Experience Whale Watching On Hornblower Cruises

Going on a whale watching and that too on Hornblower cruise is an experience of a life time. This Hornblower cruise is one of the major attractions for visitors coming to San Diego during the month of December to March. Especially in Southern California, San Diego is one of the best places for whale watching cruises. And Hornblower cruises organizes various cruises everyday from the main harbor during the whale watching season. Hornblower Cruises sail from the harbor to take spectators to see Pacific gray whales and dolphins.

Whale watching season with Hornblower Cruises starts from December till March. During this time of the year, San Diego becomes the home to about 28,000 gray whales. And if you are serious about your vacation in San Diego, you need to plan right away. During this time of the year, San Diego is full of tourists and getting flight tickets or rooms in a good San Diego lodging will be difficult at the last moment.

With the services of Hornblower Cruises, whale watchers are treated to the awe-inspiring sight of these majestic giants in the natural form. Hornblower Cruises organizes three and a half-hour whale watching trips almost every day during this season. The Hornblower Cruises runs from the San Diego Bay located in the Columbia District in Downtown San Diego. It takes just a short stroll from Downtown San Diego to reach the harbor. Stay in some good San Diego lodging from where you will not have difficulty in commuting.

All the trips of Hornblower Cruise are accompanied by an experienced captain with information exclusively endorsed by the San Diego Natural History Museum. Apart from gray whales, spectators also get a chance to witness other wildlife creatures too such as sea lions, blue herons and various kinds of dolphins. Well, the experience of seeing sea lions swimming alongside the boat to huge flocks of cormorants squabbling for territory is simply the best.


There are plenty of things that a visitor can expect from a Hornblower whale watching cruise in San Diego. Just before the cruise is ready to sail off in the wide open sea, an interesting session is organized by the volunteers from the San Diego Natural History Museum. These volunteers offer a lot of information on what to expect from the whale watching cruise and provide tips on how to spot whales and other marine creatures at sea such as dolphins, seals and sea lions, cormorants, pelicans, and other sea birds.

While on the open sea, visitors get to see the Eastern Pacific Gray Whale whose population is around 22,000. These lovely creatures swim past the Southern California coast on their annual migration from the cold waters of Alaska to the warmer seas off Baja California. Here they come to the warmer water base to give birth and after that they swim back to Alaska in time for the summer.

Whale watching with Hornblower Cruises is actually an educational adventure and visual experience for people who love to experience adventurous and new things in life. To enjoy whale watching you need to prepare in advance. To enjoy your whale watching trip, book your cruise and rooms at some budget San Diego lodging in advance.