Excellent humpback and more on mirror glass seas
2022 08-21 SB Channel An unusual schedule today, 8am – 1230pm, resulted in more time in the fog. Seas were flat and glassy calm....
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Aug 20, 20222 min read
11+ humpbacks, 5000 dolphins and lots of great cetacean behaviors!
2022 08-20 SB Channel WE GOT MUGGED AGAIN A high stratus layer quickly dissipated and trip featured glassy seas, practically no swell and...
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Aug 18, 20222 min read
Among 6 whales: a pectoral-slapping champion and later two frisky whales.
2022 08-18 SB Channel It was foggy most of the day but cleared for a while during our best encounters with frisky humpbacks. Some of the...
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Aug 17, 20222 min read
Lots of whales, dolphins and one champion tail-thrower!
2022 08-17 SB Channel We headed south out of the harbor and quickly found ourselves surrounded by dense fog. Later, on the south side of...
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Aug 16, 20221 min read
Another day full of whales dolphins and behaviors
2022 08-16 SB Channel Captain Devin reported patches of thick fog all day long with intervening clear spots loaded up with marine...
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Aug 15, 20221 min read
20+ humpbacks close to home in massive dolphin hot spot
2022 08-15 SB Channel It was an extremely productive day in the Channel, quite close to home. We spent the entire trip about 8 miles...
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Aug 14, 20222 min read
Four humpbacks and two different species of dolphins.
2022 08-14 SB Channel It was another exciting August wildlife expedition under sunny, warm skies and light winds. The nocturnal winds far...
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Aug 13, 20221 min read
Nice humpbacks and many thousands of dolphins including some high flyers!
2022 08-13 SB Channel Skies were sunny and bright all day as we moved south, then west, out of Santa Barbara Harbor. The residual wind...
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Aug 12, 20221 min read
Charter trip to western oil rigs includes nice marine mammal sightings
2022 08-12 Oil Rig Charter This is a quick informational report on a private Charter, oil rig tour up to the far west and Platforms...
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Aug 11, 20221 min read
Lots of humpback whales in the north Channel, close to home.
2022 08-11 SB Channel A residual bump from overnight offshore turbulence kept our maximum speed down a tad, but the sunny, warm skies...
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Aug 10, 20222 min read
Call the humpback police! We were MUGGED again!
2022 08-10 SB Channel ANOTHER MUGGING. Skies got clear early and it was a warm day out on the Channel. Moderate short interval wind waves...
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Aug 9, 20222 min read
Getting mugged is not a crime (when it’s two humpback whales)…and more.
2022 08-09 SB Channel – Far West Sightings were phenomenal. We were repetitively MUGGED. It was sunny all day. There was not much breeze...
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Aug 8, 20222 min read
Lots of humpbacks, we watched 2. Thousands of dolphins and windy seas out west.
2022 08-08 SB Channel – West While sea conditions were amazing near Santa Barbara Harbor and environs, once offshore Platform Holly, wind...
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Aug 7, 20222 min read
A record-breaking day in the far western Channel…El Capitan to Gaviota!
2022 08-07 SB Channel – West Captain “Osprey eyes” Devin and the crew of the Condor Express returned to the fertile waters of the far...
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Aug 4, 20221 min read
The pristine western channel produced 4 marine mammal species and a fish.
2022 08-03 SB Channel – West It was another sunny, calm day in the western Santa Barbara coastal waters. Winds were calm and the water...
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Aug 3, 20222 min read
A 75-mile scenic tour of the Channel yields humpbacks and lots of dolphins.
2022 08-03 SB Channel “Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good evening to you wherever you may be. . .” -Vin Scully The first half of the...
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Aug 2, 20222 min read
A cooperative humpback and Minke whale, plus thousands of dolphins.
2022 08-02 SB Channel Captain Devin and the crew of the Condor Express had sunny, warm conditions with nearly zero winds today on a trip...
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Aug 1, 20221 min read
Giant blue whales at the islands.
2022 08-01 SB Channel A low stratus, not fog, covered the northern Channel. Once we reached The Lanes, the rest of the day was sunny and...
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Jul 30, 20221 min read
Whales and dolphins and fog patches.
2022 07-30 SB Channel – West There were sunny skies with areas of dense fog and no wind all day. The fog restricted visibility to near...
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Jul 29, 20221 min read
Quality time with a huge humpback “ambassador whale.”
2022 07-29 SB Channel – West Excellent whaling conditions prevailed across the northwester Channel. Sighting included: 2000 long-beaked...
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