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 10-12 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 10-07 SB Channel Today we hosted a boat load of cruise ship whale lovers that hopped off one boat (a big one) and stepped directly...

2015 09-29 SB Channel Humpback Whales in Big Waves and Wind As a young southern California surfer, back in the day, we used to have an...

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 09-21 SB Channel Beat the heat.  Whale watch with us in the Santa Barbara Channel.  In fact, there was a fantastic moderate to heavy...

2015 09-18 SB Channel Our first cetaceans consisted of about 100 long-beaked common dolphins that we watched in that crystal clear Santa...

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...

2015 08-20 SB Channel Acting on good intel from our friends in the fleet, Captain Eric steered a southwesterly course out of Santa...

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 08-05 SB Channel As we departed Santa Barbara at 1015 am there was more than medium chop, winds that formed white caps, and bright...

2015 08-03 SB Channel Captain Eric likes to zig zag through the known hot spots. In fact, his beard is reminiscent of the famous Man...

2015 07-29 SB Channel East After leaving Santa Barbara at 10am we stopped at 1045am about 10 miles south of the Harbor for a nice pod of...