sightings of the whales and dolphins. One recommendation: DO take your dramamine. It will make the experience of your fellow shipmates SO much more pleasant. Once the boat gets beyond the smooth water of the harbor, you'll be glad you were prepared. |
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The Best Experience... Do It. |
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Sat, Jul 28, 07 10:00 AM |
fattumsdad |
Male |
30-39 |
Local |
Family With Children |
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If you have the opportunity to do this, take it. But, seriously, people... if you've never been out to sea before, take some DRAMAMINE! Half of the people on the boat were puking. Other than that, the experience was GREAT.
The captain was excellent and handled the swells very well. The deckhands were great also, being sure to take care of the people that were sick.
We saw about seven whales, and hundreds of dolphins.
Highly recommended.
But, I say again: If you've never been to sea (on a boat of this size), take Dramamine! You can give it to your kids, too. Small vessels are NOT like larger ships. |
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Great trip if you can handle the ocean movement |
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Sat, Jul 28, 07 10:00 AM |
tchase21 |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
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it was a good trip and there was a lot of wildlife to see. However, I would recommend that if you do get sea sick/motion sick easily that you do not eat much before hand and take something for it. If you don't, the trip will only end up you being over the siderail looking at the back of the boat for most of the trip. All in all I do recommend this trip, it was very exciting and memorable! |
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Saw whales, nice crew and boat |
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Fri, Jul 27, 07 1:30 PM |
gaserre |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
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Good:
- Saw whales and a dolphin
- my 76-year old mom could walk directly onto the boat (after the stairs).
No rail to step over.
- friendly crew
Warnings:
- ride out was a little rough.
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enthusiastic guide, but few whales |
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Fri, Jul 27, 07 1:30 PM |
kimberlykief |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
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It seems like as soon as we actually found a couple of whales we had to turn around! |
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Unforgettable beautifull sealife experience |
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Fri, Jul 27, 07 10:00 AM |
jodi77 |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
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It was great to see all those beautifull animals . We saw humpback whales , lots of dolphins , otters , seals, birds . We'll never forget it . But the extra fun was the enthousiastic biologist. She made it one big adventure. Great to listen to her . WE also made lots of photo's. By looking at them later on our note book , we discoverded that a group of 4 dolphins were carrying a smaller animal . We think it's either a baby dolphin or a seal. May be we could get an email adress where we can send the photo to. |
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Not very Exciting |
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Wed, Jul 25, 07 10:00 AM |
tararn |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
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Well I got sick but that much I already expected could happen.
We were supposed to be going all the way out to some sort of gulley in the ocean and look for all sorts of whales but once we saw one whale out and they followed the same whale for the whole time. Got pretty borring watching the same whale come up every 7-10 minutes going into shore. |
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Two Thumbs Up |
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Wed, Jul 25, 07 10:00 AM |
karenreed |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
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The whale watching cruise was great. We spent 2 hours chasing blue whales around the bay in Monterey. We were able to see the cresting of the whales' backs as they surfaced. Humpback whales were apparently seen later in the bay. On the return back we were able to see a female otter and her pup. The boat was fantastic and the naturalist guide was very entertaining and informative. |
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Good Experience |
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Tue, Jul 24, 07 1:30 PM |
clonzr1 |
Male |
30-39 |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
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We wanted to see blue whales and on the schedule they had both blue whales and humpback whales. We ended up seeing humpbacks only and we spent 1 hour getting to them 15 minutes watching them and 1 hour back to the dock.
We could have done the same thing driving to Moss Landing ourselves and not had to deal with my wife being sea-sick. The boat and crew were excellent. I would go again but my wife says it will be by myself?? IF I go I would likely not book in advance I would prefer to ask questions about plan of which type of whale we are going to look at. |
