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Early Spring Whale Watching Trips – 3 Per Day
It’s mid February in Santa Barbara and with it come the gray whales. Which means it’s also time for us to start our, three times a day...
Feb 19, 20182 min read
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Annual Maintenance On The Condor Express
Condor Express Whale Watching in Santa Barbara California takes great pride in their unique whale watching boat. We carry tens of...
Jan 30, 20171 min read
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A Complete Tour of the Channel on a Gorgeous Day
A Complete Tour of the Channel on a Gorgeous Day Captain Dave ran the Condor Express way to the west to look for wildlife off the Gaviota...
Jul 28, 20141 min read
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Rollin’ with the Risso’s Dolphins
It was another spectacular “summer-like” day on the west and central Santa Barbara Channel. Strong Santa Ana winds were blowing down...
Jan 14, 20142 min read
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2 nice gray whales and a lot of dolphins
Gray whales and a lot of dolphins Not far out of Santa Barbara Harbor the Condor Express played with a group of at least 1,500 common...
Jan 5, 20141 min read
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Many Mammal Species and a pair of Bald Eagles on Santa Cruz Island
A pair of bald eagles perched on the seacliffs of Santa Cruz Island. Photo: Bob Perry CondorExpressPhotos.com Mirror Glass, Many Mammal...
Jan 4, 20142 min read
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Calm seas result in gray whale mating.
Three gray whales. Photo credit: Bob Perry CondorExpressPhotos.com Calm seas result in gray whales mating. The trip across the Santa...
Jan 3, 20141 min read
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Two “Wrong Way Corrigan” Gray Whales and More.
A Risso’s Dolphin breached repeatedly today. Two “Wrong Way Corrigan” Gray Whales and More You may have heard the story of Douglas “Wrong...
Dec 26, 20132 min read
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First Gray Whales of the Season and more !!
What an epic day in the Channel, perfect weatheR and the first gray whales heading south. The adventurous Condor Express went to Santa...
Dec 12, 20131 min read
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Epic bottlenose dolphin sightings and lots more !!
Epic bottlenose dolphin sighting A gorgeous, crisp, sunny and cool winter trip on the Condor Express took everyone on a great adventure...
Dec 11, 20131 min read
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Five Humpback Whales and plenty of excitement.
Five Humpback Whales and plenty of excitement. Report for Friday, December 6, 2013. The Condor Express moved with the feeding grounds...
Dec 6, 20131 min read
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Two Happy Humpback Whales Enjoyed by All
Captain Eric and the crew report another calm, flat sunny day on the feeding grounds today and there were two humpbacks whales watched...
Dec 2, 20131 min read
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Humpback Whale Gluttony x12
Three humpback whales were seen in the midst of an all out feeding frenzy today. I’ve been shooting photos on the Condor Express for 8...
Nov 24, 20131 min read
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Saturday humpback whale-o-rama
The strong winds that blow to the east continue to miss the eastern Santa Barbara Channel humpback whale grounds. These winds are...
Nov 23, 20131 min read
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Hour upon hour of humpback whale surface feeding.
Photo by Capt Eric showing surface lunge feeding humpback whales Hour upon hour of humpback surface feeding. The sea conditions were...
Nov 13, 20131 min read
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Tales of the humpback whale tails.
Tale of the tails. We closely watched at least 6 humpback whales today, with another 7 or 8 in the immediate area. It was the “day of...
Nov 11, 20131 min read
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Humpback whale antics thrill everyone again
Captain Eric reports ideal conditions today, although there was a small 3 foot swell, but with no wind on top of the swell it was great...
Nov 3, 20131 min read
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The Humpback Whale Show is ON
Condor Express route today. The Humpback Whale Show is ON Rope was not there today with her pal, but the friendly cow-calf was. And so...
Sep 10, 20131 min read
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Four Minke whales and thousands of dolphins
Four Minke whales and thousands of dolphins. Four user-friendly Minke whales and thousands of dolphins were watched today out on the...
Sep 2, 20131 min read
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Tie dolphin score: Mysticetes 2 vs Odontocetes 2
Two of the five giant blue whales we saw today. Tie score: Mysticetes 2 vs Odontocetes 2. Although there were rumors of both Risso’s...
Aug 4, 20133 min read
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