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Sep 30, 20151 min read

Four Humpback Whales Including a Mother and Calf

2015 09-30 SB Channel Four Humpback Whales Including a Mother and Calf September goes out with a big bang. Like yesterday, only worse,...

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Aug 31, 20152 min read

common dolphins

Mother and Calf Humpback Whales Plus More

2015 08-31 SB Channel Although the marine forecast was a bit dicey, in truth things were moderate at the start and just kept improving....

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Aug 29, 20152 min read

sea lion

Stunning Views of Mother and Calf Humpbacks in Clear Water

2015 SB Channel – ACS When you see the numbers of cetaceans sighted today, please remember that this was an 8-hour trip, almost double...

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Aug 15, 20151 min read

common dolphins

Winds, swells and 3 humpbacks + dolphins too.

2015 08-15 SB Channel Captain Eric had to work for it today. Moderately high seas, strong winds and currents made it hard to move around...

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Aug 14, 20152 min read

Condor Express

Humpbacks Blowin’ in the Wind

2015 08-14 SB Channel Keen-eyed Augie and master boat-handler Captain Dave turned a potential Mr. Toad’s wild ride into an epic humpback...

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Aug 2, 20151 min read

common dolphins

A large batch of humpback whales plus dolphins too

2015 08-02 SB Channel Today was a carbon copy of yesterday with more humpback whales (10+), less common dolphins (400), and a light chop...

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More Interaction between the Whales and the Kelp.

Jul 30, 20152 min read

humpback whale watching

More Interaction between the Whales and the Kelp.

HERE WE SEE ONE OF A TRIO OF HUMPBACK WHALES THAT HAD A GREAT TIME MAKING SALAD SHREDS OUT OF WHAT STARTED OUT AS A LARGE DRIFTING GIANT...

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Jul 29, 20153 min read

sea lion

Humpback + Giant Kelp = Fun (…and More)

2015 07-29 SB Channel East After leaving Santa Barbara at 10am we stopped at 1045am about 10 miles south of the Harbor for a nice pod of...

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Jul 28, 20152 min read

Risso dolphins

One of the All-Time Summer Excursions !

2015 07-28 SB Channel East The following raw numbers do not tell the whole story. Humpbacks = 4 Blue whale = 1 Minke whales = 2 ...

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Jul 27, 20152 min read

Condor Express

Four active humpbacks, a load of dolphins and a very special sighting.

2015 07-27 SB Channel This was an afternoon trip and upon departing the dock at 100pm there was a moderate breeze from the west, so...

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Jul 25, 20151 min read

Condor Express

A Frisky Humpback Calf Steals the Show

2015 07-25 SB Channel Captain Eric and the crew fired up a whole bunch of cool cetacean sightings on today’s excursion. 500 long-beaked...

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Jul 14, 20152 min read

Condor Express

Giant Blue Whale & 14 Humpbacks & 2,200 Dolphins

2015 07-14 SB Channel We left Santa Barbara Harbor with patchy fog and a very light breeze, and we ran southwest. Not too far off Campus...

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Jul 11, 20151 min read

humpback whale watching

Fabulous sunny day with calm seas…and tons of cetaceans.

2015 07-11 SB Channel The crew of the Condor Express, under the command of Captain Eric, closely watched at least a dozen humpback whales...

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Jul 9, 20152 min read

Santa Rosa Island

17 Humpbacks & Lunge-Feeding near Santa Rosa Island

2015 07-09 SB Channel Seventeen humpback whales and at least 2,000 long-beaked common dolphins were closely watched on our excursion....

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Jul 7, 20151 min read

Condor Express

17 humpbacks, including a mother with calf….and lots more!

2015 07-07 SB Channel Not too far out from Santa Barbara Harbor ol’ eagle-eyes Augie spotted a nice ocean sunfish (Mola mola) which we...

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Jul 6, 20152 min read

blue whale watching

17++ Humpbacks and A Mother Blue Whale shows us her Calf

2015 07-06 SB Channel First let me give you the total picture of today’s excursion: We closely watched 17 humpback whales (with at least...

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Jun 29, 20152 min read

common dolphins

So Many Humpback Whales, So Little Time

HUMPBACK WHALE TAIL THROW ! 2015 06-29-SB Channel A trip out to see the blue whales was not to be as seas in the western zone of the...

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Jun 28, 20151 min read

common dolphins

Captain Dave drains a ton of Humpback Whales and more

2015 06-28 SB Channel Winds outside precluded the south side of the Santa Barbara Channel, but the north half was quite doable. There...

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Jun 27, 20151 min read

common dolphins

Wild Humpback Whale Behaviors Again !

South of the rig line there were several bait ball hot spots with the usual suspects dining on the anchovy cuisine. The humpback whales...

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Jun 21, 20151 min read

common dolphins

The Summer Humpback Whales are Here !

2015 06-21 SB Channel Captain Dave ran into the middle of the Santa Barbara Channel and found a “mother lode” of at least 20 giant...

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