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 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 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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Jul 21, 20161 min read
July 21, 2016 – Santa Barbara –
2016 07-21 SB Channel A great day in the northern Channel with tons of humpback whales and long-beaked common dolphins. Captain Eric and...
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Jul 20, 20162 min read
July 20, 2016 – Santa Barbara –
2016 07-20 SB Channel California Whale Watching – you can never get enough! It was windy from the get-go today, but it was a nice warm...
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Apr 1, 20162 min read
Pelican crash diving signals whale hot spots
2016 04-01 SB Channel All three excursions into the Santa Barbara Channel were highly successful in part due to the warm skies and...
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Aug 18, 20152 min read
Surface Feeding Humpbacks and Much More
2015 08-18 SB Channel A thin marine layer pervaded our neck of the Santa Barbara Channel until well past 100 pm, but the warm (70.7F)...
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Aug 3, 20152 min read
Eight Humpback whales and Thousands of Dolphins
2015 08-03 SB Channel Captain Eric likes to zig zag through the known hot spots. In fact, his beard is reminiscent of the famous Man...
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Jul 16, 20152 min read
Gluttony on the high seas – surface feeding humpbacks and dolphins
2015 07-16 SB Channel Today’s trip tally came in at 9 humpback whales and 2000 long-beaked common dolphins, however the numbers to not...
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Jun 25, 20153 min read
Gluttony on the high seas – massive humpback lunging session
2015 06-25 SB Channel NOTE: “Gluttony” may be a bit anthropomorphic, but it helps me relate to you the spectacular humpback whale feeding...
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Jun 22, 20152 min read
An Exhilarating Day
2015 06-22 SB Channel Exhilarating ! Although it was a bright sunny day with a moderate “bump” on the surface, the real fun came around...
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Jun 17, 20152 min read
Humpbacks and Dolphins and the Cave
2015 06-17 SB Channel Another mega day for humpback whales and common dolphins. After leaving the sea lions on the Santa Barbara...
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Jun 5, 20152 min read
A lone humpback glutton and more
2015 06-05 SB Channel Turquoise, milky streaks of water still persist along the mainland coast and now have appeared as bands of color...
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Jun 3, 20152 min read
9 humpback whales and nearly 3000 dolphins plus turquoise water
2015 06-03 SB Channel Milky turquoise water color pervaded the nearshore regions and returned to a typical oceanic blue out 4 miles or...
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May 8, 20153 min read
Springtime (and little cetacean calves) is in the air
TWO GRAY WHALE MOTHERS AND THEIR CALVES STOP IN SHALLOW WATER FOR WHAT WE ARE GUESSING IS A NURSING STATION. 2015 05-08 SB Coast Captain...
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May 1, 20153 min read
A Nat Geo Kinda Day
2015 05-01 SB Coast We ran two fantastic adventures into the Santa Barbara Channel today: 9am and 12 noon. Cetacean fortune struck us on...
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Oct 8, 20142 min read
Anchovy Slaughter in the Eastern Channel
A massive school of northern anchovies had developed into a tight ball on the surface and was attacked from above and below. Here we see...
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Oct 1, 20141 min read
Mirror and rippled glass ocean full of life
Humpback waterfall. Mirror and rippled glass ocean full of life The adventure began under sunny blue skies and a rippled ocean surface. ...
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