2016 01-10 SB Channel Captain Eric and the crew of the Condor Express cleared the breakwater and entered the open ocean at 1020 am.  ...

2015 12-31 SB Channel A gorgeous New Year’s Eve in the “gap” (aka, Santa Cruz Channel…between Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Island). Captain...

2015 12-28 SB Channel A truly exhilarating experience and cetacean watching extraordinaire. Back from the snowy slopes of Colorado,...

2015 12-27 SB Channel Oh, what a wonderful day it was as we crossed the Santa Barbara Channel and ended up in the Santa Cruz Channel (the...

2015 12-18 SB Channel A gorgeous day in the Santa Barbara Channel with hazy warm sun, clear skies, not much wind over all and zero wind...

2015 12-05 SB Channel A Killer Day It was a nice wintry day in our swath of the Santa Barbara Channel. A warm but filtered sun shone...

2015 10-16 SB Channel Our first of 8 humpback whales was found only 7 miles south of Santa Barbara Harbor and it was our old pal “Top...

2015 10-15 SB Channel Captain Eric found a medium bump on the Santa Barbara Channel surface, a light wind, and partly cloudy sky.   He...

2015 10-12 SB Channel Many happy cruise ship people hopped off the big ship and went for a beautiful whale watch on the Condor Express...

2015 10-11 SB Channel Captain Eric headed out in the Channel today with sunny skies, warm temperatures and a moderate ground swell.   Out...

2015 10-08 SB Channel Captain Dave was barely 20 minutes out of Santa Barbara Harbor when our world-famous “ojos del águila” deckhand...

2015 09-28 SB Channel The afternoon breeze that was predicted by NOAA arrived early and the whole day was filled with a magnificent wind...

2015 09-27 SB Channel Captain Eric did an extensive search of the marine mammal populations in the Santa Barbara Channel with (once...

2015 09-16 SB Channel We barely had our bow out of Santa Barbara Harbor when Captain Dave spun the Condor Express around and we followed...

2015 09-11 SB Channel The skies over the Santa Barbara Channel started with some high level subtropical stuff that held the heat and...

2015 09-08 SB Channel Our Labor Day holiday trip was very successful. Captain Eric sailed out under clear, sunny skies and that famous...

2015 09-06 SB Channel Captain Eric is in command for this Labor Day holiday weekend, and today he left the harbor under sunny skies and...

2015 08-19 SB Channel Captain Dave started the trip today by running a bit further to the southwest where a great collection of biomass...

2015 08-18 SB Channel A thin marine layer pervaded our neck of the Santa Barbara Channel until well past 100 pm, but the warm (70.7F)...

2015 07-31 SB Channel Captain Dave and his crew racked-up some impressive sightings with ideal weather and sea conditions out in the...