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...

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...

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...

12 Grays including 6 calves – Perfect Conditions ! “Magic Man” Captain Dave showed all the human beings on the Condor Express a few...

Humpbacks a-Plenty Three whale watch trips were conducted today with decent conditions and sunny skies throughout most of the day.  This...

Gray Whale Season Yields 6 Humpback Whales Today It rained last night !!  It will rain again tonight !!  Yet somehow the march of the...

Tales of many whales. There was a wonderful southbound gray whale not far outside Santa Barbara Harbor as we left and headed south to...

Lots of gray whales interacting with the dolphins today Although there was a decent sized westerly swell rolling down the Santa Barbara...

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...

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...

Nine Gray Whales Today With a moderate breeze and some medium seas building across the western Santa Barbara Channel today, the Condor...

10 + 800 + 200 = spectacular whale watching today The Condor Express motored across the Santa Barbara Channel in thick fog.  Things were...

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...

3 Gray Whales and Excellent Cetacean Diversity Again the calm seas and excellent weather made whale finding and whale watching a dream...

Tail fluke waterfall – gray whale at Santa Cruz Island. photo: Bob Perry CondorExpressPhotos.com Stunning sightings of gray whales at...

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...

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...

What an epic day in the Channel, perfect weatheR and the first gray whales heading south. The adventurous Condor Express went to Santa...

That’s right. Tomorrow, Saturday May 11 is the last scheduled gray whale migration trip for this season. Henceforth we are out to the...

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...