With plunging submarine canyons, abundance of krill and other sea life, the Monterey Bay offers a calming shelter for whales during their annual migrations. Monterey, California is an ideal location for whale watching tours, which offers visitors a unique opportunity to come face to face with a large variety of whales. Identify whale species, including grey whales, humpbacks, blue whales, and fin whales. Whale watchers will often come up close to Risso’s dolphins, Pacific white-sided dolphins and Dall’s porpoises. If you’re lucky, you might be able to catch pods of killer whales hunting immature grey whales as they pass through the deep waters of the Monterey Canyon.