Image: A friendly humpback whale in the Santa Barbara Channel
2024 03-28 SB Channel
A single 12noon trip hit the jackpot today. It was glass flat until the end of the trip, when sunshine gave way to a few in-coming rain squalls and wind. Sightings for the trip included: 2 Minke whales, 3 humpback whales, 2 gray whales and 500+ long-beaked common dolphins.
Just 4 miles southeast of the harbor we watched two separate Minke whales. One was larger than the other and we had good looks at both. Meanwhile, our eagle-eyed deckhand, Eddie, spied a spout nearby.
Another mile to the southeast found us off Montecito with a juvenile humpback. It hung out with the Condor Express and got friendly. (see today’s photo for an example). We moved west where Eddie (again) located a trio of whales: one gray whale accompanying 2 humpback whales. Almost immediately one humpback took off for a monster breach. We watched the group go through the kelp farm. Yikes! Just 100 yards away we watched another gray whale.
On the way home, a mega pod of dolphins located the boat. The pod was spread out over a mile of water and, again, great looks were had by all.
You never know what Mother Nature has in store.
Bob Perry
Condor Express, and
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