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Aug 17, 20161 min read
A fin whale joins the humpbacks and dolphins.
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 – A fin whale, five humpback whales and at least 2,000 long-beaked common dolphins rounded out the “closely...
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Aug 16, 20162 min read
Minke Whales Pair and more
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 – A light breeze with a heavy chop on the water soon increased to a bit more than a breeze and a wilder ride to...
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Aug 15, 20161 min read
Humpback whales and sea lions
Monday, August 15, 2016 – The winds were down a bit from yesterday, but some residual bump on the surface kept our speed down a bit...
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Aug 14, 20161 min read
wind and seas
Sunday, August 14, 2016 – A bright sunny day, but the moderate to heavy wind and seas made the day very spectacular. Captain Eric ran...
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Aug 12, 20161 min read
Cetacean Biomass galore
Friday, August 12, 2016 – Once again Captain Dave took command of the Condor Express and drained a hefty load of cetacean biomass out of...
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Aug 11, 20161 min read
Risso’s Dolphins mix it up
Thursday, August 11, 2016 – Captain Dave ran a whopper of an excursion today as you will soon read. Sea conditions and prevailing weather...
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Aug 10, 20161 min read
Whale tails from humpback whales
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 – The early morning stratus burned off right away and it became sunny all day. Seas were calm. This trip...
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Aug 9, 20162 min read
Humpback whales
It’s Tuesday, August 9, 2016 and we had a great whale watching excursion into the Santa Barbara Channel today. The weather was overcast...
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Aug 8, 20161 min read
August 8, 2016 – Santa Barbara Channel –
It was very windy and bumpy on the outside, but that’s okay since tons of life was to be seen closer to home. The trip started out a bit...
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Aug 7, 20161 min read
August 7, 2016
Captain Eric and his crew explored the west and central Santa Barbara Channel in search of animal life. The day started with a light...
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Aug 6, 20161 min read
August 6, 2016 – Santa Barbara Channel –
A fine sunny day with only a light breeze made for wonderful whale and dolphin watching in the mid-Santa Barbara Channel region. A few...
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Aug 5, 20161 min read
August 5, 2016
It was another adventure in the eastern Santa Barbara Channel with Captain Dave putting things together with the help of his crew. As...
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Aug 4, 20161 min read
August 4, 2016 – Santa Barbara Channel –
Captain Dave found flat, calm seas with high stratus that broke to full sunshine in the afternoon. He ran the Condor Express east again...
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Aug 3, 20161 min read
August 3, 2016 – Santa Barbara Channel –
Yesterday we explored the west-central or “midriff” section of the Santa Barbara Channel, so today Captain Dave wanted some new territory...
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Aug 2, 20162 min read
August 2, 2016 – Santa Barbara Channel –
The continuous cacophony of hundreds of elegant terns calling back and forth all day provided a sharp musical accompaniment to the whale...
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Aug 1, 20162 min read
August 1, 2016 – Santa Barbara Channel –
Captain Eric and his crew crafted a great excursion today which traversed the entire width of the Santa Barbara Channel and yielded a...
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Jul 31, 20161 min read
July 31, 2016 – Santa Barbara –
Lady Luck smiled upon Captain Eric and the crew of the Condor Express as they found a “flat like a lake” day with warm sunshine and no...
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Jul 30, 20161 min read
Stepping-Stones of Life – Santa Barbara –
Sea conditions included very little wind and a glassy ocean surface. If I had to find something small to balance out against all that...
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Jul 29, 20161 min read
July 29, 2016 – Santa Barbara –
Captain Eric ran the show today and took the Condor Express out into the moderate seas and winds. It was slow-going due to the elements,...
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Jul 28, 20162 min read
July 28, 2016 – Santa Barbara –
It was a sunny day in the Santa Barbara Channel, glassy near the mainland and a little breezy near the Island. Total sightings for the...
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