Pre-Halloween Rain Whale and Dolphins
A glassy calm ocean surface with periods of sun interspersed with rain, especially heavy during the second half of today’s adventure....
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Oct 29, 20161 min read
Fantastic Expedition today
A partly sunny sky with calm, glassy seas set the stage for another fantastic expedition today with Captain Eric at the helm. Many great...
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Oct 28, 20161 min read
A fantastic expedition
Rain was forecasted but Captain Eric and his crew found sunny, blue skies and calm seas in the Santa Barbara Channel today. Sightings...
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Oct 24, 20162 min read
Loads of marine mammals today
Captain Dave and his crew took the mighty Condor Express across the Santa Barbara Channel to Santa Cruz Island and stopped for marine...
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Oct 22, 20161 min read
Dolphin mega-pods in the fog
Captain Eric left the docks with sunny skies and wonderful glassy seas. His first marine mammals came to the boat out on the 50-fathom...
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Oct 21, 20161 min read
Score tied: 3 blue whales and 3 humpback whales.
Today’s adventure was a private trip for cruise ship passengers that wanted an early 830 am departure time. The morning conditions on the...
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Oct 20, 20162 min read
blues and humpbacks and more
Captain Dave did it again. He took a perfect day on the Santa Barbara Channel with glassy seas, sunny skies and only a moderate swell,...
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Oct 19, 20162 min read
A good variety of species
The Condor Express headed south across the Santa Barbara Channel and a good variety of species. The first stop cam when two very large...
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Oct 2, 20161 min read
Winds and whales
A wild day in the Channel as Captain Eric defied the on-coming seas and had some really nice whales. It was sunny with moderate seas and...
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Sep 30, 20161 min read
A windy day with a good variety of mammals
The early morning fog gave way to sunny skies as the wind picked up a bit today. It was the kind of moderate breeze that adds a sparkle...
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Sep 28, 20162 min read
Sea lions in the kelp
The heat wave began to break today and this created perfection in the Santa Barbara Channel. It was mill pond glassy smooth, except...
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Sep 27, 20162 min read
Sea lion mega-pods stole the show.
Sea lion mega-mobs stole the show. It was another heat wave-buster chock full o’ life including at least 2,000 California sea lions,...
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Sep 26, 20162 min read
Hot day and hot wildlife
It was a hot day as sunny skies, calm seas and a late-season heat wave swooped into the Santa Barbara Channel. Out on the Channel was...
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Sep 25, 20162 min read
Five different species of marine mammals
Five different species of marine mammals were seen during an epic Fall excursion on the Condor Express in the Santa Barbara Channel...
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Sep 21, 20161 min read
A blue streak under the surface.
Captain Dave set a course for the southwestern Santa Barbara Channel under sunny skies and hardly any wind. The ocean surface, however,...
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Sep 20, 20161 min read
Common dolphins and tons of other species
Hooray! No fog. In fact the Santa Barbara Channel was under the remnants of a fizzled-out tropical Pacific storm “Paine.” It was...
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Sep 16, 20161 min read
Humpback whales with super Fall conditions
Oh, my. Friday, September 16, 2016 – Another great trip with super dooper Fall weather and sea conditions. Sunny, warm, calm seas and...
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Sep 15, 20161 min read
Sunfish and lots of cetaceans
Thursday, September 15, 2016 – Another day with Fall classic weather and sea conditions: sunny all day with a flat, calm ocean. ...
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Sep 11, 20162 min read
Blue whale, fin whale, humpback whales and more !
A glorious diversity of marine mammals, including a blue whale and a fin, approached the Condor Express today, Sunday, September 11,...
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Sep 10, 20161 min read
Santa Cruz Channel
Morning fog gave way to a sunny afternoon on Saturday, September 10, 2016. Sea conditions were nice and so were the mammals. When it was...
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