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...

A pair of bald eagles perched on the seacliffs of Santa Cruz Island. Photo: Bob Perry CondorExpressPhotos.com Mirror Glass, Many Mammal...

Three gray whales. Photo credit: Bob Perry CondorExpressPhotos.com Calm seas result in gray whales mating. The  trip across the Santa...

The anchovy populations took advantage of the glassy, sunny zero wind day to come up and bask in the sun. Perhaps they wanted to snack...

Photo by Capt Eric showing surface lunge feeding humpback whales Hour upon hour of humpback surface feeding. The sea conditions were...

After some brief morning fog, the conditions became sunny with calm seas again today. A total of 8 humpback whales were watched closely,...

A short fin mako shark was seen on our trip today. It was a special 8-hour whale watch trip today with the American Cetacean Society, Los...

Captain Dave was at it again, and so were the mighty humpback whales of the Santa Barbara Channel. If this isn’t the best whale watching...

El Capitan Dave reports bright sun and a moderate bump on the water in the Channel today, but the ol’ Condor encountered 11 humpback...

The latest on the gray whale migration. Three gray whales were observed in the gray whale migration back to their feeding grounds in...

The mighty Condor took its 100-tons of steel out for three trips along the coast today and 8 gray whales were observed and 100 common...

The above photos show (1) the new wheelhouse aluminum shell and reinforcement beams, and (2) a crane removing the antenna mast from the...

We ran two gray whale watching trips today under the direction of Captain Dave. The early morning featured some light rain which...

Captain Dave reports from the Condor that two trips ran today and a total of 7 gray whales including a Gray Whale breach. They were...

Captain Dave reports from the Condor, which ran two trips today, that a total of 7 gray whales were closely observed. On the 12noon trip...

Repair work and replacement of instruments in the burned wheelhouse of the Condor Express is now under way. The captains and crew are on...

The Parade of Lights is Sunday, December 9th and the Condor Express departs from Sea Landing at 5:00 p.m. This Parade of Lights cruise is...

Gray Whales begin their southern migration A few “early bird” gray whales have been seen off the coast and reports tell of humpbacks...

Last whale watching cruise until Nov 21 Today was our last whale watching cruise until Wed. Nov. 21, as we will be hauling out and in the...

Top 10 things to do in Santa Barbara One of the top 10 things to do in Santa Barbara is definitely California whale watching. Today was a...