2017 10-29 SB Channel Captain Eric and his crew cruised the southeastern Santa Barbara Channel on a cool-ish fall day and located a lot...

2017 10-28 SB Channel There was a deep stratus layer that produced gray skies near the coast and then dropped to the ocean surface and...

2017 10-26 SB Channel Captain Dave and his crew took the Condor Express into the eastern Santa Barbara Channel again today where they...

2017 10-25 SB Channel It was a picture postcard day in the eastern Santa Barbara Channel with glassy seas and superior clarity both above...

2017 10-24 SB Channel Today we ran a private whale watch exclusively for cruise ship passengers who got off the big boat and went out on...

2017 10-22 SB Channel Captain Eric and his team located and watched a ton of spectacular humpback whale activity today in the eastern...

2017 10-21 SB Channel Captain Eric and his crew took the Condor Express back to The Flats in the eastern Santa Barbara Channel and had a...

2017 10-19 SB Channel Today’s sightings were confined to the eastern Santa Barbara Channel in an area we call The Flats which lie south...

2017 10-15 SB Channel Captain Eric and the crew of the Condor Express had a very productive excursion with 18 humpback whales and 1200...

2017 10-14 SB Channel The hot spot zone is still active about 9 miles south of UCSB.  Today Captain Dave and  the crew of the Condor...

2017 10-12 SB Channel Sea conditions were excellent in the northern Santa Barbara Channel again today and, as reported earlier this week,...

2017 10-08 SB Channel Captain Eric and the crew of the Condor Express took a bold path and chose to not cross the Santa Barbara Channel. ...

2017 10-07 SB Channel While soaring air temperatures in Santa Barbara had everyone talking about the fall heat wave, conditions in the...

2017 10-06 SB Channel It was a sultry day in the Santa Barbara Channel with no wind and a mill pond glassy ocean surface. Among the 8 or...

2017 10-05 SB Channel We are in the middle of a week in which stunning ocean conditions and bright sunny skies are forecast, and today...

2017 10-04 SB Channel What I mean when I say that we saw 18+ humpback whales today is that there were certainly a lot more than 18...

2017 10-01 SB Channel Captain Eric and the crew of the Condor Express spent the trip entirely in the northern Channel averaging 6 to 8...

2017 09-30 SB Channel The central Santa Barbara Channel activity zone got even hotter today.  Sightings included: 15* humpback whales,...

2017 09-29 SB Channel Totals for the day included: 2 blue whales, 8+ humpback whales, and over 1,000 long-beaked common dolphins. The...

2017 09-27-SB Channel Captain Dave reports seeing 5 humpback whales, 1 fin whale, 1000 long-beaked common dolphins, 1000 short-beaked...