Another wild wild wildlife day in the Santa Barbara Channel – September 19, 2016 – with the following total population counts: ...

It was a “Fall Classic” with bright sunny skies all day and very calm seas.  That Santa Barbara Channel cobalt blue color is coming back...

Remember the date, Tuesday, September 13, 2016.  It was a wonderful day with all sorts of marine mammals and an extensive killer whale...

A glorious diversity of marine mammals, including a blue whale and a fin, approached the Condor Express today, Sunday, September 11,...

Morning fog gave way to a sunny afternoon on Saturday, September 10, 2016.  Sea conditions were nice and so were the mammals. When it was...

Thursday, September 7, 2016 – Whales, dolphins and sea lions “flocked’ to the Condor Express today as Captain Dave and his renowned crew...

Another epic adventure of the Condor Express, Friday, September 2, 2016. The total for each species sighted does not tell much about what...

Sunday, August 28, 2016 – A quick note regarding Saturday’s all-day, annual American Cetacean Society excursion. Sightings included a...

Friday, August 26, 2016 – Captain Dave hit the jackpot with 12 closely watched humpback whales, over 3,000 long-beaked common dolphins,...

Sunday, August 21, 2016 –  Captain Eric found a substantial amount of biomass in the northern Santa Barbara Channel including close looks...

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...

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...

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 – The early morning stratus burned off right away and it became sunny all day. Seas were calm. This trip...

It’s Tuesday, August 9, 2016 and we had a great whale watching excursion into the Santa Barbara Channel today.  The weather was overcast...

Sea conditions included very little wind and a glassy ocean surface.  If I had to find something small to balance out against all that...

The low stratus only lasted about 30 minutes and the rest of the day was fabulous with warm sun and glassy seas.  Captain Dave steered...

2016 07-20 SB Channel California Whale Watching – you can never get enough!  It was windy from the get-go today, but it was a nice warm...

2016 06-29 SB Channel Anchovy Masses The first leg of the voyage of the Condor Express and its daily travels around the beautiful Santa...

There was plenty of stratus at the start of the excursion into the Santa Barbara Channel today, and some of it was fog on the deck. ...

2016 06-19 SB Channel As far as the eye could see in all directions there were humpback whale spouts, tail flukes and more.  Tight packs...