3 gray whales side by side on a magnificent day in the Santa Barbara Channel Epic conditions & Epic sightings After 17 days of waiting...

5 whales today With grey skies we get gray whales….a true story, not a limerick!  It may have been cloudy with a very few light sprinkles...

Two Gray Whales put on a real show High noon.  Just off the extinguished Santa Barbara Light.  Conditions: calm, sunny, clear skies, blue...

Two Gray Whales and Tons of Life Great, warm, sunny weather with clear skies and clear water prevailed in the Santa Barbara Channel...

Out of the Mist There were very very calm and glassy sea condition today on the 9am and 12 noon trips.  I had to leave to catch the Joe...

Lunge Feeding Humpback We ran two trips today, 12 noon and 3 pm.  Sea conditions were fantastic:  clear blue water, no chop, no wind, and...

Northbound gray whales and common dolphins. Two trips were run today, 12 noon and 3 pm.  Things started out foggy, but quickly dissipated...

A surface lunge feeding humpback whale today. First coastal trip of the season is off the charts. As is our custom during this season of...

Nine gray whales – some seen heading north and south. A single young southbound gray whale breached three times to the amazement of...

Tales of many whales. There was a wonderful southbound gray whale not far outside Santa Barbara Harbor as we left and headed south to...

Lots of gray whales and massive herds of dolphins. On the way across the Santa Barbara Channel we ran across the first of two giant herds...

Gray whale at Santa Cruz Island with heart shaped spout for Valentine’s Day. Gray whales, bottlenose and Risso’s dolphins, Dall’s...

Lots of gray whales interacting with the dolphins today Although there was a decent sized westerly swell rolling down the Santa Barbara...

In the midst of gray whale season:  Two Humpbacks ! The Condor Express headed south out of Santa Barbara Harbor again today, in an...

5 gray whales and more ! There were two pairs of gray whales, then a single, as we worked around both sides of West Point, Santa Cruz...

10 + 800 + 200 = spectacular whale watching today The Condor Express motored across the Santa Barbara Channel in thick fog.  Things were...

Eight whales, five porpoises. A bit rocky out at the West End of Santa Cruz Island again today, so Captain Dave and the crew took a turn...

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...

New Year Starts with 6 Killer Whales This is our third transient killer whale (Orcinus orca) encounter in a week.  What a week it has...

Killer day in the Santa Barbara Channel Killer Whale Spy Hop photo: Bob Perry CondorExpressPhotos.com An all time epic or “killer” day in...