2018 02-23 SB Coast – Two Condor Express excursions left the SEA Landing docks today, one at 9am and the other 12 noon.  Totals for the...

2017 09-12 SB Channel Seas were calm.  Skies started out overcast but got sunny later in the morning.  Conditions were fine for locating...

2017 08-23 SB Channel Captain Eric and the crew of the Condor Express had a beast of a day!  8 giant blue whales and 2 fin whales were...

2017 08-06 SB Channel Seas were calm in the northern Channel, and windy in the south.  Captain Eric and his crew found plenty of great...

2017 07-02 SB Channel Calm seas reigned across the zone and the sunshine popped out of the morning stratus layer for a fantastic day of...

2017 06-30 SB Channel 10 humpback whales, 8 blue whales, 200 long-beaked common dolphins, and 1 ocean sunfish made for a rich and...

2017 06-26 SB Channel Wind and seas may have stopped a Santa Barbara Channel crossing to the blue whale feeding grounds, but it did not...

2017 06-24 SB Channel A mixture of bright sunny areas and a few overcast areas created an excursion with lots of different moods. ...

2017 06-22 SB Channel The saga continues – cetaceans are hot in the Channel. Captain Eric and his trusty deckhand/whale spotter, Steve,...

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2017 06-20 SB Channel The first day of summer started with a bang.  7 blue whales, 3 humpback whales and 600 or so long-beaked common...

2017 06-19 SB Channel Although there was a thin stratus layer all day with only a few patches of bright sunlight, the ocean was calm and...

2017 06-18 SB Channel Happy Father’s Day. Today we had close looks at 8 humpback whales, 400 long-beaked common dolphins, 10 blue whales...

2017 06-17 SB Channel Camelo, the famous blue whale, was among 9 we encountered today. [For new readers, Camelo is a large animal with a...

2017 06-16 SB Channel We experienced epic wildlife sightings today and closely watched 15 blue whales, 12 humpback whales, 10 long-beaked...

2017 06-15 SB Channel There were at least 9 giant blue whales in the area.  We closely watched 7 of them.  Also watched were 500 or so...

2017 06-14 SB Channel It was a gorgeous sunny day in the Santa Barbara Channel. There was a little residual bump from the West, but there...

2017 06-13 SB Channel Fantastic!  The weather and sea conditions turned around and became quite nice overnight, and consequently it was...

2017 06-12 SB Channel 2 humpback whales and 1,000 long-beaked common dolphins were closely watched today and it is only through the...

2017 06-11 SB Channel We’re in one of those windy and moderately choppy periods now, but Captain Eric and his team took it slow and easy....