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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DAILY SIGHTINGS
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 11 min
Lungefeeding Humpbacks
7+ humpbacks, thousands of dolphins
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 291 min
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 281 min
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 271 min
Killer whales! | 4+ Killer Whales, -2 Sea lions
Ahhhh Fall. Fall is our favorite time of year and for good reason! Huge groups of humpback whales, and of course killer whales become...
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 261 min
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 211 min
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
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 181 min
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
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
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 71 min
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 51 min
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
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 21 min
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
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 281 min
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
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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