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Feb 19, 20182 min read
Early Spring Whale Watching Trips – 3 Per Day
It’s mid February in Santa Barbara and with it come the gray whales. Which means it’s also time for us to start our, three times a day...
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Jan 8, 20161 min read
El Niño and Whales
Regular readers of our sightings reports may be wondering why there has been a lack of posts so far in 2016. The new year has begun with...
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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 7, 20152 min read
Whales and Wind and Dolphins too
A LITTLE GRAY WHALE CALF TAKES A MOMENT TO SPY HOP AND LOOK AROUND IN THE NEAR SHORE KELP FOREST 2015 05-07 SB Coast A moderate breeze...
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May 6, 20152 min read
A Fresh Breeze Deters Neither Gray Whales, Dolphins or the Condor Express
2015 05-06 SB Coast Captain Dave ran one trip on the Condor Express today, departing scenic Santa Barbara at 12 noon to search for...
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Mar 29, 20151 min read
Friendly and Active Gray Whales plus Dolphins
2015 03-29 SB Coast Captain Dave and the crew of the Condor Express ran two trips today, 9am and 12 noon. Although the morning trip had...
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Mar 21, 20152 min read
Waves of Gray Whales Pulse along the Coast
It is fascinating to me how the gray whale migration along the Santa Barbara Coast comes in waves. Take today for example. Captain Eric...
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Mar 20, 20151 min read
Abundant Gray Whales & Dolphins
We ran a single 2½ whale watch trip and Captain Eric left the docks at 12 noon for the rich and fertile whale grounds of the Santa...
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Mar 15, 20151 min read
28 Gray Whales and More…
Although there was a slight haze layer in the sky today, the sea conditions continued to be amazing. Like yesterday, it was flat,...
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Feb 27, 20151 min read
12 Gray Whales & Some Breaching
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...
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Feb 25, 20152 min read
7 Gray Whales & Dolphins Too
Captain Scott steered the Condor (“big bird”) out into the Santa Barbara Channel at noon today with many passengers from all over the...
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Feb 24, 20152 min read
Twelve Gray Whales – Southbound !!
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...
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Feb 17, 20152 min read
12 southbound gray whales…more like 12 grays “milling around”
In a few weeks we’ll be watching lots of gray whales heading north along the Santa Barbara shoreline and kelp forests. They will be on...
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Feb 14, 20151 min read
A LOVEly Valentines Day in the Channel
We ran 3 trips today with glassy conditions and blue water. A total of 5 gray whales were observed including a mother and her calf. ...
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Feb 5, 20151 min read
A nice humpback and two nicer gray whales
A very light breeze wafted across the Channel today, but with no waves the trip was very calm and nice. The sun came in and out from...
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Feb 4, 20151 min read
5 Gray Whales and 500 Dolphins on a Summer Day in February
Summer-like conditions prevailed in the Santa Barbara Channel today with super clear water, sunny skies, no wind and a glassy surface....
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Dec 30, 20141 min read
6 Southbound Gray Whales and 250 Common Dolphins too
One of six large gray whales watched in the middle of the Santa Barbara Channel today 6 Southbound Gray Whales and 250 Common Dolphins...
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Dec 18, 20142 min read
Spectacular Gray Whale Migration Continues
A southbound gray whale was seen migrating along the sea cliffs of Santa Cruz Island Spectacular vistas, dolphins and a nice gray whale....
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Nov 28, 20142 min read
First gray whales (2), blue whales (2+), humpback whales (16+), bald eagle (1)
Tah-dah! Announcing the official opening of Gray Whale season on the Condor Express today! Our first gray whales of the 2015 season !...
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May 3, 20142 min read
Gray whale mom’s and calves AND dolphins all day long
Gray whale mom’s and calves AND dolphins all day long Go east! And east it was. No less than 3 different gray whale mother-calf pairs...
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