After a few days off doing regularly scheduled maintenance and a tiny trickle of local rain, the Condor Express set a course for the...

Today we watched a “new” (not recognized by us previously) mother and her calf in the east Santa Barbara Channel. Conditions for whale...

Photo by Capt Eric showing surface lunge feeding humpback whales Hour upon hour of humpback surface feeding. The sea conditions were...

Tale of the tails. We closely watched at least 6 humpback whales today, with another 7 or 8 in the immediate area. It was the “day of...

The Fall whale season is still vibrant and strong. Today the Condor Express watched at least 12 humpback whales. These whales really...

Captain Eric reports ideal conditions today, although there was a small 3 foot swell, but with no wind on top of the swell it was great...

First sightings of a “new” whale with an entanglement scar just like our “Rope.” –photo by Capt Eric Nickish Again we encountered “drop...

It was another nice day on the Channel with plenty of anchovy schools to get the cetaceans and whale watchers excited. Captain Dave...

Captain Eric reports a slightly breeze today out on the Santa Barbara Channel but still sighted at least 6 humpback whales. Out of the 6...

Twin humpback whale spouts today. The wisps of fog that enshrouded Santa Barbara Harbor quickly lifted as we pushed to the east. At...

Ideal conditions again on the Santa Barbara Channel feeding grounds. Today we watched as 8 humpback whales and 6 Minke whales gorged...

A pectoral fin slammin’ humpback whale goes berserk. A humpback whale set a new Santa Barbara Channel record for pectoral fin slaps today...

Earlier we were thrilled to see 5 nice, active humpback whales on a great trip. Then is went to 7 humpback whales. Yesterday it jumped to...

Surface lunge feeding humpback whales gorge themselves on anchovy schools today An excellent “Indian Summer” whale watch adventure. It...

A sea lion feeds on a barracuda by tossing it around. Later it was swallowed tail first. Rope the humpback slaps a pesky sea lion. Out...

Six friendly humpback whales + dolphins = FUN Fantastic clear, blue and sunny skies today across the Santa Barbara Channel made it...

The slopes along the western Ventura coast and Highway 101 can be seen behind the tail fluke of a humpback whale. Drop Dead Gorgeous &...

Humpback Whales and Minke whale sightings on the rise today With ideal whale watch conditions in the northeast Santa Barbara Channel...

Humpback Whales Lunge Feeding A spectacular, sunny. last day of Summer out on the northeastern Channel today. After spending a great half...

The humpback whale and Minkes show. Although the seas were extremely calm and nice today, there was a tiny bit of fog to make whale...