3 gray whales side by side on a magnificent day in the Santa Barbara Channel Epic conditions & Epic sightings After 17 days of waiting...

5 whales today With grey skies we get gray whales….a true story, not a limerick!  It may have been cloudy with a very few light sprinkles...

Two Gray Whales and Tons of Life Great, warm, sunny weather with clear skies and clear water prevailed in the Santa Barbara Channel...

Lunge Feeding Humpback We ran two trips today, 12 noon and 3 pm.  Sea conditions were fantastic:  clear blue water, no chop, no wind, and...

A surface lunge feeding humpback whale today. First coastal trip of the season is off the charts. As is our custom during this season of...

Nine gray whales – some seen heading north and south. A single young southbound gray whale breached three times to the amazement of...

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

Gray whale at Santa Cruz Island with heart shaped spout for Valentine’s Day. Gray whales, bottlenose and Risso’s dolphins, Dall’s...

One of many large rafts of California Sea Lions. photo: Bob Perry CondorExpressPhotos.com Sea Lion Masses steal the Show The weather was...

It was another spectacular “summer-like” day on the west and central Santa Barbara Channel.  Strong Santa Ana winds were blowing down...

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

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...

New Year Starts with 6 Killer Whales This is our third transient killer whale (Orcinus orca) encounter in a week.  What a week it has...

Two gray whales travel side by side in the breeze. Photo: Bob Perry CondorExpressPhotos.com Five Gray Whales Although it was glassy and...

Killer day in the Santa Barbara Channel Killer Whale Spy Hop photo: Bob Perry CondorExpressPhotos.com An all time epic or “killer” day in...

Friday – Killer Whales Close look at a killer whale spouting. Photo: Bob Perry CondorExpressPhotos.com Update on Friday’s Killer Whales...

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

Three killer whales from a group of five. Photo: Robert Perry www.CondorExpressPhotos.com Killer whales lead the list of 6 different...

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...