2016 06-10 SB Channel Captain Dave and his crew started today’s excursion on a southwesterly heading.  Before reaching the mid-Channel...

2016 06-08 SB Channel Captain Dave and his highly-trained crew produced another epic excursion into the Santa Barbara Channel.  There was...

2016 06-06 SB Channel It was not foggy.  The ocean surface was glassy most of the day.  The sun kind of shined through the stratus out in...

2016 06-04 SB Channel Mill pond flat glass conditions today and the stratus lifted just enough to give us a few miles lateral visibility...

2016 06-03 SB Channel Captain Dave ran across to the feeding grounds and says there were more blue whales (as many as 15) than humpback...

2016 06-02 SB Channel Although the June stratus was thicker and the breeze a bit stronger, there were even more beasts devouring krill on...

2016 06-01 SB Channel It’s been years since we’ve had a nice build-up of krill along “The Ledge” (north face of SCI, SRI and SMI), and...

2016 05-27 SB Channel Mirror glassy morning with warm sunshine and only a slight breeze in the afternoon gave us perfect conditions for...

2015 06-01 SB Channel Before the trip left the docks, I noticed that every boat at Sea Landing had a serious bird perched on top.   The...

2015 05-20 SB Channel Our first sighting of the excursion came along quite soon after Captain Eric took the Condor Express out of Santa...

2015 04-30 SB Coast Captain Dave commanded two trips today: 9 am and 12 noon. The day was nice, with partly cloudy skies and little to no...

2015 04-24 SB Coast The Condor Express left the dock for two afternoon trips today:   12 noon and 3 pm.   Skies were mostly overcast with...

FANTASTIC SIGHTING UP AT ELLWOOD AS FOUR GRAY WHALES (2 MOMS, 2 CALVES) TAKE A SURF BREAK FROM THE MIGRATION. THE WHALES WERE IN 5 OR 10...

2015 04-15 SB Coast Mothers and Calves Day must have been declared in the Santa Barbara Channel today because we had the good fortune to...

California sea lions have an ample curiosity, boundless energy, and are generally fearless animals. This one was pestering a 50-foot...

A mother humpback whale and her calf aim directly at the Condor Express, then at the last possible second, they dive under the boat. The...

This crystal clear blue water we’ve been experiencing this Summer is sure wonderful for watching (and photographing) our humpback whales...

Although it looks miniature in this wide angle photograph, this is the entire body of a 35 foot humpback whale taken today in very blue...

A friendly encounter with a spouting humpback whale was among many of the great sightings we encountered today in the Santa Barbara...

The Condor Express is a magnet for extremely friendly whales. A great day in the land of the mammals It was all about long beaked common...