2020 10-18 SB Channel A glassy morning picked up a light breeze as the day progressed. Seas were calm and skies were partly sunny....

2020 10-17 SB Channel All the action was in the middle of the Channel, north of The Lanes and around the Santa Cruz Island midriff. Seas...

2020 10-16 SB Channel The weather pattern this week has set up wonderful, calm and glassy sea conditions which are ideal for closely...

2020 10-15 SB Channel Humpback whale mega-sightings day As yesterday, there was no wind and flat, calm seas in the Channel. The water was...

2020 10-14 Santa Cruz Island – West Seas were mirror glassy flat all day which reflected the bright blue sky and hot sun. Although there...

2020 10-11 Near Santa Cruz Channel There was a massive humpback whale hot spot south of The Lanes and adjacent to Santa Cruz Channel...

2020 10-10 Santa Cruz Island There were two climate zones in the Santa Barbara Channel, one near the city and the other near the island....

2020 10-09 Santa Cruz Island – West High, thin stratus gave way to blue skies above the land of the giants along the western end of Santa...

2020 10-08 West Santa Cruz Island Mild weather and decent sea conditions made for a wonderful day of cetacean watching off the...

2020 10-07 SB Channel Sea conditions were just fine and a high stratus layer meant little to no wind interrupted our search for wildlife....

2020 10-04 SB Channel A thin stratus layer kept the sun muted except out in the land of the giants. Seas were mill pond glass and not a...

2020 10-03 SB Channel Light winds and glassy seas prevailed in the middle region of the Channel where today’s excursion ran. There were...

2020 10-02 SB Channel East Captain Colton and the crew worked completely glassy waters all day with a thin stratus layer that let a lot...

2020 09-30 SB Channel East The gloomy high stratus marine layer got blown-out early this morning and the rest of the day was bright and...

2020 09-27 SB Channel East There was plenty of gloomy low-hanging stratus, but no ground-level fog. The clouds gave way to very blue...

2020 09-26 SB Channel – All Day Trip We spent the better part of a whole day, 8am to 4pm, exploring the Santa Barbara Channel, spending...

2020 09-25 SB Channel East There were mostly sunny skies with intermittent patches of stratus floating by. Seas were fairly calm but for...

2020 09-24 SB Channel As you loyal readers know, things have been pretty wild out here for the last month or two, every day being filled...

Special 8+ hour trip this Saturday 2020 09-26 As most of you know by now, we are going to be running our second all-day whale watching...

2020 09-23 SB Channel East Overcast skies near the mainland coast broke open and we were in mostly sunny conditions out in the land of...