Whales were near the islands
Thursday, September 8, 2016 – Gorgeous sea conditions and loads of marine life including 6 humpback whales, 1,500 long-beaked common...
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Sep 7, 20161 min read
Painted Cave yields lots of life
Thursday, September 7, 2016 – Whales, dolphins and sea lions “flocked’ to the Condor Express today as Captain Dave and his renowned crew...
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Sep 3, 20161 min read
Sea lion mob still off Santa Cruz Island
Saturday, September 3, 2016 – It was a cool, foggy day with a light breeze and good sea conditions. Captain Dave was in charge and put...
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Sep 1, 20161 min read
Wild common dolphins and a humpback whale
Thursday, September 1, 2016 – Captain Dave took the Condor Express on a trip up to the west along the northern Santa Barbara Channel....
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Aug 31, 20161 min read
Common dolphins and humpback whales
Wednesday, August 31, 2016 – It was a bright sunny day in the Santa Barbara Channel, and this was partly due to a breeze which blew the...
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Aug 30, 20161 min read
Whelfies abound
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 – It was a great day for whelfies. Total species populations for the day included 8 humpback whales, 750...
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Aug 29, 20162 min read
Bait ball hopping
Monday, August 29, 2016 – Captain Eric and his “ojos de águila” deckhand Auggie, went bait ball hopping and found a mother lode of at...
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Aug 28, 20161 min read
blue whales Saturday, humpbacks on Sunday
Sunday, August 28, 2016 – A quick note regarding Saturday’s all-day, annual American Cetacean Society excursion. Sightings included a...
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Aug 25, 20161 min read
Humpback tail slaps and more
Thursday, August 25, 2016. Seven humpback whales and at least 2,000 long-beaked common dolphins visited the Condor Express today. Sea...
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Aug 21, 20161 min read
Humpback whales festoon the north Channel
Sunday, August 21, 2016 – Captain Eric found a substantial amount of biomass in the northern Santa Barbara Channel including close looks...
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Aug 20, 20162 min read
Risso’s Dolphins and more fun animals
Saturday, August 20, 2016 – The sun broke out around 11 am and stayed out. It was a bit windy, and got windier as we moved west and...
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Aug 19, 20162 min read
Pelagic Red Crabs and more
August 19, 2016 – “Glassy and gorgeous all day” is how Captain Dave described things today. The excursion was filled with fun stuff...
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Aug 18, 20162 min read
Hammerhead Shark joins the Mammals
Thursday, August 18, 2016 – Among all the mammal sightings the highlight of the trip turned out to be a fish. A 7-foot long hammerhead...
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Aug 17, 20161 min read
A fin whale joins the humpbacks and dolphins.
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 – A fin whale, five humpback whales and at least 2,000 long-beaked common dolphins rounded out the “closely...
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Aug 16, 20162 min read
Minke Whales Pair and more
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 – A light breeze with a heavy chop on the water soon increased to a bit more than a breeze and a wilder ride to...
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Aug 15, 20161 min read
Humpback whales and sea lions
Monday, August 15, 2016 – The winds were down a bit from yesterday, but some residual bump on the surface kept our speed down a bit...
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Aug 12, 20161 min read
Cetacean Biomass galore
Friday, August 12, 2016 – Once again Captain Dave took command of the Condor Express and drained a hefty load of cetacean biomass out of...
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Aug 11, 20161 min read
Risso’s Dolphins mix it up
Thursday, August 11, 2016 – Captain Dave ran a whopper of an excursion today as you will soon read. Sea conditions and prevailing weather...
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Aug 10, 20161 min read
Whale tails from humpback whales
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 – The early morning stratus burned off right away and it became sunny all day. Seas were calm. This trip...
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Aug 9, 20162 min read
Humpback whales
It’s Tuesday, August 9, 2016 and we had a great whale watching excursion into the Santa Barbara Channel today. The weather was overcast...
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