The schedule of San Diego pelagic trips for 2022 has been finalized. As in recent years, all trips are sponsored by Buena Vista Audubon Society and are aboard the 80-foot "Legacy" (a whale-watching boat) out of Seaforth Sportfishing Landing in Mission Bay. Trip details, lists of expected and possible species for each trip, and past trip reports can be viewed at www.sandiegopelagics,com. Trips may be booked anytime online at www.sdwhale.com or call Seaforth Sportfishing Landing (619-224-3383) during regular working hours (7am to 4pm) Pacific Coast Time. We
are offering eight trips this year. Five are the traditionalpeak-season trips and are 10-12 hours in duration (mid-May, mid-Jun, mid-Aug, mid-Sep, and early Oct). Three trips are new. Two of these are shorter (5-1/2 - 6 hr.) trips (late Apr and late Oct) which are in the migration shoulder season and offer possibilities for some species sometimes missed in other months. The other new trip is a mid-July 10-12 hr. trip added to match the recent discovery of
Cook's Petrels in the southwest
corner of San Diego County waters. No guarantees here, but certainly an additional
chance for a variety of interesting species. Depending on the season, San Diego pelagic trips can be excellent for Craveri's and Scripps's Murrelets, a variety of storm-petrels including Townsend's, Ashy, and Least, Brown Booby, a chance for Red-billed Tropicbird, several rare boobies, and a good variety of the more expected pelagic species.
2022 pelagic trips;
April 24 Sunday 5.5-6 hr.
May 14 Saturday 10-12 hr. June 12 Sunday 10-12hr. July 16 Saturday 10-12hr. August 13 Saturday 10-12hr. September 11 Sunday 10-12 hr. October 1 Saturday 10-12hr. October 22 Saturday 5.5-6 hr.

Again, you can book directly at www.sdwhale.com . Hit
the red "book now" and scroll down until you hit the date you would like to
book. (Be careful that you do notgo to the San Diego Whale Watch site,
which is a different organization.) If you have any questions, contact us through sandiegopelagics@... . We
do not take reservationsor do waiting lists there. Those details are handled
by the Seaforth Landing or the Legacy's website noted above.

--Dave Povey, Bruce Rideout, Paul Lehman, San Diego