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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DAILY SIGHTINGS
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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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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 151 min read
Friendly duo! | 2 Humpbacks, 2,000 common dolphins
A nice overcast day was complete with 2 awesome juvenile whales! Upon arriving to the shipping lanes, a giant pod of dolphins caught our...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 61 min read
LUNGEFEED MADNESS + a Kelp MONSTER! | 5+ Humpbacks, 2,500 common dolphins
Conditions have been extremely tough this year but we're thankful to have lots of whales close to shore! We closely watched 5 whales as...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 50 min read
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 41 min read
Trap-feeding Humpbacks?! | 3+ Humpbacks, 3,000 Dolphins
Trap feeding? Kind of? Our first whale of the day was a whale that was trap/kick-feeding at the surface. It was more of a sideways trap...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 41 min read
A Whale Buffet! | 3+ Humpbacks, 5,000 Common Dolphins
An astronomical amount of anchovies today were found in our coastal waters, it was truly mind-blowing! The millions of fish near shore...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 20 min read
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 21 min read
A Lungefeeding Humpback! | 1 Humpback Whale, 2,500 Common dolphins
Beautiful sea conditions graced the coastal waters today leading to a heap of feeding activity. Giant bait balls of anchovies were...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Aug 301 min read
A Great WHITE SHARK Encounter!
The whales evaded us today, but we found something much rarer... a GIANT GREAT WHITE SHARK feeding on an elephant seal carcass! Captain...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Aug 271 min read
A MEGA MUGGING! | 1 Humpback Whale, 1,000 common dolphins
Seas could not get more perfect as an overcast sky with zero wind and zero swells graced the channel. We found a humpback whale that had...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Aug 261 min read
A humpback and Shortbeaks | 1 Humpback, 1,000 Short Beaks, 1,000 Long beaks
A beautiful day in the channel filled with wildlife and beautiful seas. We were surrounded by dolphins including an amazingly active...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Aug 231 min read
Humpbacks and MEGA dolphins again! | 3+ Humpbacks, 10,000 dolphins
2 trips left the dock today each with dolphins and humpbacks. The morning trip was a bit swelly but had no wind. We sent it west to where...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Aug 231 min read
Humpbacks and ENDLESS dolphins | 4+ Humpback Whales, 6,000+ Dolphins
Some decent 4-foot swells rolled through the channel today. This didn't stop us from finding a whole bunch of marine life! Dolphins were...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Aug 111 min read
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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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 251 min read
Humpbacks, dolphins, and molas | 3 Humpback whales, 1,000 Commons, 3 mola molas
A beautiful day in the channel capped off with lots of marine life. We found a large feeding aggregation of whales, dolphins, and sea...
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