![]() ![]() Plus, warm air is trapped under colder air, sometimes delivering a “mirage” effect. Light passes through more air layers, bending the light. Why? We’re just a bit closer to the sun in San Diego in winter due to the sun’s orbit and that makes winter twilight last longer. ![]() (Check out other superb sunset destinations in So Cal in my post on best weekend trips from San Diego.) ![]() I’ve lived in Encinitas, in coastal San Diego for nearly 30 years now and I’m struck anew every winter at the predictability of a drama-filled colorful sky at sunset in winter. San Diego’s sunsets are memorable any time of year, but winter is even more special. Photo credit: San Diego Bay of Lights Parade 3. You can check prices and availability on a San Diego whale watching tour here. (Lack of a whale sighting or sea sickness guarantees you a second cruise free.) This schooner moves under the wind power of its sails and offers guaranteed whale sightings and a “no sickness” guarantee! It’s one of the best things to do in San Diego with kids.Īnd what could be better than heading out on a replica of the historic sailing schooner that won the America’s Cup in 1951?! If you’re in search of free whale-watching opportunities, try San Deigo’s Birch Aquarium or bring your binoculars for possible sightings from Cabrillo National Monument.īut to get up close and personal with a whale fluke or breech, book a whale watching tour. See them just off San Diego’s 20 miles of coast between mid-December and April in California. It’s about 10,000 miles round-trip between their feeding grounds in Alaska and the warm waters in Baja where they mate and give birth. They make one of the longest migrations of any mammal anywhere! Go Whale Watchingĭon’t miss the migration of the 20,000 gray whales moving from Alaska to the warm waters of Baja in Mexico. ![]()
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