2017 09-26 SB Channel There were three distinct activity zones or hot spots today in the Santa Barbara Channel and located by Captain...

2017 09-23 SB Channel Excellent weather and sea conditions resulted in a good quantity of high quality wildlife encounters today.  There...

2017 09-21 SB Channel There was a moderate breeze and surface chop on our side of the Santa Barbara Channel.  This restricted our search...

2017 09-20 SB Channel The Santa Barbara Channel was rich with long-beaked common dolphins, humpback whales and California sea lions. ...

2017 09-19 SB Channel Captain Dave ran the Condor Express under a high stratus layer and with relatively calm seas.  Dave and the crew...

2017 09-18 SB Channel Captain Eric reported closely watching:  *4 humpback whales, 500 long-beaked common dolphins, 1 Minke whale and 500...

2017 09-15 SB Channel It was another sunny day with excellent weather and sea conditions for locating and watching wildlife.  Captain...

2017 09-14 SB Channel Captain Dave and his crew had spectacular sea conditions, bright sun and only a light afternoon breeze in our neck...

2017 09-10 SB Channel There was a weird little chop on the water and the atmosphere was a bit humid as the northern edge of a tropical...

2017 09-08 SB Channel Captain Dave and his crew encountered sunny skies, a moderate breeze and some residual choppy seas from yesterday’s...

2017 09-03 SB Channel It was sunny and warm in the Santa Barbara Channel.  There were some clouds to the north, above the Santa Ynez...

2017 09-02 SB Channel There is a heat wave going on in southern California and even the cool Santa Barbara Channel was under its grips. ...

2017 08-29 SB Channel Captain Dave and his crew dealt with “interesting” sea conditions today and still located the giant blue whale...

2017 08-24 SB Channel A stratus layer kept skies gray with filtered light, but seas were very calm today.  Captain Dave and his crew...

2017 08-21 SB Channel East In the early morning there were alternating patches of marine layer stratus and sunshine. But not long after...

2017 08-19 SB Channel In the late summer blue whales often migrate back to the Santa Barbara Channel from other feeding locations north...

2017 08-12 SB Channel There was hardly a breath of wind.  Skies had a thin stratus layer that came down to the deck once or twice as we...

2017 08-11 SB Channel Captain Dave made a run towards the west again today but had to throttle-down a tad due to a moderate on-coming...

2017 08-10 SB Channel It was a bright and sunny day in the western Santa Barbara Channel.  Seas had a very small chop and there was a...

2017 08-07 SB Channel Eric and his crew racked-up a whopping 9 humpback whales and over 1,000 long-beaked common dolphins while touring...