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Whelfies abound
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 – It was a great day for whelfies. Total species populations for the day included 8 humpback whales, 750...
Aug 30, 20161 min read
Bait ball hopping
Monday, August 29, 2016 – Captain Eric and his “ojos de águila” deckhand Auggie, went bait ball hopping and found a mother lode of at...
Aug 29, 20162 min read
Hammerhead Shark joins the Mammals
Thursday, August 18, 2016 – Among all the mammal sightings the highlight of the trip turned out to be a fish. A 7-foot long hammerhead...
Aug 18, 20162 min read
August 2, 2016 – Santa Barbara Channel –
The continuous cacophony of hundreds of elegant terns calling back and forth all day provided a sharp musical accompaniment to the whale...
Aug 2, 20162 min read
Stepping-Stones of Life – Santa Barbara –
Sea conditions included very little wind and a glassy ocean surface. If I had to find something small to balance out against all that...
Jul 30, 20161 min read
July 22, 2016 – Santa Barbara –
2016 07-22 SB Channel So much of where we go and what we see in the Santa Barbara Channel is tied directly to sea conditions and weather...
Jul 22, 20162 min read
July 19, 2016 – Santa Barbara –
Weather and sea conditions were calm as we departed Santa Barbara and the wind picked up later, especially in the southwestern Santa...
Jul 19, 20161 min read
Blue Whales and much more
2016 07-07 SB Channel Goodness gracious we had a great excursion today. Skies were partly sunny with some low stratus in the morning,...
Jul 7, 20162 min read
What a summer whale season it has been !
There was plenty of stratus at the start of the excursion into the Santa Barbara Channel today, and some of it was fog on the deck. ...
Jun 27, 20162 min read
Many Whales in the Fog
2016 06-23 SB Channel Today the epic battle for truth, knowledge, beauty and whales took place in the Santa Barbara Channel. Once again...
Jun 23, 20162 min read
Mola mola and More
2016 06-20 SB Channel Our exit from Santa Barbara Harbor this morning was greeted by moderate seas and 15 knot winds, both of which came...
Jun 20, 20162 min read
Humpback whales
2016 06-18 SB Channel It was a tad breezy out towards the Channel Islands so wise ol’ Captain Dave and his crew found a big hot spot only...
Jun 18, 20161 min read
Summer whales persist in the Channel
2016 06-10 SB Channel Captain Dave and his crew started today’s excursion on a southwesterly heading. Before reaching the mid-Channel...
Jun 10, 20161 min read
More cetaceans than you could imagine.
2016 06-09 SB Channel Wow. I went to NorCal to a family gathering for my wonderful wife’s birthday, and suddenly the daily epic...
Jun 9, 20162 min read
It’s getting better all the time.
2016 06-08 SB Channel Captain Dave and his highly-trained crew produced another epic excursion into the Santa Barbara Channel. There was...
Jun 8, 20161 min read
Blues Abound
2016 06-06 SB Channel It was not foggy. The ocean surface was glassy most of the day. The sun kind of shined through the stratus out in...
Jun 6, 20162 min read
Calm seas reveal much wildlife
2016 06-03 SB Channel Captain Dave ran across to the feeding grounds and says there were more blue whales (as many as 15) than humpback...
Jun 3, 20161 min read
Humpback is wild
2016 05-27 SB Channel Mirror glassy morning with warm sunshine and only a slight breeze in the afternoon gave us perfect conditions for...
May 27, 20162 min read
Humpbacks galore
2016 05-23 SB Channel It was a wonderful sunny day in the Santa Barbara Channel and the wind never got going. Captain Eric, along with...
May 23, 20162 min read
A humpback, two gray whales and dolphins too
2016 01-29 SB Channel The day started out sunny with moderate winds, but both clouds and winds filled-in towards the end of the trip. Not...
Jan 29, 20161 min read
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