2015 06-08 SB Channel Captain Dave and the crew of the Condor Express took us across the Santa Barbara Channel to the eastern end of...

2015 06-07 SB Channel Captain Eric and the crew took the Condor Express far to the eastern Flats region today to find a large assemblage...

2015 06-06 SB Channel Captain Eric and the crew of the Condor Express had a great excursion today on a flat ocean surface with sunny...

2015 05-29 SB Channel We departed Santa Barbara at 800am this morning and Captain Dave ran southeast in the direction of the Anacapa...

OUR FIRST BIG BLUE WHALE OF THE SEASON. THEY’VE BEEN AROUND, BUT WE’VE HAD SO MUCH GOING ON WITH THOSE CRAZY HUMPBACKS… OH, BY THE WAY,...

2015 05-24 SB Channel Captain Eric and the crew took the Condor Express away from the dock in Santa Barbara and headed east to where the...

2015 05-21 SB Channel Captain Eric ran the show today and what a show it was…thanks, in part, to the keen whale-eyes of deckhand Augie....

2015 05-19 SB Channel Captain Dave headed out into the Santa Barbara Channel in search of #whales and #dolphins today. Near More Mesa he...

A MEDIUM SIZED OCEAN SUNFISH TAKES A GOOD LOOK AT THE WHALE WATCHERS ON BOARD THE CONDOR EXPRESS TODAY. 2015 05-13 SB Channel Off we went...

2015 05-12 SB Channel Hooray! It was our first official trip of the “Island Whale Watch” season for 2015 and it was sensational. Captain...

2015 05-10 SB Coast Today was the official end to our annual Coastal Gray Whale season. This week we resume “Island Whale Watch” trips...

TWO GRAY WHALE MOTHERS AND THEIR CALVES STOP IN SHALLOW WATER FOR WHAT WE ARE GUESSING IS A NURSING STATION. 2015 05-08 SB Coast Captain...

2015 05-06 SB Coast Captain Dave ran one trip on the Condor Express today, departing scenic Santa Barbara at 12 noon to search for...

2015 04-29 SB Coast Captain Dave and Maestra Tasha handled the initial sightings that led to a fabulous excursion today as the Condor...

2015 04-26 SB Coast Captain Eric ran three excursions in the windy Santa Barbara Channel today and survived to tell about it. On each...

2015 04-22 SB Coast It was a day with a glassy calm ocean surface and partly sunny skies. Captain Dave commanded two excursions out of...

2015 04-21 SB Coast Mirror glass conditions persisted for most of the day in the northern Santa Barbara Channel today with only a very...

2015 04-15 SB Coast Mothers and Calves Day must have been declared in the Santa Barbara Channel today because we had the good fortune to...

We ran a single 2½ hour expedition today and found an amazing abundance of cetaceans and behaviors to observe. The weather ranged from...

MANY OF OUR MOST ENTHUSIASTIC WHALE WATCHERS COME FROM THE CRUISE SHIPS THAT VISIT SANTA BARBARA. 2015 04-10 SB Coast We ran two trips...