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Excellent humpback and more on mirror glass seas
2022 08-21 SB Channel An unusual schedule today, 8am – 1230pm, resulted in more time in the fog. Seas were flat and glassy calm....
Aug 21, 20221 min read
11+ humpbacks, 5000 dolphins and lots of great cetacean behaviors!
2022 08-20 SB Channel WE GOT MUGGED AGAIN A high stratus layer quickly dissipated and trip featured glassy seas, practically no swell and...
Aug 20, 20222 min read
Among 6 whales: a pectoral-slapping champion and later two frisky whales.
2022 08-18 SB Channel It was foggy most of the day but cleared for a while during our best encounters with frisky humpbacks. Some of the...
Aug 18, 20222 min read
Lots of whales, dolphins and one champion tail-thrower!
2022 08-17 SB Channel We headed south out of the harbor and quickly found ourselves surrounded by dense fog. Later, on the south side of...
Aug 17, 20222 min read
Another day full of whales dolphins and behaviors
2022 08-16 SB Channel Captain Devin reported patches of thick fog all day long with intervening clear spots loaded up with marine...
Aug 16, 20221 min read
20+ humpbacks close to home in massive dolphin hot spot
2022 08-15 SB Channel It was an extremely productive day in the Channel, quite close to home. We spent the entire trip about 8 miles...
Aug 15, 20221 min read
Four humpbacks and two different species of dolphins.
2022 08-14 SB Channel It was another exciting August wildlife expedition under sunny, warm skies and light winds. The nocturnal winds far...
Aug 14, 20222 min read
Nice humpbacks and many thousands of dolphins including some high flyers!
2022 08-13 SB Channel Skies were sunny and bright all day as we moved south, then west, out of Santa Barbara Harbor. The residual wind...
Aug 13, 20221 min read
Charter trip to western oil rigs includes nice marine mammal sightings
2022 08-12 Oil Rig Charter This is a quick informational report on a private Charter, oil rig tour up to the far west and Platforms...
Aug 12, 20221 min read
Lots of humpback whales in the north Channel, close to home.
2022 08-11 SB Channel A residual bump from overnight offshore turbulence kept our maximum speed down a tad, but the sunny, warm skies...
Aug 11, 20221 min read
Call the humpback police! We were MUGGED again!
2022 08-10 SB Channel ANOTHER MUGGING. Skies got clear early and it was a warm day out on the Channel. Moderate short interval wind waves...
Aug 10, 20222 min read
Getting mugged is not a crime (when it’s two humpback whales)…and more.
2022 08-09 SB Channel – Far West Sightings were phenomenal. We were repetitively MUGGED. It was sunny all day. There was not much breeze...
Aug 9, 20222 min read
Lots of humpbacks, we watched 2. Thousands of dolphins and windy seas out west.
2022 08-08 SB Channel – West While sea conditions were amazing near Santa Barbara Harbor and environs, once offshore Platform Holly, wind...
Aug 8, 20222 min read
A record-breaking day in the far western Channel…El Capitan to Gaviota!
2022 08-07 SB Channel – West Captain “Osprey eyes” Devin and the crew of the Condor Express returned to the fertile waters of the far...
Aug 7, 20222 min read
The pristine western channel produced 4 marine mammal species and a fish.
2022 08-03 SB Channel – West It was another sunny, calm day in the western Santa Barbara coastal waters. Winds were calm and the water...
Aug 4, 20221 min read
A 75-mile scenic tour of the Channel yields humpbacks and lots of dolphins.
2022 08-03 SB Channel “Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good evening to you wherever you may be. . .” -Vin Scully The first half of the...
Aug 3, 20222 min read
A cooperative humpback and Minke whale, plus thousands of dolphins.
2022 08-02 SB Channel Captain Devin and the crew of the Condor Express had sunny, warm conditions with nearly zero winds today on a trip...
Aug 2, 20222 min read
Giant blue whales at the islands.
2022 08-01 SB Channel A low stratus, not fog, covered the northern Channel. Once we reached The Lanes, the rest of the day was sunny and...
Aug 1, 20221 min read
Whales and dolphins and fog patches.
2022 07-30 SB Channel – West There were sunny skies with areas of dense fog and no wind all day. The fog restricted visibility to near...
Jul 30, 20221 min read
Quality time with a huge humpback “ambassador whale.”
2022 07-29 SB Channel – West Excellent whaling conditions prevailed across the northwester Channel. Sighting included: 2000 long-beaked...
Jul 29, 20221 min read
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