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A record-breaking year for gray whales
2018 04-02 SB Coast Six gray whales and 8 inshore bottlenose dolphins were seen on a single 12 noon excursion today. Skies had a thin...
Apr 2, 20181 min read
A nice day of good sightings
2017 05-13 SB Coast Two gray whales, 25 long-beaked common dolphins and 3 coastal bottlenose dolphins were seen during our two excursions...
May 13, 20171 min read
It was a good day for cetacean searching.
2017 05-11 SB Coast Four gray whales, 1 humpback whale and 200 long-beaked common dolphins were seen today. Captain Eric and his crew...
May 11, 20171 min read
What a great trip it was
2017 05-10 SB Coast Two gray whales, 1 humpback whale and 500 long-beaked common dolphins were seen during a single excursion. Captain...
May 10, 20171 min read
6 gray whales and 1 humpback whale
2017 05-09 SB Coast Captain Dave ran two trips today and had some great sightings. 6 gray whales and 1 humpback whale were seen. Skies...
May 9, 20171 min read
4 humpback whales, 5 gray whales, and about 1000 long beaked common dolphins
2017 05-04 SB Coast Although Captain Dave had to deal with fog most of the day today the total sightings were phenomenal. 4 humpback...
May 4, 20172 min read
Our old pal “Scarlet” the humpback whale paid us a visit
2017 05-03 SB Coast We saw 6 gray whales, 6 bottlenose dolphins, and 2 humpback whales today. It was a day with calm seas and morning...
May 3, 20172 min read
Dolphins and gray whale mothers with calves
2017 05-02 SB Coast Today we ran two trips and saw 8 gray whales, 1,300 long-beaked common dolphins and 6 coastal bottlenose dolphins. ...
May 2, 20172 min read
Great weather, great sightings once again!
2017 05-01 SB Coast Spectacular weather and sea conditions continued today as the Condor Express successfully ran two excursions along...
May 1, 20172 min read
Young gray whale antics
2017 04-29 SB Coast Finally, a break in the strong winds and heavy seas that have plagued the Santa Barbara Channel all week! Skies were...
Apr 29, 20172 min read
Rolling in the kelp, spy hopping in the kelp, and generally acting like an infant
2017 04-28 SB Coast What a week full of high wind forecasts we have had! Today there were moderate winds from the west that were quite...
Apr 28, 20172 min read
Conditions along the kelp superhighway were fantastic and so were the sightings
2017 04-27 SB Coast Once again the marine weather forecast was for high winds and choppy seas. As he has so many times in the past,...
Apr 27, 20171 min read
Six gray whales were seen today.
2017 04-26 SB Coast The NOAA NWS forecast for the Channel was bleak. Strong winds from a Pacific storm that was bringing rain to NorCal...
Apr 26, 20171 min read
A gray whale calf ejected mud through its baleen while on the surface
2017 04-24 SB Coast High winds were forecasted for our region of the Santa Barbara Channel, but Captain Eric and his crew got lucky and...
Apr 24, 20172 min read
200 long-beaked common dolphins and 11 gray whales
2017 04-23 SB Coast Although there was negligible wind, there was a slight bump on the surface coming from much rough conditions to the...
Apr 23, 20171 min read
The humpback feeding frenzy stole the show.
2017 04-22 SB Coast Humpback whale feeding frenzy, gray whale calves and two different species of dolphins made todays three excursions...
Apr 22, 20173 min read
A humpback whale that would not stop breaching
2017 04-21 SB Coast A single noon excursion started off with dense patch fog, then turned out to be very nice. The low stratus did not...
Apr 21, 20172 min read
Two pairs of gray whales.
2017 04-20 SB Coast It was a bit windy along the coast and Captain Dave ran a single trip at noon. The crew of the Condor Express saw a...
Apr 20, 20171 min read
Sightings were fantastic with lots of whales and dolphins.
2017 04-19 SB Coast Although the day started out with dense fog all the way down to the deck, it lifted by mid-morning and created ample...
Apr 19, 20171 min read
A gorgeous day full of cetaceans.
2017 04-18 SB Coast Captain Dave encountered 3 gray whales and 200 long-beaked common dolphins on his one and only excursion today along...
Apr 18, 20171 min read
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