2015 08-21 SB Channel One great thing about this marine layer pattern we are in is that the ocean surface has been mirror glass even...

2015 08-20 SB Channel Acting on good intel from our friends in the fleet, Captain Eric steered a southwesterly course out of Santa...

2015 08-19 SB Channel Captain Dave started the trip today by running a bit further to the southwest where a great collection of biomass...

2015 08-18 SB Channel A thin marine layer pervaded our neck of the Santa Barbara Channel until well past 100 pm, but the warm (70.7F)...

2015 08-14 SB Channel Keen-eyed Augie and master boat-handler Captain Dave turned a potential Mr. Toad’s wild ride into an epic humpback...

2015 08-13 SB Channel Out of the moderate seas, swells and crisp winds a magical traveling troupe of five humpback whales sought out...

2015 08-12 SB Channel We spent the morning cruising across the Santa Barbara Channel where we found 200 or so long-beaked common dolphins...

2015 08-11 SB Channel We were all stunned by the enormous beauty of the day. Once again there was little to no swell on the surface until...

2015 08-08 SB Channel Although there was a marine layer until about 11am, the ocean surface was glass smooth for one of the most calm...

2015 08-04 SB Channel A moderate chop from the southwest rolled through the Santa Barbara Channel today from winds up past Conception. It...

2015 08-02 SB Channel Today was a carbon copy of yesterday with more humpback whales (10+), less common dolphins (400), and a light chop...

2015 08-01 SB Channel Whoooeee! What a day! Captain Dave and his crew really put one together today.   Weather-wise, the first hour or so...

2015 07-28 SB Channel East The following raw numbers do not tell the whole story. Humpbacks = 4 Blue whale = 1 Minke whales = 2 ...

2015 07-25 SB Channel Captain Eric and the crew fired up a whole bunch of cool cetacean sightings on today’s excursion.   500 long-beaked...

2015 07-24 SB Channel Captain Dave drained the Santa Barbara Channel of cetaceans large and small on an epic whale watching adventure...

2015 07-23 SB Channel Calm seas and overcast skies characterized our day out in the Santa Barbara Channel today. Captain Eric and his...

2015 07-22 SB Channel It was another mill pod glass flat day out in the Santa Barbara Channel which made up for the overcast stratus...

2015 07-19 SB Channel Captain Eric reports sightings of 6 total humpback whales, found in pairs, from the northern half of the Santa...

2015 07-16 SB Channel Today’s trip tally came in at 9 humpback whales and 2000 long-beaked common dolphins, however the numbers to not...

2015 07-10 SB Channel Another mega-cetacean day for the Condor Express as we closely watched 19 humpback whales and at least 3,000...