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DAILY SIGHTINGS
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First BLUE WHALE of the year!
The BIGGEST there is or ever has been 🐋 Our passengers enjoyed the incredible marvel of a Blue whale on today’s trip! It’s hard to comprehend the size of these ancient whales. Reaching upwards of 90 feet in the northern hemisphere, blue whales create an immense sense of awe with just their sheer presence. Today’s sighting is a promising sign for a blue whale summer, as their presence is a tell tale sign that large swarms of krill have bloomed in the channel. With some epic w

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
May 91 min read


SO MUCH LIFE in the channel!
What a wonderful day, seas were light and wind was negligible until the return journey to the harbor. Whales and dolphins were...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 6, 20251 min read


GIANT feeding Frenzy! | 8+ Humpbacks, 2+ Fin Whales, 1 Minke Whale, 3,000 common dolphins.
Today was our first day without blue whales in quite some time. A report from friends confirmed a good amount of blues moved off of...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jul 9, 20241 min read


Phenomenal Sea Conditions yield lots of whales | 6+ Blue Whales, 1 Fin whale, 2,500 Common Dolphins
Outstanding sea conditions graced the channel. Foggy and overcast initially, it opened up to clear sunny skies at the islands. Our first...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jul 3, 20241 min read


~20 Blue whales + a LUNGEFEEDING FIN Whale! | 20 Blue Whales, 4 fin whales
Just about as good as it gets today with whales as far as the eye can see! Conditions were perfect as the sea was flat and the ocean was...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 13, 20241 min read


BLUE WHALE MANIA! | 12+ Blue Whales, 2 Fin whales, 4+ humpbacks, 500 common dolphins
Just about as good as it gets today with an endless amount of whales! There was a light breeze and a small bump on the ocean today, but...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 9, 20242 min read


The Santa Barbara GRAND SLAM! | 5+ Blue Whales, 2+ Humpbacks, 1 Fin whale, 1 Gray Whale, 50 Commons
It was an absolutely perfect day in the Santa Barbara Channel, complete with the SB GRAND SLAM! FOUR baleen whale species + common...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 3, 20241 min read


WHALE TRIFECTA?! ...Almost | 5+ Humpbacks, 2 Fin Whales, 1 Blue Whale*, 30 Commons, 2 Bottlenose
FIVE Cetacean species were present in the channel today. With beautifully flat sea conditions we could use the boat's speed to track down...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
May 30, 20242 min read


A blue, a fin, and an entangled Fur Seal | 1 Blue Whale, 1 Fin whale, 1,500 common dolphins, 1 free Fur Seal
It was a beautiful day in the channel, a great break for our typical May Gray with sunny skies and a small bump on the sea surface. We...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
May 26, 20241 min read


Porpoising FIN WHALES! | 2 fin whales, 1.000 commons
The waters were beautiful and the sky was cloudy but we had an awesome and surprising day in the channel! The first half of the trip was...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Apr 22, 20241 min read
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