2018 09-22 SB Channel Today’s excursion took us to the western coastal region near Platform Holly, then on a big loop out past the...

2018 09-21 SB Channel The northern Santa Barbara Channel (that portion closest to Santa Barbara Harbor) exploded with whales, dolphins...

2018 06-29 SB Channel The Condor Express closely watched 10+ blue whales, 3 humpback whales and 1,000 long-beaked common dolphins.  Skies...

2017 09-29 SB Channel Totals for the day included: 2 blue whales, 8+ humpback whales, and over 1,000 long-beaked common dolphins. The...

It was a “Fall Classic” with bright sunny skies all day and very calm seas.  That Santa Barbara Channel cobalt blue color is coming back...

2016 06-23 SB Channel Today the epic battle for truth, knowledge, beauty and whales took place in the Santa Barbara Channel.  Once again...

2016 06-22 SB Channel The low stratus hit the deck not too far out so Captain Dave turned on the radar and posted a lookout.  We were...

2016 06-01 SB Channel It’s been years since we’ve had a nice build-up of krill along “The Ledge” (north face of SCI, SRI and SMI), and...

2016 5-30 SB Channel Captain Eric took the Condor Express through a lot of nice wildlife today and ended with a trip out to Cavern Point...

2016 05-24 SB Channel Today was an unusually wonderful weather day on the Santa Barbara Channel.  It was moderately windy with small...

2016 05-23 SB Channel It was a wonderful sunny day in the Santa Barbara Channel and the wind never got going.  Captain Eric, along with...

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...

2015 06-11 SB Channel Captain Dave and the crew of the Condor Express found 4 humpback #whales in the Santa Barbara Channel with at least...

2015 06-09 SB Channel It rained all day today from light rain to moderately heavy (big drops) rain.   A day for only the most hearty...

2015 06-08 SB Channel Captain Dave and the crew of the Condor Express took us across the Santa Barbara Channel to the eastern end of...

2015 06-03 SB Channel Milky turquoise water color pervaded the nearshore regions and returned to a typical oceanic blue out 4 miles or...

A CLOUDY MORNING EVENTUALLY GAVE WAY TO SUNNY BLUE SKIES WITH BLUE WHALES. C’MON DOWN AND CHECK ‘EM OUT ! 2015 05-28 SB Channel Blue...

OUR FIRST BIG BLUE WHALE OF THE SEASON. THEY’VE BEEN AROUND, BUT WE’VE HAD SO MUCH GOING ON WITH THOSE CRAZY HUMPBACKS… OH, BY THE WAY,...

A CLOSE LOOK AT THE PROPELLER SCAR AND GLOBULAR NODULES WHICH HELP US IDENTIFY OUR FRIEND, THE HUMPBACK “SCARLET.” SCARLET DID A BIT OF...

2015 05-15 SB Channel Captain Dave ran one of those “see it all” classic whale watch excursions today with a new technological twist that...