2016 01-24 SB Channel The rainstorm that left us high and dry yesterday brought the usual windy after effects today. The Santa Barbara...

2016 01-22 SB Channel Captain Eric steered a course for the west end of Santa Cruz Island, a southwesterly heading from Santa Barbara....

2016 01-17 SB Channel A long-period ground swell generated some medium-sized waves and backwash along the edge of the Breakwater as we...

2016 01-16 SB Channel Captain Eric and the crew of the Condor Express took a southwesterly course out of Santa Barbara Harbor on very...

2016 01-15 SB Channel OMG! A megapod of gray whales! There was a pretty fresh breeze blowing from the western Santa Barbara Channel and...

2016 01-10 SB Channel Captain Eric and the crew of the Condor Express cleared the breakwater and entered the open ocean at 1020 am.  ...

2015 12-31 SB Channel A gorgeous New Year’s Eve in the “gap” (aka, Santa Cruz Channel…between Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Island). Captain...

2015 12-27 SB Channel Oh, what a wonderful day it was as we crossed the Santa Barbara Channel and ended up in the Santa Cruz Channel (the...

2015 12-26 SB Channel After a week or so of storms that hit northern and central California which sent high winds and rough seas into the...

Two Gray Whales Captain Eric found gray whales again today as he took the Condor Express from across the 50-fathom line then down east.  ...

2015 12-19 SB Channel The rain came swooping in from the northwest towards the end of the trip today, otherwise it did start out sunny...

2015 12-18 SB Channel A gorgeous day in the Santa Barbara Channel with hazy warm sun, clear skies, not much wind over all and zero wind...

2015 06-08 SB Channel Captain Dave and the crew of the Condor Express took us across the Santa Barbara Channel to the eastern end of...

A LITTLE GRAY WHALE CALF POKES ITS HEAD UP TO SPOUT AS IT TRAVELS SAFELY ALONGSIDE ITS MOTHER IN THE GLORIOUS BRIGHT SANTA BARBARA SUN...

FANTASTIC SIGHTING UP AT ELLWOOD AS FOUR GRAY WHALES (2 MOMS, 2 CALVES) TAKE A SURF BREAK FROM THE MIGRATION. THE WHALES WERE IN 5 OR 10...

2015 04-22 SB Coast It was a day with a glassy calm ocean surface and partly sunny skies. Captain Dave commanded two excursions out of...

2015 04-20 SB Coast Captain Eric lead one trip out of Santa Barbara Harbor today and it was a doosy.   Although we had sunny skies for...

2015 04-17 SB Coast Captain Dave used the mirror glass and sunny conditions that persisted until around 130pm to mesmerize the whale...

2015 04-12 SB Coast Captain Eric was at the helm again today and this time he steered the mighty Condor Express on two excursions:   9am...

2015 04-11 SB Coast Captain Eric was at the helm and guided our cetacean fans through three amazing adventures today: 9a, 12n and 3p....