A wonderful day for cetacean variety.
2016 03-26 SB Channel The Condor Express hosted 3 excursions today under sunny skies with a light breeze and moderate chop on the water. ...
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- Mar 17, 2015
- 2 min
Gray Whales Salute Old Condor’s Departure
The original 90-foot long steel sportfishing boat Condor, aka “the Original,” or “Big Bird,” ran its last two whale watching trips of the...
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- Mar 16, 2015
- 2 min
Grays and a Humpback
The venerable original Condor ran three 2½ trips today, at 9 am 12 noon and 3 pm. Again we had mirror glass seas, crystal clear blue...
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- Mar 14, 2015
- 1 min
Mill Pond Flat and Glassy Seas All Day Long
2015 03-14 SB Coast The original Condor “Big Bird” ran 3 trips at 2½ hours each today. My Gawd it was such fantastic weather and sea...
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- Mar 12, 2015
- 2 min
Breaching, Mating, Double-Breaching, Spy-Hopping – Gray Whales Go Wild.
“Big Bird,” the original Condor, ran two 2½ hour whale watch trips today departing Santa Barbara Harbor at 9a and 12 noon. As usual, we...
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- Mar 10, 2015
- 2 min
Breaching Gray Whales, Kelping and More.
The original Condor ran two trips today departing at 9a and 12n. The 9am trip started out with a thick marine layer that soon broke to...
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- Mar 8, 2015
- 1 min
Gray Whales, Young and Old.
Captain Mike ran two trips today, 9am and 12 noon. The 9 am trip ran into a bit of fog at first which made spotting whales a challenge....
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- Mar 7, 2015
- 3 min
Hot Whales and Dolphins !
Although I am guilty of using the term “epic” far too often, I’m sorry, but today was indeed epic. There was bright, warm sun all...
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- Mar 6, 2015
- 2 min
So Many Species, so Little Time
The Condor ran three trips today: 9a, 12n and 3p. The day was sunny and hot in Santa Barbara, and out on the Channel it was simply...
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- Mar 5, 2015
- 1 min
Gray Whales, Humpback Whale and Dolphins all at Once !
Captain Scott and his crew left Santa Barbara Harbor at noon today for a single excursion out to whale land. Conditions were calm and...
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- Mar 4, 2015
- 3 min
Humpback Whale, Gray Whale and Dolphin Bonanza
The big bird, aka “Condor,” ran two trips today. The first trip left the dock at 9am and the second left at noon. Both trips had just...
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- Mar 3, 2015
- 2 min
At Least 5 Gray Whales Today
A single excursion out into the Santa Barbara Channel at noon today yielded great whale sightings for all. It was a crystal clear day and...
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- Mar 1, 2015
- 1 min
Two Gray Whales Get Frisky
One trip today left the docks at 12noon for the Santa Barbara Channel. There was a moderate breeze at first, but then it calmed down...
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- Feb 27, 2015
- 1 min
12 Gray Whales & Some Breaching
With a supposed storm on the way, we were, in fact, treated to moderate seas and sunny skies. A moderate breeze kicked up later in the...
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- Feb 26, 2015
- 1 min
A northbound gray whale and some smaller mammals too.
The noon trip took us west as far as Campus Point at UCSB as we searched for, and then followed a single adult northbound gray whale...
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- Feb 25, 2015
- 2 min
7 Gray Whales & Dolphins Too
Captain Scott steered the Condor (“big bird”) out into the Santa Barbara Channel at noon today with many passengers from all over the...
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- Feb 24, 2015
- 2 min
Twelve Gray Whales – Southbound !!
We ran one trip and left the dock at high noon for a showdown in the Santa Barbara Channel. Again we had very good air quality and...
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- Feb 23, 2015
- 1 min
A clear day with a squall and a whale
Spectacular vistas unfolded before our eyes as we departed Santa Barbara Harbor at 12 noon. You could see from Boney Ridge (Malibu) to...
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- Feb 22, 2015
- 1 min
Breaching Gray Whale Steals Show
It was a drizzly overcast day, the modern southern California version of a “rain” storm, as the Condor searched for cetaceans today. ...
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- Feb 20, 2015
- 2 min
Southbound Gray Whales and Dolphins
A gray and overcast morning greeted us as we left the dock at 9am for the first of three trips today. Seas we calm with a light breeze...
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