FRIENDLY WHALES! | 7+ Humpback Whales, 500 Common Dolphins
Today was an exciting day at sea with beautiful weather and lots of marine wildlife! Not far from the harbor, we found a huge feeding...
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DAILY SIGHTINGS
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 271 min read
A beautiful day to explore the channel | 1 humpback, 2 grays, 10 Dall’s porpoise
Two trips left the dock today, each were greeted with flat calm seas. The whales have spread out, but both trips still had great looks at...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 231 min read
A wide diversity of Marine Life! | 6 Humpbacks, 1 Gray, 750 Commons, 5 Dall's porpoise, 1 blue shark, 1 Mola
Perfectly calm sea conditions allowed us to find a whole heap of life today. Right out the harbor, we watched a huge pod of common...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 211 min read
CHAMPION BREACHER! | 15++ Humpbacks, 750 Commons
Today was just about as good as it gets. Right out of the gates, we found ourselves surrounded by humpbacks. The first whale we found was...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 201 min read
WHALE SOUP! | 12++ Humpbacks, 50 commons, 1 blue shark
Overcast skies and glassy flat seas allowed us to find a huge feeding group of whales today. Our adventure went like this... A few miles...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 182 min read
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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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 172 min read
BASKING SHARK! | 1 Basking Shark, 100 Commons, 6 Bottlenose
Another wonderful day in the channel led us to some breathtaking and RARE wildlife! Seconds past the sandspit a group of coastal...
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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 271 min read
Frisky Grays interact with Bottlenose! | 12+ Gray whales, 50+ Bottlenose
Beautiful conditions graced the channel today as skies were clear, waters were calm, and our passengers and crew were full of excitement!...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jan 161 min read
A stunning day at Sea | 3 gray whales, 100 commons
Conditions could not have been better as the seas were flat and zero wind graced the channel. An overcast sky lifted later in the day as...
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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 27, 20231 min read
Gray whale season is among us! | 1 Gray Whale, 2,000 common dolphin
Calm seas with large swells greeted us in the channel. We went searching for yesterday's killer whales to no avail. Instead, we found...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Dec 26, 20232 min read
KILLER WHALES | CA140B's with a new calf! -1 Common Dolphin, -2 Sea lions
Optimism was in the air as Christmas time is also orca time. Killer whales were seen in the channel on Christmas Eve, so we were ready to...
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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 11, 20231 min read
Perfect December Day | 2 humpbacks, 1,000 Dolphins
On another sunny and flat calm day, we were delighted to find a small group of common dolphins right outside the harbor. Further offshore...
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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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