Our inaugural trip after 3 weeks in the boatyard for annual maintenance and inspections was gorgeous in spots. I say “in spots” because there was dense fog here and there, and bright open sunlight in between. We ran to the east Channel and found areas of high activity: bait fish, birds, and of course, lots of long-beaked common dolphins. We searched these hot spots for large cetaceans and had an encounter with two spectacular minke whales. One of the minke whales was a full grown adult, estimated at 30 feet. Wow. All this was followed by a visit to the eastern end of Santa Cruz Island and beautiful Scorpion Anchorage. It was a special day in the Santa Barbara Channel.
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See All2018 10-17 SB Channel We’ve had a great stretch of weather in the Channel and today was another nice one. It was sunny and it was calm. Captain Dave and his crew ran across the Santa Barbara Channel a
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2018 09-27 SB Channel Captain Dave ran a bit west, then out to the south. Most of the action was only about 4 miles off Campus Point. Skies were mostly overcast with a moderate breeze. The sun came
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2018 08-31 SB Channel The hot spot today was, once again, along the edge of the southbound commercial shipping lanes. The Condor Express made the following sightings: 4 humpback whales, 1 Minke whal
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