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Whales were near the islands
Thursday, September 8, 2016 – Gorgeous sea conditions and loads of marine life including 6 humpback whales, 1,500 long-beaked common...
Sep 8, 20161 min read
Painted Cave yields lots of life
Thursday, September 7, 2016 – Whales, dolphins and sea lions “flocked’ to the Condor Express today as Captain Dave and his renowned crew...
Sep 7, 20161 min read
Sea lion mob still off Santa Cruz Island
Saturday, September 3, 2016 – It was a cool, foggy day with a light breeze and good sea conditions. Captain Dave was in charge and put...
Sep 3, 20161 min read
Wild common dolphins and a humpback whale
Thursday, September 1, 2016 – Captain Dave took the Condor Express on a trip up to the west along the northern Santa Barbara Channel....
Sep 1, 20161 min read
Common dolphins and humpback whales
Wednesday, August 31, 2016 – It was a bright sunny day in the Santa Barbara Channel, and this was partly due to a breeze which blew the...
Aug 31, 20161 min read
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
blue whales Saturday, humpbacks on Sunday
Sunday, August 28, 2016 – A quick note regarding Saturday’s all-day, annual American Cetacean Society excursion. Sightings included a...
Aug 28, 20161 min read
Humpback tail slaps and more
Thursday, August 25, 2016. Seven humpback whales and at least 2,000 long-beaked common dolphins visited the Condor Express today. Sea...
Aug 25, 20161 min read
Humpback whales festoon the north Channel
Sunday, August 21, 2016 – Captain Eric found a substantial amount of biomass in the northern Santa Barbara Channel including close looks...
Aug 21, 20161 min read
Risso’s Dolphins and more fun animals
Saturday, August 20, 2016 – The sun broke out around 11 am and stayed out. It was a bit windy, and got windier as we moved west and...
Aug 20, 20162 min read
Pelagic Red Crabs and more
August 19, 2016 – “Glassy and gorgeous all day” is how Captain Dave described things today. The excursion was filled with fun stuff...
Aug 19, 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
A fin whale joins the humpbacks and dolphins.
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 – A fin whale, five humpback whales and at least 2,000 long-beaked common dolphins rounded out the “closely...
Aug 17, 20161 min read
Minke Whales Pair and more
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 – A light breeze with a heavy chop on the water soon increased to a bit more than a breeze and a wilder ride to...
Aug 16, 20162 min read
Humpback whales and sea lions
Monday, August 15, 2016 – The winds were down a bit from yesterday, but some residual bump on the surface kept our speed down a bit...
Aug 15, 20161 min read
Cetacean Biomass galore
Friday, August 12, 2016 – Once again Captain Dave took command of the Condor Express and drained a hefty load of cetacean biomass out of...
Aug 12, 20161 min read
Risso’s Dolphins mix it up
Thursday, August 11, 2016 – Captain Dave ran a whopper of an excursion today as you will soon read. Sea conditions and prevailing weather...
Aug 11, 20161 min read
Whale tails from humpback whales
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 – The early morning stratus burned off right away and it became sunny all day. Seas were calm. This trip...
Aug 10, 20161 min read
Humpback whales
It’s Tuesday, August 9, 2016 and we had a great whale watching excursion into the Santa Barbara Channel today. The weather was overcast...
Aug 9, 20162 min read
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