2016 03-25 SB Channel Another super warm sunny, summer-like day with light winds.  There was a moderate bump due to winds in the far...

2016 03-03 SB Channel Who knew a 2½-hour trip could be so productive, or should that be “reproductive?” Captain Dave took the help of the...

2016 02-16 SB Channel 12noon We ran one trip today and left Santa Barbara Harbor to find mirror glass conditions, warm air, no wind and...

2016 20-15 SB Channel Today we ran two trips 2½-hours each with drop dead gorgeous weather. Air temperatures in the Santa Barbara Channel...

2016 02-11 SB Channel – East The humpback whales are back in the eastern Santa Barbara Channel in an area we find them when they return...

2016 02-04 SB Channel Total sightings for the day included 4 humpback whales (1 of which we saw 3 times, but I didn’t “pad” the count), 5...

2016 02-03 SB Channel Wow! It was such a gorgeous day full of mammals I’m speechless (almost). This was a cruise ship trip and seafaring...

2016 01-27 SB Channel Captain Dave and the crew of the Condor Express found perfectly glassy sea conditions with a high overcast sky as...

2016 01-01 SB Channel Happy New Year ! Sunny skies and humpback whales prevailed in our zone of the Santa Barbara Channel today. It was a...

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

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 10-14 SB Channel For the most part it was an overcast kind of day in the Santa Barbara Channel.   We left the Harbor at 1030am with...

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 09-01 SB Channel What a relief! That intense heat wave we’ve been experiencing is gone and conditions in the Santa Barbara Channel...

2015 SB Channel – ACS When you see the numbers of cetaceans sighted today, please remember that this was an 8-hour trip, almost double...

2015 08-23 SB Channel Another nice day in the Santa Barbara Channel as Captain Eric located some serious humpback whale tonnage and other...

2015 08-21 SB Channel One great thing about this marine layer pattern we are in is that the ocean surface has been mirror glass even...