| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Had a good experience, good value vs. other tour
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| Sun, Jul 26, 09 10:00 AM |
kathyvroom |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| It's about an hour just to get to the site and then back another hour. Please make sure you dress for wind and cold. Crew was friendly. Captain manuevered boat well for best view of sightings. Do not go if you get seasick. A few people on our tour were throwing up or spent most of the time in the cabin with heads down. We saw a couple of dolphins and brief sitings of a humpback whale for about 10 minutes out of the 2 1/2 hour tour, otherwise very foggy. You may have better luck. If this is your only chance, go otherwise conditions elsewhere may be better (i.e. Hawaii). Same trip as Princess tour but less expensive by $10/person. We saw their boat out there same time. |
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We had a fun time and saw a whale
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| Mon, Jul 20, 09 10:00 AM |
carrielynne |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We were booked on Randy's tour, but there weren't enough people booked and we were placed on another tour. There was no hassle or inconvenience and the change did not impact our tour at all. The trip on the boat out to sea was fun. There weren't too many waves and we did not have any problems with sea sickness. We were able to sit up at the bow the entire cruise. We found a whale about an hour into the cruise. The captain told us about the type of whale we were seeing and about other sea life that was in the area. The narration was very interesting. We hung out and watched the solitary humpback whale for about half an hour. It surfaced many times. We were relatively close. It was not very active, but it did surface many times. We saw a tail throw twice. This was the second time we've taken a whale tour out of Monterey and both times we have seen a humpback whale. I would take the tour again. And I would recommend taking the tour. It is very cool to see a whale, even at a distance. |
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Randy's Whalewatching: Fun, Educational, and Safe
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| Fri, Jul 17, 09 1:30 PM |
carolinehua |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My husband and I recently enjoyed a trip with Randy's Whalewatching. What we really liked about it was that the staff was courteous but also concerned with the safety of the whales and the passengers.
We saw three humpback whales, some dolphins, sea lions and some bird life as well. Whale sightings can never be guaranteed, so I guess it was a good time to go. One of the crew remarked that the morning trip is best since people don't get as sick and it's not as windy so it's easier to spot the whales.
In addition to taking in the beauty of the Monterey Bay, we learned a lot of interesting information about the whales and other sealife as we slowly approached them.
Randy's Whalewatching was a wonderful value for the price. We also appreciated that we got to go out for the full amount of time.
I hope you get to do it someday! |
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good trip
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| Wed, Jul 8, 09 10:00 AM |
mjhammer |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| trip was enjoyable, saw one whale, other tour boats had returned but our boat stayed to get as many views as possible |
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A good experience
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| Wed, Jul 8, 09 10:00 AM |
Tiffanie6177 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| This was something i have never done before and an experience i was happy to share with my family, it was the first time i have ever been that far out in the ocean and surprisingly i did not get sea sick. we seen some dolphins and a whale on our trip and it was great the only thing that would have made it better would have been to get a little closer to get a better picture but the whale did not want to cooperate that day.Overall we all enjoyed the experience. |
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Go See Whales
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| Mon, Jul 6, 09 10:00 AM |
invaderzim |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We got to see some humpback whales within about 100yrds. My only complaint was that the tour was cut about an hour short because of other passengers getting sea sick. |
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Great Trip!
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| Thu, Jul 2, 09 10:00 AM |
Hangeloty |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| We started with a very grey day, and was told it was not the best conditions to find the whales. However, we found a pod of 4 humpback whales that thrilled us with their breeching. It was amazing! We also went looking for dolphins and found two different types, along with harbor seals and lots of birds. The sun broke through as we headed back..the perfect ending to our trip. My friends from the midwest were so happy to have seen such beautiful creatures. |
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Nice if not too choppy
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| Wed, Jun 24, 09 1:30 PM |
CleverlyS |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We had a good trip but bare in mind that due to the size of the boat heavier seas will make viewing uncomfortable if you suffer from sea sickness. Our trip had the boat desk at around 45 degrees on several occasions. |
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Awesome Trip
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| Sun, Jun 14, 09 1:30 PM |
halexanderii |
Male |
30-39 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| We only paid $60 but got a great show. We saw 3 species of Dolphins together which i heard was very rare but we also saw 3 humpbacks about 30 yards away! one even jumped out of the water! As the captain said the whales were "showing off"!
Highly recommended!! |
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nice boat ride, knowledgable captain
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| Tue, Jun 9, 09 10:00 AM |
guppygal |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We saw lots of dolphins, seals, sea birds, including an albatross, but no whales - someone forgot to invite them... The weather was sunny and warm and the water was smooth. There were less than 20 folks on our boat, including a baby, so it wasn't crowded at all. We took advantage of numerous photo opportunities and actually photographed a couple of dolphins breaching. Overall, it was an enjoyable trip and given the chance, we'll happily try it again. |
