2007-11-10 06:21:44 · 5 answers · asked by rybak5 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ San Diego
Lots of suggestions!
Whale watching trips follow the CA gray whales as they pass by the San Diego coast in their migration to Scammon's Lagoon in Mexico, and upon their return up the coast in the spring. I use to work for the SD Natural History Musuem and they partnered with local sportsfishing companies to provide narrative for whale watching trips in Dec, Jan and Feb (the months where they travel south). The boat tours are of several hours duration and it's very fun to watch the whales surface and do their various whale manuvers. You can also do the tours with the sportsfishing companies but they don't have the narration from the experts...still ok though if you are more interested in seeing the whales than hearing all kinds of information about them.
You might want to take an anti-seasickness medication before you go if you are suseptible to that. If you wait until the trip starts it's too late, as the meds need some time to become effective. The conditions off the coast vary from pretty mild to sometimes quite choppy.
If you like to fish, the sportsfishing companies offer charter boats for half day, full day and several day trips. They go out into the ocean.
Another fun thing to do (and less concern about seasickness) is harbor cruises of 1 or 2 hour duration, or cocktail hour and dinner cruises. Many companies offer them, such as Hornblower, and they are based at the harbor near the Star of India. There might be a company that does that for Mission Bay too.
Something a little bit more expensive but definitely unique are trips out of the harbor on the Califonian, which is one of the tall ships owned by the Maritime Museum (the museum that owns the Star of India). They offer half day sailing trips on the Californian and even weekend trips...we took the weekend trip to Catalina aboard the Californian a few years ago and it was quite an experience to sail on a tall ship. And you don't do it as a tourist, you do it as crew, so you stand watch during the night, haul sails, crawl on the netting below the bow, and even a few brave souls climbed the mast. And everyone gets a few opportunities to steer the ship during both day and night hours. That's a trip for the adventurous among you. http://www.sdmaritime.com/ContentPage.asp?ContentID=162
How about renting a kayak and doing a paddling tour of the La Jolla Caves area? That's a couple hour trip...there are several companies that run tours out there. You can also rent kayaks at Lake Hodges and cruise around there on your own. Also can rent all sorts of small boats (sail and self-propelled) to cruise around Mission Bay.
2007-11-11 03:21:51 · answer #1 · answered by Pat D 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what style of boat holiday do you like? you may hire a small rowboat or canoe at Miramar Lake or Lake Murray, after December (they are meant to be closed for cleanup till then) for $5 or $10 an hour. you may hire jet skis, capacity boats and sail boats at Sea Forth Boat leases, they have places on project Bay, Coronado and downtown. you additionally can take a trip around the bay on a ferry in case you like some thing extra advantageous. which would be extra high priced, of path.
2016-10-02 01:12:23 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the cruise lines serving the Mexican Riviera have San Diego as one of their ports of call. A weekend cruise to Mexico is very inexpensive, as far as cruises go.. There are the numerous "fishing" and "whale watching" charters, and if you don't mind driving up to Dana Point, there is the trip to Catalina Island.
2007-11-10 06:58:11 · answer #3 · answered by Peedlepup 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hornblower Cruises have a bunch of different local cruises to choose from. Harbor cruise, dinner cruise and whale watching.
2007-11-10 10:38:13 · answer #4 · answered by soccal1245 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You may wish to go whale watching in the spring or take a harbor tour anytime/
2007-11-10 06:28:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