Another day with GIANT blues | 5+ blue whales
Blues blues blues! Another day with a bit of bump and a bit of fog, didn’t deter us from finding 5+ blue whales. These gentle giants were...
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DAILY SIGHTINGS
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Aug 101 min read
More blues today! | 5++ blues, 300 commons, 1 Mylar balloon
We left the fog behind and were greeted with a bit of wind today proving how dynamic the Santa Barbara channel can really be! In the same...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Aug 91 min read
Foggy Blues | 3-10 blue whales, 500 commons, 50 bottlenose
Another foggy day at sea was capped off with Blue whales! We battled to fog all day but were rewarded once the fog lifted late in the...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Aug 71 min read
An immeasurable amount of BLUE WHALES! | 20++ Blue Whales, 1,500 common dolphins
Blue Whales were as far as the eye can see today, and boy were they hungry! But before getting to the whale feeding ground, we had a...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Aug 61 min read
Incredible BLUE WHALE aggregation! | 15++ Blue Whales, 2 Humpback Whales, 1,000 Common Dolphins, 200 Offshore Bottlenose
WOW! Today was one for the ages. After a few weeks of dense fog and high winds, we were finally graced with blue skies and an endless...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jul 241 min read
The return of BLUE WHALES! | 10+ Blue Whales, 1,500 common dolphins
Ahhhhh what a spectacular day at sea! After a few weeks of no blue whale sightings for us, it was refreshing to know these gentle giants...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jul 81 min read
Whales and a brand new baby dolphin | 3 humpbacks, 1 blue whale, 2,500 commons, 100 bottlenose
Ggray skies covered the channel but visibility and sea conditions were great. Along with it, we found a whole heap of marine life....
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jul 61 min read
Whales, dolphins, and FOG... oh my! | 4+ blue whales, 2+ Humpback whales, 2,500 common dolphins, 100 Bottlenose Dolphins
Another foggy day in the channel didn't deter us from having a great day in the channel with lots of wildlife. Both trips had very...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jul 31 min read
Phenomenal Sea Conditions yield lots of whales | 6+ Blue Whales, 1 Fin whale, 2,500 Common Dolphins
Outstanding sea conditions graced the channel. Foggy and overcast initially, it opened up to clear sunny skies at the islands. Our first...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 241 min read
A dozen blues, and just as many Humpbacks! | 12+ Blue Whales, 10 Humpbacks
Whales were everywhere as a dozen blues and almost as many humpbacks appeared in front of Santa Cruz island. Tails and spouts were just...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 241 min read
Blue Whale Madness Continues! | 14+ Blue Whales, 2 Humpback Whales, 8 Risso's Dolphins, 250 Common Dolphins
An incredibly stark contrast from yesterday's foggy adventure, today we had flat calm seas, sunny skies, and a whole bunch of BLUBBER!...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 221 min read
Blue whales in the fog | 4+ Blue Whales, 750 common dolphins
Summer is here and with it, classic Santa Barbara summer weather is upon us… fog! This challenging yet peaceful oceanic atmospheric...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 191 min read
The whale with half a tail | 1+ blue whales, 3,000 common dolphins
A slight bump on the water and winds in the low teens greeted us in the channel, but didn’t slow us down! Our first sighting of the day...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 141 min read
Blue Whale Mania Continues! | 13+ Blue Whales, 1,000 common dolphins
Another beautiful day with gorgeous sea conditions and plenty of blue whales. We ran to the same area that has been hot with blue whales...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 131 min read
~20 Blue whales + a LUNGEFEEDING FIN Whale! | 20 Blue Whales, 4 fin whales
Just about as good as it gets today with whales as far as the eye can see! Conditions were perfect as the sea was flat and the ocean was...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 111 min read
BLUE WHALE BONANZA | 20-40 BLUE WHALES
An unfathomable amount of marine life has found itself nestled in the Santa Barbara channel. Our excursion spent the day surrounded by...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 92 min read
BLUE WHALE MANIA! | 12+ Blue Whales, 2 Fin whales, 4+ humpbacks, 500 common dolphins
Just about as good as it gets today with an endless amount of whales! There was a light breeze and a small bump on the ocean today, but...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 52 min read
Another Banger! | 7+ Humpback whales, 2 blue whales, 3,000 common dolphins
Another day with spectacular sea conditions allowed us to find all the wildlife we could've hoped for! Out of the harbor and into the...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 41 min read
Another Gorgeous day at Sea | 1 Blue Whale, 1 Humpback whale, 500 Common dolphins, 1 Mola mola
The glassiest seas imaginable today greeted us from start to finish. Here's how the day went. A large group of about 500 common dolphins...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 31 min read
The Santa Barbara GRAND SLAM! | 5+ Blue Whales, 2+ Humpbacks, 1 Fin whale, 1 Gray Whale, 50 Commons
It was an absolutely perfect day in the Santa Barbara Channel, complete with the SB GRAND SLAM! FOUR baleen whale species + common...
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