2018 06-18 SB Channel You may have heard this before:  skies were blue, water was blue, and the whales were blue.  When Captain Dave and...

2018 06-17 SB Channel Although there was light rain in Santa Barbara Harbor earlier this morning, it cleared up quickly and, by the time...

2018 06-16 SB Channel It was an epic day full of fin whale and blue whale encounters at the hot spot near beautiful Santa Cruz Island. ...

2018 06-15 SB Channel Skies were covered by a thin stratus layer, and a light breeze wafted across the Santa Barbara Channel, but the...

2018 06-14 SB Channel The big news today was the presence of more than a dozen giant whales found surface lunge feeding at the same hot...

2018 06-13 SB Channel Skies were hazy and the ocean was calm and things were great for locating wildlife.  The great population numbers...

2018 06-12 SB Channel With a glassy ocean surface and hazy skies, Captain Dave and his crew got into the giant whales hot spot again...

2018 06-11 SB Channel Captain Tasha and her crew report seeing 7 fin whales, 2 blue whales and 2,000 long-beaked common dolphins today. ...

2018 06-09 SB Channel Today Captain Dave and his crew closely watched 2 giant blue whales and 700 long-beaked common dolphins.  It was a...

2018 06-08 SB Channel Captain Dave reports yet another day full of the most giant whales on Earth and dolphins too.  Skies were clear and...

2018 06-06 SB Channel It was another beast of a day in the Santa Barbara Channel with 5 giant fin whales, one huge blue whale and 250...

2018 06-04 SB Channel There was a high stratus layer all day in the Santa Barbara Channel and things were glassy and smooth except near...

2018 06-03 SB Channel Once again the various meteorological and oceanographic conditions all lined up to generate fantastic sea...

2018 06-02 SB Channel Captain Dave and his crew found ideal conditions in the Santa Barbara Channel with blue, sunny skies all day.  Seas...

2018 06-01 SB Channel With loads of cetaceans, large and small, you’d think the star would be one of the giant blue or fin whales.  Great...

2018 05-31 SB Channel It was a sunny day today and this generated a light breeze and some chop.  Nevertheless, Captain Dave and his crew...

2018 05-29 SB Channel A mill pond flat and glassy day made for wonderful cetacean sightings today.  Skies had a high stratus layer except...

2018 05-28 SB Channel Today we found blue skies, blue water and blue whales. Seas were extremely calm and sightings included: 3 giant...

2018 05-25 SB Channel The wind came up on our way home, but for the most part sea conditions and weather were great for finding...

2018 05-23 SB Channel Captain Dave and his expert crew crossed the entire Santa Barbara Channel today and located a massive wildlife hot...