2016 03-26 SB Channel The Condor Express hosted 3 excursions today under sunny skies with a light breeze and moderate chop on the water. ...

The original 90-foot long steel sportfishing boat Condor, aka “the Original,” or “Big Bird,” ran its last two whale watching trips of the...

The venerable original Condor ran three 2½ trips today, at 9 am 12 noon and 3 pm. Again we had mirror glass seas, crystal clear blue...

2015 03-14 SB Coast The original Condor “Big Bird” ran 3 trips at 2½ hours each today.   My Gawd it was such fantastic weather and sea...

“Big Bird,” the original Condor, ran two 2½ hour whale watch trips today departing Santa Barbara Harbor at 9a and 12 noon. As usual, we...

The original Condor ran two trips today departing at 9a and 12n. The 9am trip started out with a thick marine layer that soon broke to...

Captain Mike ran two trips today, 9am and 12 noon.   The 9 am trip ran into a bit of fog at first which made spotting whales a challenge....

Although I am guilty of using the term “epic” far too often, I’m sorry, but today was indeed epic.   There was bright, warm sun all...

The Condor ran three trips today:   9a, 12n and 3p. The day was sunny and hot in Santa Barbara, and out on the Channel it was simply...

Captain Scott and his crew left Santa Barbara Harbor at noon today for a single excursion out to whale land.  Conditions were calm and...

The big bird, aka “Condor,” ran two trips today.  The first trip left the dock at 9am and the second left at noon. Both trips had just...

A single excursion out into the Santa Barbara Channel at noon today yielded great whale sightings for all. It was a crystal clear day and...

One trip today left the docks at 12noon for the Santa Barbara Channel.   There was a moderate breeze at first, but then it calmed down...

With a supposed storm on the way, we were, in fact, treated to moderate seas and sunny skies. A moderate breeze kicked up later in the...

The noon trip took us west as far as Campus Point at UCSB as we searched for, and then followed a single adult northbound gray whale...

Captain Scott steered the Condor (“big bird”) out into the Santa Barbara Channel at noon today with many passengers from all over the...

We ran one trip and left the dock at high noon for a showdown in the Santa Barbara Channel. Again we had very good air quality and...

Spectacular vistas unfolded before our eyes as we departed Santa Barbara Harbor at 12 noon. You could see from Boney Ridge (Malibu) to...

It was a drizzly overcast day, the modern southern California version of a “rain” storm, as the Condor searched for cetaceans today.  ...

A gray and overcast morning greeted us as we left the dock at 9am for the first of three trips today. Seas we calm with a light breeze...