805-642-1393
Marine Mammal Sightings
GW=Gray Whale
BW=Blue Whale
HW=Humpback Whale
MW=Minke Whale
OW= Orca Whale
CD=Common Dolphin
RD=Risso Dolphin
PWD=Pacifice White-sided Dolphin
BND=Bottle Nose Dolphin
DP=Dall's Porpoise
FW=Fin Whale
The Local Islands
Driving Directions
Trip Preparation
The Outer Islands
Non-Landing Cruises
Main Office:
Ventura Harbor
1691 Spinnaker Drive #105B
Ventura, Ca 93001

Satellite Office:
Channel Islands Harbor
3550 Harbor Boulevard
Oxnard, CA 93035 (No Mail)

805-642-1393
805-642-6573 Fax

Info@IslandPackers.com

Office Hours
Main Office
9:AM to 5:00 PM
& One Hour Before Boat Departure
Seven Days a Week

Satellite Office:
Open One Hour Before Boat Departure
December 2012
1
2
3
7
6
5
4
12
10
9
8
No Trips
1 Minke Whale - 500 Common Dolphins
2500 Common Dolphins
3000 Common Dolphins
2 Minke Whale - 1000 Common Dolphins
No Trips
No Sightings
No Sightings
20
11
14
15
13
16
19
18
17
No Trips
No Trips
No Sightings
680 Common Dolphins
1500Common Dolphins
No Trips
No Sightings
10 Bottle Nose Dolphins - 100 Common Dolphins
No Sightings
1 Humpback Whale - 2 Bottle Nose Dolphins - 2100 Common Dolphins
150Common Dolphins
3 Humpback Whales
3 Humpback Whales
No Trips
21
22
30
25
24
26
23
29
28
27
2200 Common Dolphins
2 Humpback Whales - 50 Risso Dolphins - 4100 Common Dolphins
2 Humpback Whales - 3800 Common Dolphins
No Trips
1000 Common Dolphins
No Trips
No Trips
No Sightings
November 2012
1
2
8
10
7
6
3
9
4
5
No Trips
No Trips
No Trips
12 Bottle Nose Dolphins - 12 Risso Dolphins - 250 Common Dolphins
No Sightings
No Trips
No Trips
15 Orca Whales - 200 Common Dolphins
No Sightings
2000 Common Dolphins
3 Gray Whales - 1000 Common Dolphins
First Gray Whale Sighting
11
12
13
500 Common Dolphins
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
No Sightings
2 Common Dolphins
1 Blue Whale - 1111 Common Dolphins
4 Orca Whales - 1 Gray Whale
No Trips
No Trips
No Trips
No Trips
No Trips
3 Gray Whales - 20 Risso Dolphins - 1000 Common Dolphins
5 Orca Whales - 600 Common Dolphins
4 Gray Whales
No Sightings
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
3 Gray Whales - 100 Common Dolphins
3 Gray Whales - 20 Risso Dolphins - 25 Bottle Nose Dolphins - 2000 CD
4 Gray Whales - 1050 Common Dolphins
11 Gray Whales - 1500 Common Dolphins
1
9
7
3
6
8
5
4
2
10
January 2013
5 Gray Whales - 1200 Common Dolphins
14 Gray Whales - 2700 Common Dolphins
1 Humpback Whale - 2000 Common Dolphins
10 Gray Whales - 20 Risso Dolphins - 500 Common Dolphins
8 Gray Whales - 10 Risso Dolphins - 2200 Common Dolphins
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
3 Gray Whales - 500 Common Dolphins
1 Gray Whale
10 Gray Whales - 2000 Common Dolphins
No Trips
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
11
18
13
17
15
14
16
12
20
19
18 Gray Whales - 10 Risso Dolphins - 1000 Common Dolphins
12 Gray Whales - 100 Common Dolphins
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
10,000 Common Dolphins
No Trips
1 Gray Whale - 500 Common Dolphins
24
23
22
21
15 Gray Whales - 5 Risso Dolphins - 850 Common Dolphins
10 Gray Whale - 1 Minke Whale - 2000 Common Dolphins
17 Gray Whales - 3 Orca Whales - 4000 Common Dolphins
7 Gray Whales - 500 Common Dolphins
No Sightings
No Trips
1 Gray Whale - 20 Bottlenose Dolphins - 1000 Commpon Dolphins
25
26
27
30
29
28
31
3 Gray Whales - 100 Common Dolphins
3 Gray Whale - 12 Bottlenose Dolphins - 500 Commpon Dolphins
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
No Sightings
10 Risso Dolphins - 1000 Common Dolphins
3 Gray Whales
1
2
February2013
9
10
3
5
7
6
4
8
7 Gray Whale -2 Humpback Whales - 50 BND - 2500 CD
7 Gray Whale -2 Humpback Whales - 1400 Common Dolphins
8 Gray Whale -2 Humpback Whales - 2 Elephant Seals - 60 BND - 100 CD
2 Gray Whales - 25 Bottle Nose Dolphins - 225 Common Dolphins
13
19
17
15
14
12
20
16
18
11
2 Gray Whales - 250 Common Dolphins
200 Common Dolphins
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
5 Gray Whales - 500 Common Dolphins
500 Common Dolphins
3 Gray Whales - 1270 Common Dolphins
2 Gray Whales - 20 Bottle Nose Dolphins - 2 Elephant Seals - 673 CD
