Princess Monterey Whale Watching Cruises

We had a Cinderella wedding, and when we found the 'Princess', we just had to go out on it. The experience was breathtaking. The tour guide was fabulous and quite energetic. She was VERY imformative and cued us when a 'tail' was about to appear for the pictures. We will definitely do this again.

It was a very good trip and we njoyed watching the hump-back whales. I am interested in watching aquatic mammals and I really njoyed those humungous whales. Its just that we couldnt see dolphins. It would have been more fun if there were dolphins. People who have sea sickness may not enjoy so much, just like my husband. So better take some precautionary medication before you get onto the cruise.

It was pretty nice. It was cold. Don't expect to see whales because we didn't so that was a big bummer! We did see A LOT of dolphins! So that was pretty cool and fun. Overall it was good. Just wish we would of seen whales!

Well organized and passionate crew. We were excited to see all of the hundreds of dolphins that were of two types of species, but were sad that no whales could be found that day. Plenty of other sea life made the trip worth it and fun. Bring warm clothes.

saw one whale at a distance

saw one whale from a distance

It was an experience for us. We had never done this before and we loved. Just being on the water was great. We saw 2 Orca's that day.

We went out on a gray, cloudy day, sailing for what seemed forever. Finally saw two killer whales! I realize that we are dealing with wild animals who don't operate on schedule, but my daughter said it was too much time on the ocean--2 hours 40 minutes--just to see flippers wave!

This is my second year with this particular tour. They are fantastic. Each time we saw whales, dolphins, and it was wonderful. I highly recommend it.

Seeing the whales was the highlight of our trip. We saw about 5 whales and several dolphins. The whales even came right up to the boat. We have several amazing photos. Watching these huge humpbacks breach was awesome. Truly a once in a lifetime experience.

unfortunately didn't see any whales. appreciated the offer of free open ended tickets which we gave to friends as we live in the UK.

A friend of mine came to town for the weekend and we took the earliest trip on the Princess. I am a local and have always wanted to go, but her visit gave me a good excuse to go without the kids. It was a wonderful trip! We saw humpback whales and dolphins along with the regular Monterey Bay sea creatures (sea lions, seals, etc..). We spent quite a bit of time out near the feeding grounds for the whales and saw them surface a number of times. It was amazing and luckily, we booked our trip on a day with some of the nicest weather we've had in months! It was great! It is imperative that you wear layers if you plan to stay out on the deck for the trip out into the bay. The temp was in the 70's on shore, yet on the way out, I wore a shortsleeve shirt, sweatshirt and jacket with hood. It was chilly! If you stayed inside the cabin, I'm sure you could get away with less layers, but the temp definitely dropped about 10 degrees out on the bay. Regardless, it was a great trip and I would recommend it to anyone - even those with children - as long as they were at least 5 or 6 years old. Good time! :)

The boat was not guided well, and there were no anilmals

Aside from a really rough ocean, it was a great ride. While one nevers knows what one might see, we were lucky enough to spot many Pacific White-Sided dolpins, several who rode the bow wake. We also saw several Humpback whales, spouting and diving. The captain slowed the vessel at each sighting and followed along with the pod of whales, offering many photo ops. I would go again in a minute!

Although the water was very choppy and rough, I had a great time. We did see humpback whales and also a grey whale momma with her calf. Also saw tons of Pacific Whitesided Dolphins. This whale watching tour was the highlight of my trip to Monterey.