2015 05-24 SB Channel Captain Eric and the crew took the Condor Express away from the dock in Santa Barbara and headed east to where the...

2015 05-23 SB Channel Captain Dave and the crew of the Condor Express worked their magic today and whale fans experienced a series of...

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 05-21 SB Channel Captain Eric ran the show today and what a show it was…thanks, in part, to the keen whale-eyes of deckhand Augie....

2015 05-20 SB Channel Our first sighting of the excursion came along quite soon after Captain Eric took the Condor Express out of Santa...

2015 05-19 SB Channel Captain Dave headed out into the Santa Barbara Channel in search of #whales and #dolphins today. Near More Mesa he...

2015 05-18 SB Channel About 3 miles or so north of the commercial shipping lanes we encountered the first of our two “hot spots” with...

2015 05-17 SB Channel Captain Eric steered the Condor Express into humpback whale land again today, but under much better sea conditions...

2015 05-16 SB Channel Captain Eric ran into the Santa Barbara Channel and fought the moderate winds and swells to locate that “moveable...

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...

A MEDIUM SIZED OCEAN SUNFISH TAKES A GOOD LOOK AT THE WHALE WATCHERS ON BOARD THE CONDOR EXPRESS TODAY. 2015 05-13 SB Channel Off we went...

2015 05-12 SB Channel Hooray! It was our first official trip of the “Island Whale Watch” season for 2015 and it was sensational. Captain...

2015 05-10 SB Coast Today was the official end to our annual Coastal Gray Whale season. This week we resume “Island Whale Watch” trips...

2015 05-09 SB Coast Here are the facts and figures from Saturday from Captain Eric: 9 am 500 Long-beaked common dolphins alongside 2...

TWO GRAY WHALE MOTHERS AND THEIR CALVES STOP IN SHALLOW WATER FOR WHAT WE ARE GUESSING IS A NURSING STATION. 2015 05-08 SB Coast Captain...

A LITTLE GRAY WHALE CALF TAKES A MOMENT TO SPY HOP AND LOOK AROUND IN THE NEAR SHORE KELP FOREST 2015 05-07 SB Coast A moderate breeze...

2015 05-06 SB Coast Captain Dave ran one trip on the Condor Express today, departing scenic Santa Barbara at 12 noon to search for...

2015 05-05 SB Coast Captain Dave turned west along the shoreline kelp beds after our brief visit with 8 Pacific harbor seals on the...

2015 05-04 SB Coast Deck hand Augie made an easy day of it for himself and Captain Eric on the Condor Express today.   Eric had not even...

Captain Eric reported the following cetacean sightings today: 9am. Gray whales = 2 (mother and calf) Bottlenose dolphins = 6 ...