Go whale watching or dolphin spotting.

“About twenty years ago, I was helping a friend prepare for a solo rowing trip across the Atlantic Ocean. We'd borrowed an ocean rowing boat and taken it out onto Cardigan Bay (in the Irish Sea) for a two-day trip to test it out. On the second morning, out of sight of land, we were joined by an enormous pod of bottlenose dolphins. One minute the sea was empty and the next we were surrounded by dolphins - at least a 100 or more. They stayed with us for about ten minutes, and one even leapt over the back of the boat, right in front of me! I've seen dolphins since, but never in quite a spectacular way.”

“I went into it with no real expectations - of course I was excited about the chance to see some marine life, but I wasn't really sure what to expect. Seeing that first group of humpback whales was amazing. It's impossible to grasp just how big and majestic they are until you see them in person! It's almost hard to believe they're real the first time you see them.”

“I went out whale watching for the first time off mission bay in San Diego with "Gone Whale Watching". It was a bumpy ride at first but once I got used to it I was able to move around more. I saw at least 3 humpbacks (possibly more, hard to tell which whale was which), hundreds of short nosed common dolphins that followed the boat and played (hundreds is not an exaggeration), and finally a quick glimpse of a rare fin whale!”