Cow-calf pairs for BOTH gray whales and humpback whales. These are the best of times.  It’s Spring and there is new life all around us in...

Another Quad Pod…and more. We ran up the line under cloudy skies and finally located gray whales up by the Goleta Pier.  On the way we...

A great day along the coast of Santa Barbara. I know.   I know.  We call them “coastal trips” and yet frequently we find ourselves...

A fine day for cetacean lovers. A low level “white out” fog bank extended from the lighthouse up past Coal Oil Point as we left the...

5 Gray whales including a mother and her calf. Captain Eric reports that 2 trips left the docks today, one at 12 noon and the other at...

A cruise ship anchored off Santa Barbara serves as a backdrop for a humpback whale tail fluke. photo: Bob Perry CondorExpressPhotos.com...

A large female gray whale. photo: Bob Perry Condor Express Photos.com First mother and calf gray whales of the season …. and lots more!...

One great gray whale and then…. Captain Eric headed out into a moderate breeze at 9am and quickly found a very cooperative gray whale. ...

Grays and Humpbacks and Great Conditions The Condor Express ran all three trips today.  On the 9am excursion, 4 gray whales were watched...

Two gray whales as a front moves through. The 9am trip was fairly pleasant and we watched 2 gray whales to the west of Santa Barbara...

8 Humpbacks, 5 Gray Whales and a Mugging ! What a day of sighting we had.  Three whale watch trips were conducted today, and here are the...

A lunge feeding humpback whale breaks the surface. photo: Bob Perry Condor Express Photos Humpbacks and Grays We ran all three trips...

11 Gray Whales & 300 Dolphins The marine layer kept ocean conditions smooth all day.  Numerous bait balls full of northern anchovies were...

Holy Smokes !   14 Gray Whales and more! The Condor Express ran two trips today and recorded an unbelievable 14 gray whale sightings. ...

Mother & Calf Gray Whale & More ! Captain Eric reports a great day full of cool sightings from our 12 noon trip today.  A lone calf or...

Gray Whale Season Yields 6 Humpback Whales Today It rained last night !!  It will rain again tonight !!  Yet somehow the march of the...

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...

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...

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