Captain Mat reports from the Condor Express that the excursion today ran the Channel in search of whales. Hot spots were checked for...

A very friendly humpback makes a close approach to the Condor Express. Coastal and west island action. Today we had great marine mammal...

Friendly common dolphins ride alongside the Condor Express. We ran two trips today. There was a coastal educational trip in the morning...

A mighty tail throw from a humpback whale today. City whale, country whale and a ‘tweener whale. Captain Mat headed out of Santa Barbara...

It isn’t often that anyone can surpass the super-human whale spotting abilities of Captain Mat and Captain Dave, but today was different....

Captain Mat reports the following species observed on today’s expedition: 1 gray whale 2 humpback whales 2 blue whales 20 Risso’s...

It was mirror, mill pond glass on the Channel today and the sun came out after we ran south about an hour. We picked up several small...

The late afternoon sun makes the tall spout of this blue whale shine brightly in contrast to the deep blue water. Santa Cruz Island can...

Captain Dave had the command center today and found calm but foggy conditions in the Channel this morning. Using his magical skills he...

Fans clap as a humpback whale spyhops right next to the Condor Express today. Twas yet another north Channel day full of little hot spots...

“Rope,” the humpback whale is seen at the surface rinsing its mouth. This was NOT a feeding lunge! Captain Mat kept the Condor Express...

A mighty tail throw from an adult humpback whale. The UCSB campus and Storke tower can be seen in the background. I knew it was going to...

Captain Dave had his “A game” on today as it was obvious the humpback whales were very attracted to the Condor Express. There were two...

Humpback whale won’t leave the Condor Express alone. I think he likes the jet wash. Though we plied the Santa Barbara Channel from the...

Captain Dave headed out of the shoot for the southern edge of the Santa Barbara Channel today, but his trip was interrupted fairly...

Two humpback whales on a glassy surface. One has its long pectoral flipper high in the air. The sky was overcast, thin in a few spots,...

Among the five humpback whales Captain Mat showed the Condor Express fans today, three of them split off from the pack and headed...

Captain Dave warned the troops about how rough it was going to be out on the southwest Channel where we’ve been seeing all the humpback...

Capt Mat reports from a private afternoon whale watch cruise…75 offshore bottlenose dolphins played with the Condor Express around the...

The huge “wings” of an adult humpback whale gives its scientific name Megaptera, meaning “big wings.” Captain Mat ran the Condor Express...