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May 13, 20162 min read
Upside down feeding
2016 05-13 SB Channel The Santa Barbara Harbor pinniped sanctuary (formerly the bait barge) starts the day with just a couple of Pacific...
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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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Dec 29, 20152 min read
The Humpback Whales Show
2015 12-29 SB Channel The humpback whale show. Yes, it is southbound gray whale season. And, yes, we did watch 7 humpback whales today...
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Nov 11, 20151 min read
Two Humpbacks MUG Condor Express
HUMPBACKS MUG CONDOR EXPRESS 2015 11-11 SB Channel You could see from Bony Ridge to the east all the way out to San Miguel Island to the...
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Sep 4, 20151 min read
Humpback breaches in the wind
2015 09-04 SB Channel Dave , his crew and all our whale watchers had another epic day in the Santa Barbara Channel as they watched at...
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Aug 30, 20151 min read
Close Look at a Hammerhead Shark
2015 08-30 SB Channel Captain Eric knew it was going to be a challenge today as reports were coming in from up and down the Santa Barbara...
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Aug 17, 20152 min read
Loads of humpbacks, commons, a Minke plus offshores too
2015 08-17 SB Channel Flat, calm and even glassy sea conditions returned to the Santa Barbara Channel making great whale watching...
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Aug 16, 20151 min read
Abundant Humpbacks, Commons and Risso’s
2015 08-16 SB Channel The fog was so dense there was less than ¼-mile visibility until it burned off around noon. Of course noon was...
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Aug 15, 20151 min read
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 10, 20152 min read
Loads of Humpbacks and Dolphins and a Friendly Elephant
2015 08-10 SB Channel Flat, gorgeous sea conditions with no wind at all until after 100pm, and a marine layer that went away with the...
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Aug 7, 20152 min read
15 Solo Humpbacks, Dolphins, Red Crabs and the Cave
2015 08-07 SB Channel The day started with the crew looking at a large oil sheen on the surface of the water inside Santa Barbara Harbor....
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Aug 5, 20152 min read
10 humpbacks and some surface lunges, plus dolphins galore
2015 08-05 SB Channel As we departed Santa Barbara at 1015 am there was more than medium chop, winds that formed white caps, and bright...
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Aug 3, 20152 min read
Eight Humpback whales and Thousands of Dolphins
2015 08-03 SB Channel Captain Eric likes to zig zag through the known hot spots. In fact, his beard is reminiscent of the famous Man...
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Jul 30, 20152 min read
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 21, 20152 min read
15 Humpbacks, 3 Minke Whales and 2000 Dolphins
2015 07-21 SB Channel This should be about the last day for us to feel the weather effects stemming from Hurricane Dolores which has long...
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Jul 20, 20152 min read
9 Humpbacks, 35 Risso’s, 800 Commons and More.
2015 07-20 SB Channel Captain Dave and the crew racked-up a nice mix of both the abundance and diversity of cetaceans today with a total...
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Jul 17, 20151 min read
20+ humpback whales and 3,000+ dolphins too.
2015 07-17 SB Channel Captain Dave and his renowned crew successfully watched 20 humpback whales (with more in the distance) and a...
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Jul 15, 20152 min read
Ten humpbacks and more…
2015 07-15 SB Channel Skies were overcast until we reached the shipping lanes off Santa Cruz Island later in the trip, after which it was...
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Jul 13, 20152 min read
18 humpback whales and 2,700 dolphins in the breeze.
2015 07-13 SB Channel A regular reader of this blog might assume that the humpback whales and long-beaked common dolphins were in serious...
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Jul 12, 20152 min read
Something like a record-breaking humpback whale and dolphin day.
2015 07-12 SB Channel It was something like a record-breaking humpback whale and dolphin day. Here’s the story. At 10:30am we were less...
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