Looking for something big to see on your next trip to Catalina Island? Until mid-spring, Pacific Gray Whales can frequently be spotted between the mainland and the island. These 40-ton behemoths spend the summers feasting on fine Pacific seafood in the Arctic and the winter in Baja where they frolic, flirt, mate and give birth. In between, they take part in the longest known mammal migration, traveling about 12,000 miles.
While you may very well be able to spot a whale on your migration to the island, there’s a much better way to do it. Catalina Ocean Rafting offers two-hour trips during whale watching season designed just to experience these magnificent creatures. Gray whales probably won’t be the only wildlife on the trip either – common dolphins are also quite common, as are bottlenose dolphin, Pacific white-sided dolphin, California sea lions and much more.

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