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 Monterey
Seabirds features year-round pelagic trips enabling you to experience
the seabirds of the Monterey Bay in their respective seasons.
Just offshore of Monterey, California lies a 6000-foot deep submarine
canyon running right down the middle of the Monterey Bay. Similar
in size to the Grand Canyon of the American Southwest, this geologic
feature creates cold-water upwellings, rich in nutrients that
foster a remarkable diversity of seabirds and cetaceans. The combination
of these elements within a semi-protected bay makes Monterey a
worldwide destination for pelagic birding. Just a few miles from
shore one can observe pelagic seabirds that travel across both
the hemisphere and the ocean to feed in the bountiful waters of
Monterey Bay.
In the interest of having a reasonably sized group conducive to
pelagic birding and photography, space is limited to 25 participants.
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 The
About Monterey Seabirds page
details the advantages of Monterey Seabirds trips, and our Leaders
page serves as a quick introduction to our friendly, local leaders.
See our Species List and Trip
Reports to get an idea of the seabirds and marine mammals encountered
on these trips. Our Seabird Links will
help with your trip preparation, study and other interesting information
on seabirds.
Again in 2013 we are offering a free seabirding
trip for every three seabirding trips you take. (The free trip is NOT
redeemable for 12-hour offshore trips, which will be offered in future
years.)
Now accepting reservations for Group charters in 2013. Bring
your Audubon chapter, bird club, group of friends or ecotour group.
We will provide marine and seabirding naturalists and chummer.
Group charters start at $1750 for groups up to 25.
In years past we have run charters for Sacramento and Tucson Audubon
Chapters, Colorado Field Ornithologists and Iowa Ornithologist
Union and the Santa Cruz Bird Club. Please inquire for details. |
Reservations are required. Reservations can be made using our online
reservation form or by calling (831) 375-4658 with a credit card
number to hold your spot. Go to Whale
Watch Trip Information Page for further details (trip preparation,
directions, etc.). For the Seabird trips we have a 2-week cancellation
policy.
Note that regular
Whale Watch trips are also scheduled on the same dates as the
Seabird trips.
I just wanted to thank you all for one of the most enjoyable
and exciting pelagic trips I have ever been on. I have done a
number of pelagic trips on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
and by far - yours was the best. The small number of attendees,
the ratio of guides to attendees as well as the abilities and
collective knowledge of the guides made the trip! Of the 6 of
us, 3 were attending their first ever pelagic trip and were very
impressed with your company, the experience, and the sightings.
Glenn had 12 life birds and we all had the experience of a lifetime
watching the killer whales.
On behalf of all 6 of us - please thank your staff for everything
they did to make our trip such a wonderful experience. Thank you.
Mary Alice K. (Centreville, Virginia)
(See the trip report
for this trip, including a video of the killer whales near
the boat.) |
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