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High Flyin’ Humpbacks & Sea Lions & We Got Mugged

2015 08-20 SB Channel Acting on good intel from our friends in the fleet, Captain Eric steered a southwesterly course out of Santa...

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Aug 19, 20151 min read

Great Calm Seas and Loads of Life

2015 08-19 SB Channel Captain Dave started the trip today by running a bit further to the southwest where a great collection of biomass...

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Aug 18, 20152 min read

Pelagic Birds

Surface Feeding Humpbacks and Much More

2015 08-18 SB Channel A thin marine layer pervaded our neck of the Santa Barbara Channel until well past 100 pm, but the warm (70.7F)...

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Aug 14, 20152 min read

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 13, 20152 min read

Rough Seas and a Two Act Performance

2015 08-13 SB Channel Out of the moderate seas, swells and crisp winds a magical traveling troupe of five humpback whales sought out...

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Aug 12, 20151 min read

blue whale watching

Blue Whales and Humpbacks (and Dolphins)

2015 08-12 SB Channel We spent the morning cruising across the Santa Barbara Channel where we found 200 or so long-beaked common dolphins...

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Aug 11, 20152 min read

Huge Amounts of Cetacean Biomass

2015 08-11 SB Channel We were all stunned by the enormous beauty of the day. Once again there was little to no swell on the surface until...

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Aug 8, 20151 min read

Scads More Humpbacks, a Minke and loads of Dolphins

2015 08-08 SB Channel Although there was a marine layer until about 11am, the ocean surface was glass smooth for one of the most calm...

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Aug 4, 20152 min read

A GRAY whale for August, humpbacks, dolphins and more

2015 08-04 SB Channel A moderate chop from the southwest rolled through the Santa Barbara Channel today from winds up past Conception. It...

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Aug 2, 20151 min read

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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Aug 1, 20151 min read

Eight humpback whales and thousands of dolphins.

2015 08-01 SB Channel Whoooeee! What a day! Captain Dave and his crew really put one together today. Weather-wise, the first hour or so...

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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 25, 20151 min read

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 24, 20151 min read

Humpbacks, Offshores, Commons, Epic Conditions

2015 07-24 SB Channel Captain Dave drained the Santa Barbara Channel of cetaceans large and small on an epic whale watching adventure...

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Jul 23, 20151 min read

Humpbacks, Commons and Risso’s

2015 07-23 SB Channel Calm seas and overcast skies characterized our day out in the Santa Barbara Channel today. Captain Eric and his...

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Jul 22, 20151 min read

A Really Good Show

2015 07-22 SB Channel It was another mill pod glass flat day out in the Santa Barbara Channel which made up for the overcast stratus...

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Jul 19, 20151 min read

Risso dolphins

A Sea Turtle, Some Humpbacks, Common Dolphins and a nice pod of Risso’s Dolphins

2015 07-19 SB Channel Captain Eric reports sightings of 6 total humpback whales, found in pairs, from the northern half of the Santa...

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Jul 16, 20152 min read

Gluttony on the high seas – surface feeding humpbacks and dolphins

2015 07-16 SB Channel Today’s trip tally came in at 9 humpback whales and 2000 long-beaked common dolphins, however the numbers to not...

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Jul 10, 20151 min read