2015 07-07 SB Channel Not too far out from Santa Barbara Harbor ol’ eagle-eyes Augie spotted a nice ocean sunfish (Mola mola) which we...

2015 07-05 SB Channel Rope, Scarlet and throngs of other humpback whales put on a show. Captain Eric found a mother lode of humpback...

2015 07-03 SB Channel Along the offshore oil platform line-up, between Charlie and Hillhouse, we found a wide swath of humpback whales...

2015 07-02 SB Channel The tropical clouds which were creating partly cloudy skies as we left the dock at 10 am quickly dissipated and the...

2015 07-01 SB Channel It was cloudy, warm and a bit humid today as the remnants of a tropical storm ran north into the Santa Barbara...

2015 06-30 SB Channel We found our first payload of cetaceans just 3 miles south of Santa Barbara Harbor as we glided slowly along with...

HUMPBACK WHALE TAIL THROW ! 2015 06-29-SB Channel A trip out to see the blue whales was not to be as seas in the western zone of the...

South of the rig line there were several bait ball hot spots with the usual suspects dining on the anchovy cuisine.   The humpback whales...

2015 06-25 SB Channel NOTE: “Gluttony” may be a bit anthropomorphic, but it helps me relate to you the spectacular humpback whale feeding...

A LARGE ADULT HUMPBACK WHALE COMES TO THE SURFACE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OCEAN HOT SPOT SURROUNDED BY VISITORS FROM NEW ZEALAND: SOOTY...

2015 06-23 SB Channel Captain Eric ran the show today and headed for the middle of the Santa Barbara Channel in search of wildlife. He...

2015 06-22 SB Channel Exhilarating !   Although it was a bright sunny day with a moderate “bump” on the surface, the real fun came around...

2015 06-21 SB Channel Captain Dave ran into the middle of the Santa Barbara Channel and found a “mother lode” of at least 20 giant...

A MONSTRO HUMPBACK BREACHED A BUNCH OF TIMES (SEE OUR PHOTO WEBSITE) AND THEN THREW ITS TAIL AROUND TOO 2015 06-19 SB Channel As you can...

2015 06-18 SB Channel There was a thick marine stratus layer most of the day and as we departed Santa Barbara there was a light breeze...

2015 06-17 SB Channel Another mega day for humpback whales and common dolphins. After leaving the sea lions on the Santa Barbara...

The cetacean totals for today’s excursion are: Blue whale = 1 Humpbacks = 17 (+ more in the distance) Offshore Bottlenose Dolphins = 50...

Captain Dave and the crew of the Condor Express ran into their first large feeding aggregation of #whales and #dolphins out past the oil...

In most states mugging is a criminal offense but when an 80-foot high speed catamaran named the Condor Express gets mugged by a 45-foot...

2015 06-11 SB Channel Captain Dave and the crew of the Condor Express found 4 humpback #whales in the Santa Barbara Channel with at least...