2016 12-29 SB Channel It was a magical day on the ocean in the Santa Barbara Channel.  The sea surface was smooth and you could see all 4...

2016 12-27 SB Channel Other than a large period open ocean swell that rolled up on the sea cliffs out on the northern face of Santa Cruz...

What an outstanding day on the water with drop-dead gorgeous weather and fantastic marine mammal sightings. Captain Dave and his crew ran...

It was another gorgeous, warm, flat calm day in our neck of the Santa Barbara Channel. Humpback whales, blue whales, common dolphins and...

We ran a private whale watch charter for cruise ship passengers today with nice sea conditions. Captain Dave reported some light residual...

A partly sunny sky with calm, glassy seas set the stage for another fantastic expedition today with Captain Eric at the helm. Many great...

Rain was forecasted but Captain Eric and his crew found sunny, blue skies and calm seas in the Santa Barbara Channel today. Sightings...

A classic fall day with a storm approaching found us sailing along on glassy seas with mostly cloudy but colorful and dynamic skies....

The crew got a bit worried when they could not see the cruise ship at anchor, or Stern’s Wharf either, due to early morning fog. But by...

Captain Dave and his crew took the mighty Condor Express across the Santa Barbara Channel to Santa Cruz Island and stopped for marine...

The first marine beast was encountered near The Cave. It was a humpback whale that, upon seeing the boat, made a bee-line over and swam...

Captain Eric left the docks with sunny skies and wonderful glassy seas. His first marine mammals came to the boat out on the 50-fathom...

Today’s adventure was a private trip for cruise ship passengers that wanted an early 830 am departure time. The morning conditions on the...

Captain Dave did it again. He took a perfect day on the Santa Barbara Channel with glassy seas, sunny skies and only a moderate swell,...

The Condor Express headed south across the Santa Barbara Channel and a good variety of species. The first stop cam when two very large...

The sea surface was calm and winds were light.  Skies were gray in the morning and sunny in the afternoon.  Sightings for the day...

It was a special Fall day in the Santa Barbara Channel. Winds were zero to negligible, the sun was shining and it was warm.  The sea...

Captain Dave ran a great trip to the western end of Santa Cruz Island and stopped at all the Island hot spots, cetaceans and marine...

The heat wave began to break today and this created perfection in the Santa Barbara Channel.  It was mill pond glassy smooth, except...

Sea lion mega-mobs stole the show.  It was another heat wave-buster chock full o’ life including at least 2,000 California sea lions,...