2018 06-07 SB Channel Clear skies, bright sun and clear, cobalt water near the Channel Islands made for excellent wildlife finding 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 05-27 SB Channel Captain Tasha and her crew ran across the Santa Barbara Channel to the waters near Santa Cruz Island.  Sightings...

2018 05-26 SB Channel It was a bright, sunny day in the Santa Barbara Channel today and a moderate breeze had seas whipped up just a...

2018 05-24 SB Channel A high, thin stratus layer persisted all day but seas were very calm and lateral visibility for sighting wildlife...

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

2018 05-20 SB Channel Captain Tasha headed for Santa Cruz Island today with moderately choppy seas.  Sighting included 2 giant blue...

2018 05-19 SB Channel Four giant blue whales and at least 250 long-beaked common dolphins were seen today on our island whale watch...

2018 05-17 SB Channel Captain Dave and his crew crossed the Santa Barbara Channel and ran practically the entire 24-mile length of...

2018 05-16 SB Channel Five Bigg’s killer whales and 50 long-beaked common dolphins were seen today.  (Bigg’s killer whales were formerly...

2018 05-15 SB Channel Gray whale-watching season for the Condor Express ended last Sunday and today was our first “island whale watch.” ...

2018 05-13 SB Coast Today we ran our last coastal whale watching trips for northbound migrating gray whales.  Two trips left the docks at...

2018 05-11 SB Coast Captain Tasha took the Condor Express up and down the coast at noon today and ended up with some great looks at 2...