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Humpbacks return! Blues still here! It’s getting interesting!
2020 09-22 SB Channel East Captain Dave and his crew encountered a bit of fog near the harbor this morning. It began to lift almost right...
Sep 22, 20202 min read
An epic blue whale season: today is day #60!
2020 09-20 SB Channel East Today is the 60th day the giant blue whales have been present in the Channel this season Glassy seas held for...
Sep 20, 20202 min read
Lots of blue whales in the land of the giants…still!
2020 09-19 SB Channel East Epic summer/fall blue whale invasion persists! Today’s foray into the land of the giants, several miles north...
Sep 19, 20202 min read
8+ hour trip – record-setting year for giant blues and much more!
“YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MOTHER NATURE HAS IN STORE” There are still a few spots available for our next 8+ hour cetacean and wildlife quest...
Sep 19, 20201 min read
Loads of blue whales, we watched 8…and dolphins too!
2020 09-18 SB Channel – East Several good things to report: First, there was no fog in our neck of the Channel today. Second, we closely...
Sep 18, 20201 min read
Blue whales, humpback whales and loads of dolphins.
2020 09-18 SB Channel East It was another great trip to the land of the giants near the east end of Santa Cruz Island. The dense, zero...
Sep 17, 20202 min read
The giant blue whale summer program continues!
2020 09-16 Yolo ByPass The giant blue whale summer program continues! The dense, zero-visibility ground fog we encountered near the...
Sep 16, 20201 min read
10 giant blue whales and 1000 dolphins
2020 09-13 SB Channel East Sea conditions were glassy and calm near the mainland, but breezy and choppy out near the land of the giants....
Sep 13, 20201 min read
Blue whales, that friendly Minke, loads of dolphins too!
2020 09-12 SB Channel East The mixture of fog and wildfire smoke continued today but luckily it never dropped to sea level and obscured...
Sep 12, 20202 min read
Reports of Orcas yesterday, 2 scarred-up fin whales today. Coincidence? Lots of blue whales today t
2020 09-11 SB Channel East Captain Dave and his crew had brown fog most of the day, that’s a mixture of regular ocean fog and a little...
Sep 11, 20202 min read
Blue whales and dolphins observed despite patchy dense fog.
2020 09-09 SB Channel East Dave and his crew mustered together all of their years of experience and skills to navigate numerous periods...
Sep 9, 20201 min read
Blue whales, dolphins and another friendly Minke!
2020 09-08 SB Channel Far East The normal marine stratus layer had a little bit of amber color to it from distant wildfires. Seas were...
Sep 8, 20201 min read
Fog and glassy seas —> great sightings today!
2020 09-07 SB Channel Far East Captain Colton and the crew reported flat, glassy seas all day in our part of the Santa Barbara Channel....
Sep 7, 20202 min read
Magnificent Mammal Multitudes!
2020 09-06 SB Channel Far East Seven different mammal species today! Captain Colton, aka “Boat Colton,” and his crew traversed the...
Sep 6, 20202 min read
Sixteen giant blue whales
2020 09-05 SB Channel East 16 giant blue whales The land of the giants centered itself in The Lanes adjacent to Pedro Point and Anacapa...
Sep 5, 20201 min read
…even MORE giant blue whales…
2020 09-04 SB Channel East …Even more giants … Captain Colton and his crew ran southeast towards the eastern end of Santa Cruz Island...
Sep 4, 20201 min read
Giant blue whalefest continues uabated.
2020 09-03 SB Channel East Whalefest continues unabated! Captain Colton, aka “Boat Colton,” reported calm and sunny conditions in the...
Sep 3, 20201 min read
Ideal conditions: blue whales and plenty of dolphins, too.
2020 08-31 SB Channel The morning high stratus gave way to bright sunlight by the time we reached the land of the giants at Santa Cruz...
Aug 31, 20201 min read
6 giant blue whales get up-staged by a tiny Minke whale.
2020 08-30 SB Channel Magnificent giant blue whales up-staged by tiny Minke whale. Spectacular weather and sea conditions once again led...
Aug 30, 20202 min read
Aug 29, 20200 min read
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