No Trips
3 Humpback Whales - 1 Minke Whale
7 Humpback Whales - 6 Orca Whales - 6 GW - 1 MW - 3250 CD - 30 PWD
2 Gray Whales - 10 Bottle Nose Dolphins - 200 Common Dolphins
3 Minke Whales - 1350 Commmon Dolphins - 1 Stellar Sea Lion
21
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
5 Gray Whales - 200 Common Dolphins - 1 Stellar Sea Lion
No Sightings
22
3 Humpback Whales - 20 Common Dolphins
23
25
28
26
27
24
1350 Common Dolphins
1340 Common Dolphins
2 Gray Whales - 5 Fin Whales - 1 Minke Whale - 2000 Common Dolphins
2 Gray Whales - 2 Fin Whales - 50 Common Dolphins
1
1 Gray Whales - 1 Fin Whales - 200 Common Dolphins
1 Fin Whales - 250 Common Dolphins
March 2013
10
1
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
4 Gray Whales - 1 Fin Whales - 1 Minke Whale - 36 RD - 350 CD
No Trips
8 Gray Whales - 1 Fin Whales - 350 Common Dolphins
12 Gray Whales - 210 Common Dolphins
1 Gray Whale - 4 Fin Whales - 2000 Common Dolphins
No Sightings
1 Humpback Whale - 4 Fin Whales - 1000 Common Dolphins
2 Fin Whales - 150 Common Dolphins
2 Humpback Whales - 6 Fin Whales - 20 Bottlenose Dolphins- 378 CD
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
10 Gray Whales - 20 Bottlenose Dolphins - 200 Commpon Dolphins
12
16
17
18
13
15
14
20
19
11
6 Gray whales
1 Gray Whale - 750 Common Dolphins
3 Gray Whales - 1 Fin Whales - 1150 Common Dolphins
4 Gray Whales - 1000 Common Dolphins
11 Gray Whales - 1 Blue Whale - 3220 Common Dolphins
9 Gray Whale - 3 Humpback Whales - 850 Common Dolphins
4 Humpback Whales - 220 Common Dolphins
3 Gray Whale - 6 Humpback Whales - 1000 Common Dolphins
2 Gray Whales - 10 Bottlenose Dolphins - 200 Commpon Dolphins
2 Gray Whale - 2200 Common Dolphins
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
21
22
23
26
29
30
25
31
27
28
24
12 Gray Whales - 1 Blue Whale
4 Gray Whale - 10 Humpback Whales - 500 Common Dolphins
10 Gray Whales - 7 Fin Whales - 1700 Common Dolphins
1 Gray Whale - 2000 Common Dolphins
1 Gray Whale - 2000 Common Dolphins
2 Gray Whales - 4 Humpback Whales - 1 Minke Whale - 1200 CD
8 Gray - 4 Humpback - 3 Fin - 1 Mike Whales - 2 BND - 1200 CD
11 Gray Whale - 2 Humpback Whales - 2722 Common Dolphins
5 GW - 16 HB - 1 BW - 1FW - 210 BND - 20 PWD - CD 6016
9 GW - 4 HB - 13 OW - 2 FW - 1 MW - CD 3600
May 2013
10
7
4
6
5
8
2
3
9
1
6 Gray Whales -2 Humpback Whales - 700 Common Dolphins
2 Gray Whales - 3 Humpback Whales - 2 Blue Whales - 500 Common Dolphins
3 Gray Whales - 2 Humpback Whales - 20 Bottlenose Dolphins - 200 CD
Report Unavailable
2 Gray Whale - 1 Humpback Whale - 2200 Common Dolphins
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
2 Humpback Whales - 2000 Common Dolphins
1 Gray Whale - 7000 Common Dolphins
200 Common Dolphins
21
13
17
15
14
19
12
20
16
18
11
4 Gray Whales - 3 Humpback Whales - 2 Blue Whales- 1 Minke Whale
22
6 Humpback Whales - 2500 Common Dolphins
2500 Common Dolphins
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
No Trips
1 Blue Whale
2 Humpback Whales - 1250 Common Dolphins
3 Gray Whales - 2 Humpback Whales - 3000 Common Dolphins
2 Humpback Whales - 15 Risso Dolphins - 220 Common Dolphins
2 Humpback Whales - 100 Common Dolphins
23
24
25
30
29
28
27
26
1 Gray Whale - 4 Humpback Whales - 2 Blue Whales - 3000 CD
7 Gray Whales - 1 Humpback Whale - 628 Common Dolphins
No Sightings
100 Common Dolphins
1 Blue Whale - 2 Humpback Whales - 5 Bottle Nose Dolphins
No Sightings
2 Gray Whales - 1 Fin Whale - 2000 Common Dolphins
No Sightings
April 2013
3
6
4
5
2
1
No Sightings
No Sightings
150 Common Dolphins
1 Gray Whales - 1 Blue Whale - 100 Common Dolphins
12 Bottle Nose Dolphins - 350 Common Dolphins
103 Common Dolphins
8
11
9
15
13
14
12
10
7
Blue & Humpback
Whale Season
Starts
May 12
1422Common Dolphins
25 Common Dolphins
4
No Sightings
Red Denotes Day with a Whale Watching Trip
No Sightings
1945 Common Dolphins
2 Blue Whales - 4 Gray Whale - 2 Humpback Whales - 850 Common Dolphins
250 Common Dolphins
No Sightings Trips Cancelled
2 Blue Whales - 1000 Common Dolphins
16
17
18
19
20
500 Common Dolphins
3 Blue Whales - 1 Humpback Whale - 500 Common Dolphins