2016 05-13 SB Channel The Santa Barbara Harbor pinniped sanctuary (formerly the bait barge) starts the day with just a couple of Pacific...

Regular readers of our sightings reports may be wondering why there has been a lack of posts so far in 2016.  The new year has begun with...

2015 12-29 SB Channel The humpback whale show. Yes, it is southbound gray whale season. And, yes, we did watch 7 humpback whales today...

HUMPBACKS MUG CONDOR EXPRESS 2015 11-11 SB Channel You could see from Bony Ridge to the east all the way out to San Miguel Island to the...

2015 09-04 SB Channel Dave , his crew and all our whale watchers had another epic day in the Santa Barbara Channel as they watched at...

2015 08-30 SB Channel Captain Eric knew it was going to be a challenge today as reports were coming in from up and down the Santa Barbara...

2015 08-17 SB Channel Flat, calm and even glassy sea conditions returned to the Santa Barbara Channel making great whale watching...

2015 08-16 SB Channel The fog was so dense there was less than ¼-mile visibility until it burned off around noon.   Of course noon was...

2015 08-15 SB Channel Captain Eric had to work for it today. Moderately high seas, strong winds and currents made it hard to move around...

2015 08-10 SB Channel Flat, gorgeous sea conditions with no wind at all until after 100pm, and a marine layer that went away with the...

2015 08-07 SB Channel The day started with the crew looking at a large oil sheen on the surface of the water inside Santa Barbara Harbor....

2015 08-05 SB Channel As we departed Santa Barbara at 1015 am there was more than medium chop, winds that formed white caps, and bright...

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...

HERE WE SEE ONE OF A TRIO OF HUMPBACK WHALES THAT HAD A GREAT TIME MAKING SALAD SHREDS OUT OF WHAT STARTED OUT AS A LARGE DRIFTING GIANT...

2015 07-21 SB Channel This should be about the last day for us to feel the weather effects stemming from Hurricane Dolores which has long...

2015 07-20 SB Channel Captain Dave and the crew racked-up a nice mix of both the abundance and diversity of cetaceans today with a total...

2015 07-17 SB Channel Captain Dave and his renowned crew successfully watched 20 humpback whales (with more in the distance) and a...

2015 07-15 SB Channel Skies were overcast until we reached the shipping lanes off Santa Cruz Island later in the trip, after which it was...

2015 07-13 SB Channel A regular reader of this blog might assume that the humpback whales and long-beaked common dolphins were in serious...

2015 07-12 SB Channel It was something like a record-breaking humpback whale and dolphin day. Here’s the story. At 10:30am we were less...