We did not see any whales or large numbers of dolphins. However, it was a beautiful sailboat, excellent crew, beautiful day. Fathom was an excellent guide, very caring, educational, and knowledgeable. The captain and Fathom were as disappointed, or more, than the passengers at not seeing whales or dolphins. This was very unusual for this time of year. None of the whale watching boats saw anything that day. We stayed out for almost 5 hours in an attempt to find whales, and Fathom climbed up 80 feet onto the mast to search. She was determined to find whales for us. You would pay at least this much just to go sailing for a day on the ocean, and there were many interesting things to see in the bay as we moved out to open water. The whale sighting guarantee is very simple to use, so we will try again in a future trip to San Diego.