12+ Humpbacks including an amazing BREACHER!
Another eventful day spent with acrobatic humpback whales, there was plenty of action to catch you up on, so let's begin! We headed out...
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DAILY SIGHTINGS
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
6 days ago1 min read
Plenty of Humpbacks, Minkes, and Bottlenose!
Another stunning (yet chilly), day out at sea with 7+ Humpbacks, 4 minkes, and over 300 bottlenose! Our day started with a trio of minke...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Dec 12 min read
22+ Humpbacks off Santa Rosa Island!
Another perfectly calm day led us far offshore to one of the channel's most primeval feeding grounds. We sped towards the beautiful...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Nov 301 min read
Picture perfect BREACHFEST!
It was the most beautiful day of the year in the Santa Barbara channel. With perfectly glassy seas and beautiful clouds illuminating the...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Nov 291 min read
Active and Friendly Humpback!
Perfectly glassy sea conditions today greeted us on a chill Black Friday. We left the harbor in a westerly direction and happened upon 3...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Nov 171 min read
6 Friendly Whales Hold us Hostage!
Mid-November is proving to have some epic whale action! Today we encountered 10+ humpback whales. The first pair we came across was a...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Nov 91 min read
Countless Humpbacks across 2 trips
Two trips left the dock on this beautiful fall day in Santa Barbara! Each with equally epic sightings. The conditions were perfect as we...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Nov 11 min read
Lungefeeding Whales!
On a stunning fall day in the channel, our crew and passengers were met with calm seas and sunny skies. As we bounced around the channel,...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 231 min read
Hungry Whales Appear out of NOWHERE!
A beautiful fall day with a hint of fog! The middle of the channel was packed with dense fog this morning. A small clearing revealed a...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 131 min read
Surrounded by 15+ Humpback Whales!
What a gorgeous day in the SB Channel, sightings today included 15+ humpback whales and over 4,000 common dolphins. It was overcast the...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 101 min read
Competition pod!
Sightings for the day included 5+ humpback whales and 5,000+ common dolphins. The competition pod consisted of 5 whales. Typically males...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 81 min read
5+ Humpbacks go GRAZY
Stunningly beautiful seas and sunny skies graced the channel today, a stark contrast from our very thick FOGTOBER. 5+ humpbacks joined us...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 11 min read
Lungefeeding Humpbacks
7+ humpbacks, thousands of dolphins
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 291 min read
Humpback Comp Pod
10+ humpbacks Group of 7 in a comp pod, thousands of short and long-beaked common dolphins.
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 271 min read
Humpback Mania! | 11+ Humpback whales
Humpbacks are prevalent in our coastal waters today. We closely watched 11 animals with many more in the distance. We witnessed kelping...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 261 min read
Lungefeeding Trio | 3 humpbacks, 2,000 common dolphins, 100 offshore bottlenose
One of the prettiest days we’ve had in a while was highlighted by an incredible encounter with humpback whales. Before finding the...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 201 min read
Hungry Humpies! | 3 Humpback whales, 1,000 common dolphins, 100 offshore bottlenose
Seas were flat and skies were overcast. The big group of whales we saw yesterday has moved around a bit and we weren't able to locate...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 201 min read
HUMPBACKS GALORE! | 12+ Humpback whales, 1,500 Common dolphins
They have returned! Our coastal waters exploded today with over a dozen whales just a few miles off the coast. We first stopped on a pair...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 171 min read
Cow/calf/escort in beautiful seas | 3 humpbacks, 1,000 common dolphins
Sunny skies and beautiful sea conditions led us to a beautiful cow/calf/ escort trio. We enjoyed the three whales rolling around with one...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 171 min read
A friendly cow/ calf pair | 2 humpbacks, 1,500 dolphins
A stunning day complete with bright skies and glassy water, Captain Devin found 2 humpbacks along the shipping lanes. The pair turned out...
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