Whale watching is a common activity among the natives as well as the tourists visiting San Diego. The annual migration of Grey Whales in San Diego is one of the nature's greatest spectacles in the world. The largest mammals travel through the coastline of San Diego from frosty Arctic waters to the warm water of Baja California.

Every year around thousands of whales swim across the coastline making it extremely spectacular. The whales are most frequently seen from late December till March. There are many tours organized by the various local operators that will make your visit to San Diego a memorable one.

Hornblower whale-watching cruises can take you to a whale watching excursion of three and half hour duration.

Your trip can be exciting and educational with the excursion team of San Diego harbor and Birch Aquarium.

Hike Bike Kayak offers guided trips to the La Jolla Ecological Reserve and coastline. You can have an eye level watch at the largest mammals in the world. They organize guided trip so that your trip can be a memorable one.

Dana Wharf Sportfishing Whale Watching Tours offers two hours of full narrated cruises on their comfortable boats. Dana point is the most preferred site for the naturalists to watch the whales.

San Diego Whale Watching, Wildlife and Dolphin Tours are guided by experienced naturalists who interact with the visitors and answer all the questions asked by the visitors. You may see many other members of wildlife such as humpback whales, northern elephant seals, harbor seals and California sea lions.

Whales are large mammals that come and visit San Diego annually during their migration. It's one of San Diego's pride and they get to earn good revenue from whale watching as San Diego's coastline is on the route of whales and you can see these giant gray whales in close proximity.

Your travel San Diego California would be more fun and enjoyable especially for kids if you come and check out the migratory whales in the area but they are most often seen only during Later part of December up to March every year and when you see one whale there's a big chance you'll see another one up to a dozen at a time depending on the migratory time as during its peak whales travel in a bunch.

The San Diego Harbor's Birch Aquarium is the best place to go for a California whale watching. It's an adventure you must try at least once in your life. You'd enjoy watching those beautiful giant whales that swim ever so gracefully. Mondays to Fridays the rate is $30 per adult and $15 per child 4 years up to 12 years old and on Sundays Adults are $35 each and seniors are $30 each but only when it's the season for whale watching. During the months of April to November, their whale watching tours are closed.

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There are other great venues in San Diego's Harbor where you could also watch the whales swim and Google Maps have a complete list of these venues. Check them out and choose wisely.

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One of the special things in San Diego trip is the whale watching. There are a variety of whales which will be loitering around the travel San Diego coastline during the winter seasons.

The gray whales migrate to and from the Arctic waters to some of the warm waters of Baja California which the place the calves get their birth from the females. The details tell us that nearly twenty six thousand gray whales take about ten thousand mile journey from Arctic sea to the Baja and reverse.

During this trip, these whales cross the San Diego and give an astonishing feel for the San Diego people and the tourists.

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The whale watching season starts from the month of December and ends in March. During this period the visitors of San Diego have a unique chance of viewing the gray whales crossing the shore of San Diego in their longest trip.

This trip of the whales watching is considered as longest trip undertaken by any mammal in this earth. It is considered as one of the nature's extraordinary events. The peak migration season of the whale watching is around the mid January, where nearly two hundred whales cross the San Diego shore per day.

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