San Diego Boat Tours

Good friends, awesome music, great food and drink … what more could you want to celebrate your birthday? Oh, maybe to hold the celebration on a luxurious private charter yacht? Well, birthday boy and up-and-coming filmmaker, Sam, did just that. He invited 30+ pals to celebrate with him on the Ocean Spirit … dockside. Everyone enjoyed the unique venue – complete with the easy sway of the boat at dock, the festive lights all around America’s Cup Harbor, and the privacy of being aboard their own private yacht.

Adding even more to the fun, Sam had designated the theme of the party to be - pirates. Kudos to all the mateys and wenches who showed up in proper garb! A good time was had by all, with many promising to come back and do it again.

Although we had to go out quite a ways to find them, we successfully spotted a pod of five whales! It was pretty amazing to see five at one time. The best part was that they were sort of just hanging around playing, basically circling for quite a while.

The whales were almost performing for us as they swam and dove, slapping their tails as if on command. At one point, three whales slapped their tails in near-unison, followed by the other two. It was an amazing sight. Everyone oo-ed, ah-ed and clapped. We eventually left them to head north on their trek back to the Bering Sea.