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DAILY SIGHTINGS
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11 Humpbacks and a late-season gray whale!
Today's adventure was filled with a wealth of wildlife! We enjoyed watching 11 humpback whales, including two separate cow/ calf pairs....

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
May 211 min read
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Over a Dozen Humpbacks, Gray Whales and More!
Captain Devin had a wonderful day in the channel. Calm seas and lots of marine life greeted us. Over a dozen lunge-feeding humpbacks and...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Apr 51 min read
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2 Southbound Gray Whales
A beautiful day in the channel let us explore the vast expanse of ocean blue. Things were quiet during the first half of the trip until...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 81 min read
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First northbound Gray Whales of the Year!
3 Northbound Gray Whales and 400 common dolphins Until Next Time, The SBWW Crew

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Feb 281 min read
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World Whale Day with Grays and a Humpback
Nice weather greeted us for World Whale Day. While every day here is a day we celebrate the wonderful world of whales, today is...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Feb 161 min read
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Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Feb 30 min read
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Bottlenose, Commons, and Gray Whales!
Our morning started as fast as any. We found a beautiful group of ~15 coastal bottlenose dolphins out the gate. The seas were glassy and...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jan 311 min read
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A single humpback and plenty of gray whales
Today’s weather was perfect, nice sunny skies and calm glassy water, it was a stunning day in Santa Barbara paradise. We enjoyed a single...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jan 241 min read
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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
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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...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 27, 20241 min read
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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...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 23, 20241 min read
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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....

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 18, 20242 min read
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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...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 14, 20241 min read
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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...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 9, 20241 min read
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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...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Feb 22, 20241 min read
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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!...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jan 27, 20241 min read
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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...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jan 16, 20241 min read
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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...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Dec 27, 20231 min read
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