A record-breaking year for gray whales
2018 04-02 SB Coast Six gray whales and 8 inshore bottlenose dolphins were seen on a single 12 noon excursion today. Skies had a thin...
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May 13, 20171 min read
A nice day of good sightings
2017 05-13 SB Coast Two gray whales, 25 long-beaked common dolphins and 3 coastal bottlenose dolphins were seen during our two excursions...
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May 11, 20171 min read
It was a good day for cetacean searching.
2017 05-11 SB Coast Four gray whales, 1 humpback whale and 200 long-beaked common dolphins were seen today. Captain Eric and his crew...
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May 10, 20171 min read
What a great trip it was
2017 05-10 SB Coast Two gray whales, 1 humpback whale and 500 long-beaked common dolphins were seen during a single excursion. Captain...
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May 9, 20171 min read
6 gray whales and 1 humpback whale
2017 05-09 SB Coast Captain Dave ran two trips today and had some great sightings. 6 gray whales and 1 humpback whale were seen. Skies...
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May 4, 20172 min read
4 humpback whales, 5 gray whales, and about 1000 long beaked common dolphins
2017 05-04 SB Coast Although Captain Dave had to deal with fog most of the day today the total sightings were phenomenal. 4 humpback...
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May 3, 20172 min read
Our old pal “Scarlet” the humpback whale paid us a visit
2017 05-03 SB Coast We saw 6 gray whales, 6 bottlenose dolphins, and 2 humpback whales today. It was a day with calm seas and morning...
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May 2, 20172 min read
Dolphins and gray whale mothers with calves
2017 05-02 SB Coast Today we ran two trips and saw 8 gray whales, 1,300 long-beaked common dolphins and 6 coastal bottlenose dolphins. ...
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May 1, 20172 min read
Great weather, great sightings once again!
2017 05-01 SB Coast Spectacular weather and sea conditions continued today as the Condor Express successfully ran two excursions along...
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Apr 29, 20172 min read
Young gray whale antics
2017 04-29 SB Coast Finally, a break in the strong winds and heavy seas that have plagued the Santa Barbara Channel all week! Skies were...
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Apr 28, 20172 min read
Rolling in the kelp, spy hopping in the kelp, and generally acting like an infant
2017 04-28 SB Coast What a week full of high wind forecasts we have had! Today there were moderate winds from the west that were quite...
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Apr 27, 20171 min read
Conditions along the kelp superhighway were fantastic and so were the sightings
2017 04-27 SB Coast Once again the marine weather forecast was for high winds and choppy seas. As he has so many times in the past,...
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Apr 26, 20171 min read
Six gray whales were seen today.
2017 04-26 SB Coast The NOAA NWS forecast for the Channel was bleak. Strong winds from a Pacific storm that was bringing rain to NorCal...
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Apr 24, 20172 min read
A gray whale calf ejected mud through its baleen while on the surface
2017 04-24 SB Coast High winds were forecasted for our region of the Santa Barbara Channel, but Captain Eric and his crew got lucky and...
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Apr 23, 20171 min read
200 long-beaked common dolphins and 11 gray whales
2017 04-23 SB Coast Although there was negligible wind, there was a slight bump on the surface coming from much rough conditions to the...
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Apr 22, 20173 min read
The humpback feeding frenzy stole the show.
2017 04-22 SB Coast Humpback whale feeding frenzy, gray whale calves and two different species of dolphins made todays three excursions...
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Apr 21, 20172 min read
A humpback whale that would not stop breaching
2017 04-21 SB Coast A single noon excursion started off with dense patch fog, then turned out to be very nice. The low stratus did not...
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Apr 20, 20171 min read
Two pairs of gray whales.
2017 04-20 SB Coast It was a bit windy along the coast and Captain Dave ran a single trip at noon. The crew of the Condor Express saw a...
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Apr 19, 20171 min read
Sightings were fantastic with lots of whales and dolphins.
2017 04-19 SB Coast Although the day started out with dense fog all the way down to the deck, it lifted by mid-morning and created ample...
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Apr 18, 20171 min read
A gorgeous day full of cetaceans.
2017 04-18 SB Coast Captain Dave encountered 3 gray whales and 200 long-beaked common dolphins on his one and only excursion today along...
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