2016 06-01 SB Channel It’s been years since we’ve had a nice build-up of krill along “The Ledge” (north face of SCI, SRI and SMI), and...

2015 09-18 SB Channel Our first cetaceans consisted of about 100 long-beaked common dolphins that we watched in that crystal clear Santa...

2015 09-17 SB Channel It was a sunny day with moderate winds and seas offshore, and nicer conditions closer to the beach. Captain Dave...

2015 09-16 SB Channel We barely had our bow out of Santa Barbara Harbor when Captain Dave spun the Condor Express around and we followed...

2015 08-12 SB Channel We spent the morning cruising across the Santa Barbara Channel where we found 200 or so long-beaked common dolphins...

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...

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...

A CLOUDY MORNING EVENTUALLY GAVE WAY TO SUNNY BLUE SKIES WITH BLUE WHALES. C’MON DOWN AND CHECK ‘EM OUT ! 2015 05-28 SB Channel Blue...

Kelping behavior by a humpback whale. Photo taken on yesterday’s expedition. Captain Dave ran southwest for quite a while to a location...

Tah-dah! Announcing the official opening of Gray Whale season on the Condor Express today! Our first gray whales of the 2015 season !...

An infrequently observed behavior – an adult Risso’s dolphin surfed the bow of the Condor Express for several minutes. Wow! Pelagic...

A giant blue whale was watched today out close to Santa Cruz Island on our way to visit the Painted Cave. It was a big, beautiful beast...

One of six blue whales seen today in one hot spot area. you are looking at the anterior 1/3rd (approx) of this giant. Everyone on board...

You may enjoy this new scientific paper on blue whale distribution and note (shameless bragging) that the Condor Express is mentioned in...

Full body view of a very friendly humpback whale today. Bob Perry www.CondorExpressPhotos.com It all began the night before……… ‘Twas the...

Species Smorgasbord It was a massive species smorgasbord out on the feeding grounds today.  Seas were a bit calmer than yesterday – nary...

A surface lunge feeding humpback whale today. Bob Perry CondorExpressPhotos.com Our lucky Mola mola. Conditions were outstanding in the...

It’s a feast on the feeding grounds and everyone’s invited! Nice, flat and calm conditions on the Santa Barbara Channel today lead to...

HOT weather and very HOT sightings today We are in the midst of an intense heat wave and record-breaking whale sightings at the same...

Another outstanding day in the Santa Barbara Channel A total of 9 humpback whales and 2 blue whales were watched today which included a...