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Apr 24, 20141 min read
2 gray whale cow-calf pairs + bottle nose dolphins.
2 gray whale cow-calf pairs + bottle nose dolphins. We ran one trip out there in the Channel today at high noon. It was spectacular and...
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Apr 23, 20141 min read
1 Quad Pod, normal cow-calf pod, and more in the distance…
1 Quad Pod, normal cow-calf pod, and more in the distance… On the 9am trip we ran a bit east towards Monticeto and found a gray whale...
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Apr 21, 20141 min read
Two Quad Pods = 8 Gray Whales & Dolphins too.
Two Quad Pods = 8 Gray Whales & Dolphins too. That’s right. One trip (noon) and 8 whales total…4 calves and 5 cows…or, as I like to call...
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Apr 19, 20142 min read
12 Grays including 6 calves – Perfect Conditions !
12 Grays including 6 calves – Perfect Conditions ! “Magic Man” Captain Dave showed all the human beings on the Condor Express a few...
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Apr 4, 20141 min read
Humpbacks a-Plenty
Humpbacks a-Plenty Three whale watch trips were conducted today with decent conditions and sunny skies throughout most of the day. This...
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Feb 27, 20141 min read
Gray Whale Season Yields 6 Humpback Whales Today
Gray Whale Season Yields 6 Humpback Whales Today It rained last night !! It will rain again tonight !! Yet somehow the march of the...
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Feb 13, 20142 min read
Tales of many whales
Tales of many whales. There was a wonderful southbound gray whale not far outside Santa Barbara Harbor as we left and headed south to...
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Feb 7, 20141 min read
Lots of gray whales interacting with the dolphins today
Lots of gray whales interacting with the dolphins today Although there was a decent sized westerly swell rolling down the Santa Barbara...
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Feb 2, 20141 min read
Multiple Species Interact off the West End
Multiple species interact off the west end There were two groups of two gray whales (total = 4) out off the west end of Santa Cruz Island...
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Jan 30, 20141 min read
5 Gray Whales and More !
5 gray whales and more ! There were two pairs of gray whales, then a single, as we worked around both sides of West Point, Santa Cruz...
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Jan 12, 20141 min read
Nine Gray Whales Today
Nine Gray Whales Today With a moderate breeze and some medium seas building across the western Santa Barbara Channel today, the Condor...
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Jan 11, 20141 min read
10 + 800 + 200 = spectacular whale watching today
10 + 800 + 200 = spectacular whale watching today The Condor Express motored across the Santa Barbara Channel in thick fog. Things were...
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Jan 10, 20141 min read
Eight whales, five porpoises
Eight whales, five porpoises. A bit rocky out at the West End of Santa Cruz Island again today, so Captain Dave and the crew took a turn...
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Jan 3, 20141 min read
3 Gray Whales and Excellent Cetacean Diversity
3 Gray Whales and Excellent Cetacean Diversity Again the calm seas and excellent weather made whale finding and whale watching a dream...
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Dec 28, 20132 min read
Stunning sightings of gray whales at Santa Cruz Island
Tail fluke waterfall – gray whale at Santa Cruz Island. photo: Bob Perry CondorExpressPhotos.com Stunning sightings of gray whales at...
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Dec 22, 20131 min read
Two mid-Santa Barbara Channel gray whales and more
A gray whale flukes up on an epic sunny December day. Two mid-Santa Barbara Channel gray whales and more We ran south heading offshore...
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Dec 14, 20132 min read
Five gray whales, Rissos dolphins, Dall’s Porpoise and lots more
Across to beautiful Santa Cruz Island we went today, and it was clear enough to see all 4 of the Channel Islands. At the mid-Channel...
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Dec 12, 20131 min read
First Gray Whales of the Season and more !!
What an epic day in the Channel, perfect weatheR and the first gray whales heading south. The adventurous Condor Express went to Santa...
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May 10, 20131 min read
Tomorrow is our last gray whale migration trip.
That’s right. Tomorrow, Saturday May 11 is the last scheduled gray whale migration trip for this season. Henceforth we are out to the...
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May 8, 20131 min read
The gray whale migration “times they are a changin”
My apologies to Bob Dylan for that title, but the seasons are changing and today is quite symbolic thereof. The very tail end of the...
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