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A full grown adult humpback whale flukes-up so close to the Condor Express the people on the lower deck felt the mist. Both Captain Mat...

Captain Mat reports sighting 6 humpback whales today. Two of them made a bee-line for the Condor Express and stayed right next to, and...

A feisty California sea lion. Carl Sandburg once wrote “THE fog comes on little cat feet,” but today it already came and put the Condor...

A friendly humpback whale comes close to the Condor Express so you could see its knobby head. I’m losing my concentration after a day of ...

A close look at the famous Painted Cave on Santa Cruz Island – perhaps the world’s longest sea cave. Veteran helmsman Captain Mat ran the...

An extremely friendly humpback whale “mugs” the Condor Express. Don’t get depressed over the fact that Captain Mat didn’t spot another...

Black-footed Albatross in the Santa Barbara Channel today It was a bright sunny day with moderate seas and a fresh breeze as El Capitan...

Captain Mat reports a nice sunny day in the Santa Barbara Channel today, with exceedingly clear water. There were five blue whales...

Captain Mat reports from the Condor Express the following tally for today: 1 humpback whale – good tail fluking 6 blue whales – great...

Gray whale in July ! The talley: 1 gray whale 2 humpback whales* 3 blue whales* 1 minke whale* 2,000+ common dolphins 1 ocean...

The extra wide tail fluke of a giant blue whale. 4 Blue whales 3 Minke whales 2 Humpback whales 2,500 common dolphins Captain Mat had...

A humpback whale throws its tail with fog in the background. Captain Mat went west. Along the way we had practically non stop common...

A giant humpback whale stops to roll around in a paddy of drifting giant kelp in the middle of the Channel. 2 humpback whales 3,000+...

An iPhone snapshot taken by Captain Mat Curto. The count: 6 humpback whales 1,500 common dolphins Again we had very sunny skies, but...

The elusive minke whale. Two were seen today in the Channel. Sunny. Clear skies. Very light winds. Smooth sea surface. All the...

One Risso’s dolphin out of the large herd we saw today. I think I’ll author a journal article entitled “Humpback whales as giant stepping...

Long beaked common dolphins in the Santa Barbara Channel come along for a ride on the Condor Express Okay, so I said it was sunny...

A group of several humpback whales are seen off the far western Santa Barbara coast. The sun shined brightly in the Channel today, the...

Giant blue whales return to the Channel today! A blue whale mother and very young calf stole the show away from all the humpbacks and...