Minke Whales Pair and more
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 – A light breeze with a heavy chop on the water soon increased to a bit more than a breeze and a wilder ride to...
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- Aug 10, 2016
- 1 min
Whale tails from humpback whales
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 – The early morning stratus burned off right away and it became sunny all day. Seas were calm. This trip...
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- Aug 9, 2016
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Humpback whales
It’s Tuesday, August 9, 2016 and we had a great whale watching excursion into the Santa Barbara Channel today. The weather was overcast...
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- Aug 2, 2016
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August 2, 2016 – Santa Barbara Channel –
The continuous cacophony of hundreds of elegant terns calling back and forth all day provided a sharp musical accompaniment to the whale...
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- Jul 21, 2016
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July 21, 2016 – Santa Barbara –
2016 07-21 SB Channel A great day in the northern Channel with tons of humpback whales and long-beaked common dolphins. Captain Eric and...
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- Jul 20, 2016
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July 20, 2016 – Santa Barbara –
2016 07-20 SB Channel California Whale Watching – you can never get enough! It was windy from the get-go today, but it was a nice warm...
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- Apr 1, 2016
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Pelican crash diving signals whale hot spots
2016 04-01 SB Channel All three excursions into the Santa Barbara Channel were highly successful in part due to the warm skies and...
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- Aug 18, 2015
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Surface Feeding Humpbacks and Much More
2015 08-18 SB Channel A thin marine layer pervaded our neck of the Santa Barbara Channel until well past 100 pm, but the warm (70.7F)...
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- Aug 3, 2015
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Eight Humpback whales and Thousands of Dolphins
2015 08-03 SB Channel Captain Eric likes to zig zag through the known hot spots. In fact, his beard is reminiscent of the famous Man...
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- Jul 16, 2015
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Gluttony on the high seas – surface feeding humpbacks and dolphins
2015 07-16 SB Channel Today’s trip tally came in at 9 humpback whales and 2000 long-beaked common dolphins, however the numbers to not...
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- Jun 25, 2015
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Gluttony on the high seas – massive humpback lunging session
2015 06-25 SB Channel NOTE: “Gluttony” may be a bit anthropomorphic, but it helps me relate to you the spectacular humpback whale feeding...
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- Jun 22, 2015
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An Exhilarating Day
2015 06-22 SB Channel Exhilarating ! Although it was a bright sunny day with a moderate “bump” on the surface, the real fun came around...
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- Jun 17, 2015
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Humpbacks and Dolphins and the Cave
2015 06-17 SB Channel Another mega day for humpback whales and common dolphins. After leaving the sea lions on the Santa Barbara...
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- Jun 5, 2015
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A lone humpback glutton and more
2015 06-05 SB Channel Turquoise, milky streaks of water still persist along the mainland coast and now have appeared as bands of color...
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- Jun 3, 2015
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9 humpback whales and nearly 3000 dolphins plus turquoise water
2015 06-03 SB Channel Milky turquoise water color pervaded the nearshore regions and returned to a typical oceanic blue out 4 miles or...
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- May 8, 2015
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Springtime (and little cetacean calves) is in the air
TWO GRAY WHALE MOTHERS AND THEIR CALVES STOP IN SHALLOW WATER FOR WHAT WE ARE GUESSING IS A NURSING STATION. 2015 05-08 SB Coast Captain...
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- May 1, 2015
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A Nat Geo Kinda Day
2015 05-01 SB Coast We ran two fantastic adventures into the Santa Barbara Channel today: 9am and 12 noon. Cetacean fortune struck us on...
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- Oct 8, 2014
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Anchovy Slaughter in the Eastern Channel
A massive school of northern anchovies had developed into a tight ball on the surface and was attacked from above and below. Here we see...
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- Oct 1, 2014
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Mirror and rippled glass ocean full of life
Humpback waterfall. Mirror and rippled glass ocean full of life The adventure began under sunny blue skies and a rippled ocean surface. ...
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