Yet another hammerhead shark!
2015 09-19 SB Channel A great day in the Santa Barbara Channel with sunny skies, not much wind, a tiny little swell, and clear cobalt...
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Sep 18, 20152 min read
Blue Whales, Fin Whales and Dolphins
2015 09-18 SB Channel Our first cetaceans consisted of about 100 long-beaked common dolphins that we watched in that crystal clear Santa...
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Sep 6, 20151 min read
Humpbacks, Common Dolphins and a Blue Whale
2015 09-06 SB Channel Captain Eric is in command for this Labor Day holiday weekend, and today he left the harbor under sunny skies and...
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Sep 2, 20151 min read
Three Blue Whales
2015 09-02 SB Channel Our first stop this morning came just as the sun broke through the morning marine layer at 1050 am. Captain Dave...
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Jul 28, 20152 min read
One of the All-Time Summer Excursions !
2015 07-28 SB Channel East The following raw numbers do not tell the whole story. Humpbacks = 4 Blue whale = 1 Minke whales = 2 ...
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Jul 14, 20152 min read
Giant Blue Whale & 14 Humpbacks & 2,200 Dolphins
2015 07-14 SB Channel We left Santa Barbara Harbor with patchy fog and a very light breeze, and we ran southwest. Not too far off Campus...
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Jul 6, 20152 min read
17++ Humpbacks and A Mother Blue Whale shows us her Calf
2015 07-06 SB Channel First let me give you the total picture of today’s excursion: We closely watched 17 humpback whales (with at least...
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Jul 2, 20152 min read
At least 12 humpbacks and 2 blue whales.
2015 07-02 SB Channel The tropical clouds which were creating partly cloudy skies as we left the dock at 10 am quickly dissipated and the...
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Jul 1, 20152 min read
Humpbacks, Blues and a Fin.
2015 07-01 SB Channel It was cloudy, warm and a bit humid today as the remnants of a tropical storm ran north into the Santa Barbara...
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Jun 26, 20152 min read
Summertime blue whales = 4, Humpback whales = 10 + Dolphins too
2015 06-26 SB Channel Captain Eric has been on a hot streak. Yesterday he was in charge when we had a 2-hour lunge-feeding humpback...
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Jun 14, 20151 min read
Blue whale, 17 humpbacks, and more
The cetacean totals for today’s excursion are: Blue whale = 1 Humpbacks = 17 (+ more in the distance) Offshore Bottlenose Dolphins = 50...
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May 31, 20151 min read
4 different cetacean species today, 3 of them big, 2 very very big
2015 05-31 SB Channel Captain Eric that the crew of the Condor Express started the excursion today at 800am with a visit to The Flats....
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May 27, 20152 min read
Big Blue Whale and Humpbacks Breaching
OUR FIRST BIG BLUE WHALE OF THE SEASON. THEY’VE BEEN AROUND, BUT WE’VE HAD SO MUCH GOING ON WITH THOSE CRAZY HUMPBACKS… OH, BY THE WAY,...
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Dec 10, 20142 min read
Fantastic! Blue whales still in the Santa Barbara Channel. Wow!
Fantastic! Mid-December and the blue whales are still in the Santa Barbara Channel. Wow! December 10, 2014 – A blue whale and 4+...
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Dec 6, 20141 min read
Cetacean abundance and diversity continues…
Cetacean abundance and diversity continues… It’s been a long week with well-needed rain that brought winds and seas to the Channel. ...
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Nov 26, 20142 min read
1 blue whale, 13+++ humpback whales, 1 minke whale, 1,000 common dolphins, 5 Risso’s dolphins
A giant blue whale kicks up its tail on November 26, 2014 in the Santa Barbara Channel. Spectacular weather and off the charts whale...
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Nov 19, 20142 min read
Special Santa Barbara Channel vistas and whales too.
Two of the several humpback whales we watched today on a wonderful silver day in the Santa Barbara Channel. Special Santa Barbara Channel...
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Nov 16, 20141 min read
A Dream Whale Watch Trip – Pinch Me Now!
A Dream Whale Watch Trip – Pinch Me Now! It’s November 16, 2014 and Captain Eric put it this way: “We had a giant blue whale about 20...
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Nov 9, 20141 min read
Condor Express got MUGGED big time in the Humpback ‘hood
Condor Express got MUGGED big time in the Humpback ‘hood Clear blue water. Light breeze. Calm seas. Great conditions for spouts. ...
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Nov 7, 20143 min read
Acute Spoutitis Outbreak Today
One of probably two giant blue whales and at least 23 humpback whales seen with their dolphin relatives in the Santa Barbara Channel...
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