Whales, common dolphins and offshore bottlenose dolphins
2018 10-11 SB Channel Although skies were covered by a gray marine layer for part of the trip, seas were absolutely calm and still....
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- Oct 10, 2018
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A nice trip to Santa Rosa Island results in great whale sightings
2018 10-10 SB Channel Captain Dave and his crew ran across the entire Santa Barbara Channel to locate wildlife today. Skies were covered...
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- Sep 26, 2018
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Humpback mother and calf redux.
2018 09-26 SB Channel It was another great trip across the Santa Barbara Channel to Carrington Point, Santa Rosa Island, where we visited...
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- Sep 25, 2018
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Mother humpback and her calf go berserk.
2018 09-25 SB Channel Overcast skies stayed with us most of the day until we got on the hotspot out near Santa Rosa Island. Seas were...
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- Sep 10, 2018
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Nice wildlife near Santa Rosa Isand’s western end.
2018 09-10 SB Channel Captain Tasha and her crew took a wonderful long excursion across to the western end of Santa Rosa Island in search...
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- Sep 9, 2018
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Wonderful time with whales, dolphins and sea lions.
2018 09-09 SB Channel Captain Tasha and the crew of the Condor Express found overcast skies that later burned-off to bright sunshine....
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- Sep 8, 2018
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Mother and calf humpback plus 1500 short-beaked common dolphins
2018 09-08 SB Channel The Condor Express had some interesting interactions with 1500 short-beaked common dolphins and 2 humpback whales...
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- Sep 7, 2018
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Humpback mom and calf plus thousands of dolphins
2018 09-07 SB Channel Captain Dave and his crew encountered another flat, calm day with a persistent marine stratus layer. Fortunately,...
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- Sep 6, 2018
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Massive dolphin megapod, whales and more.
2018 09-06 SB Channel A long-beaked common dolphin megapod located the Condor Express south of UCSB today. The pod was so large it was 8...
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- Aug 27, 2018
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Humpback mom and calf do a simultaneous double breach!
2018 08-27 SB Channel Outstanding wildlife sightings were experienced today with 1500 long-beaked common dolphins, 700 California sea...
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- Aug 26, 2018
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Lots of humpbacks including our buddy, the little calf
2018 08-26 SB Channel Although there was a residual swell in the Santa Barbara Channel, the ocean calmed down and conditions near Santa...
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- Aug 25, 2018
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Humpback calf encore performance.
2018 08-25 SB Channel It was a beautiful day on the water as Captain Tasha took the Condor Express and a boatload of whale lovers all the...
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- Aug 24, 2018
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Very tiny humpback juvenile steals the show.
2018 08-24 SB Channel Captain Dave took the Condor Express up to the Santa Rosa Island hot spot again today and, Wow, what a day! Most...
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- Aug 23, 2018
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Surface lunge feeding
2018 08-23 SB Channel There were great sightings north of Santa Rosa Island today! Humpback whale surface lunge feeding was happening...
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- Aug 22, 2018
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Whales, dolphins, sea lions
2018 08-22 SB Channel As you can see in the ship’s track picture above, Captain Dave and his crew ran to the southwest to a location...
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- Aug 2, 2018
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Fresh conditions create dramatic sightings of whales and dolphins.
2018 08-02 SB Channel Captain Tasha and the crew of the Condor Express ran across the Santa Barbara Channel to a previous whale hot spot...
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- Aug 1, 2018
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A booby, humpbacks and plenty of dolphins
2018 08-01 SB Channel Captain Dave worked the north face of Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands today and the Condor Express got great...
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- Jul 21, 2018
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ACS-LA Charter yields blues, humpbacks and more
2018 07-21 SB Channel-ACS The American Cetacean Society, Los Angeles Chapter, ran their annual summer all-day whale watching trip today. ...
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- Jul 3, 2018
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Six different cetacean species
2018 07-03 SB Channel – West Captain Dave and his crew traversed the Santa Barbara Channel and ended up in the middle of the north coast...
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- Aug 13, 2017
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7 humpback whales and 1,000 dolphins
2017 08-13 SB Channel Sightings included 7* humpback whales and over 1,000 long-beaked common dolphins. It was overcast in the morning...
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