Spectacular sightings with 14+ whales! | 12+ humpbacks, 2 Gray Whales, 500 commons, 1 blue shark
Sunny skies and flat calm seas graced the channel as it has for the past couple of days and is forecasted to for the next couple....
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DAILY SIGHTINGS
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 161 min read
Mellow Seas = Mellow Whales... UNTIL! | 8+ Humpback whales
Calm seas are in the forecast for the next week or so, allowing us to spend lots of time in the humpback feeding zones. After zooming out...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 141 min read
Every trick in the book, including some new ones! | 10+ Humpbacks, 1 Gray Whale, 500 commons
The sea state couldn't have been better today as we were blessed with calm seas, sunny skies, and a whole bunch of marine life! Our trip...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 91 min read
3 CETACEAN SPECIES! | 3 Humpbacks, 1 Gray Whale, 300 Commons
Beautiful sunny skies with a slight bump greeted us in the channel this morning. Only about 10 minutes outside the harbor, our crew...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Feb 221 min read
Humpback Galore! | 12+ Humpback Whales, 1 Gray whale, 200 commons
A bright and beautiful day would unfold ahead of us as we left the harbor. Not 2 minutes out of the harbor and we were already on a...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Feb 141 min read
THE HUMPBACKS ARE HERE! | 7+ Humpbacks, 50+ offshore bottlenose
An overcast glassy morning soon turned into a bluebird kind of day with a slight ripple on the water. After a few weeks of some pretty...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jan 131 min read
Whales Galore! | 3 Humpback whales, 7 gray whales, 50 common dolphins
Whales were a-plenty as the skies were blue and seas were calm. Not until the shipping lanes did the wind and swell pick up a little bit,...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Dec 16, 20231 min read
BREACHER ! | 1 Humpback, 1.000 common dolphin
Sunny skies and flat calm seas greeted us on a GORGEOUS December Day. These perfect sea conditions allowed us to use the speed of our...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Dec 5, 20231 min read
December Beauty | 6+ Humpbacks, 750 Dolphins
A beautiful December day led us to a whole heap of wildlife off the coast of Santa Barbara. Two juvenile humpbacks caught our attention...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Nov 5, 20231 min read
Humpbacks galore! | 12+ Humpback whales, 1,500 common dolphins
(This report is for November 4th, 2023). Once again, gorgeous seas met us in the channel. We began the day with overcast skies and found...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Nov 4, 20231 min read
Breach-athon! | 20+ Humpbacks, 2,000 dolphins
(This sighting report is from 11-4-2023) WHAT A DAY! Our boat full of passengers experinced a good one today! With whales all around us,...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 30, 20231 min read
ENDLESS LUNGEFEEDING! | 10+ Humpbacks, 1,000 dolphins
We didn't make it to our usual feeding grounds today, as our coastal waters were packed with wildlife! Whales, dolphins, sea lions, and...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 19, 20231 min read
BREACHFEST! | 10+ Humpbacks, 1,500 common dolphins
A thick fog layer soon turned into a high stratus layer as perfect sea conditions blessed the channel. We went in search of our massive...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 17, 20231 min read
Stunning day at sea after a foggy start! | 10+ Humpbacks, 3,000 dolphins
All of Santa Barbara was covered in a thick layer of fog, the arch-enemy of whale watching (it's not called whale listening, although in...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 13, 20231 min read
Crew day leads to interesting behaviors! | 20+ Humpbacks, 2,000 dolphins
Another amazing day in the channel, but this one was all just for fun! Our crew took the Velella out on our day off because the weather...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 9, 20231 min read
Humpback MUGGING! | 15+ Humpbacks, 2,000 dolphins
This report is from 10-7-2023 Breathtaking scenery was met with unfathomable amounts of wildlife! Everywhere we went we were greeted with...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 4, 20231 min read
Black rakes and many more! | 15+ humpback whales and 1,500 common dolphins
Skies were sunny and a light breeze rolled through the channel. Similar to yesterday, a single major feeding spot sat in the middle of...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 3, 20231 min read
Incredible gathering of humpbacks! | 20+ humpbacks, 5,000 dolphins, 1 minke whale
What a day at sea! Absolutely stunning sea conditions led us into the paths of an unfathomable amount of marine wildlife. Mid-channel was...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 18, 20231 min read
Whales, dolphins, and a trip to painted cave! | 2+ humpbacks, 3,000 dolphins
Today's adventure greeted us with flat calm sea conditions and overcast skies. We headed west with our boatful of adventurers and found...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 3, 20231 min read
Our first public trip! | 2 Humpback whales, dolphins, and huge sunfish
What a beautiful way to start our summer whale-watching season. Our first public trip was sensational with 2+ humpback whales, 2,500...
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