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DAILY SIGHTINGS
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2 HOURS of Friendly Whales! | 4+ Humpbacks, 1 blue shark
We certainly didn't expect to top yesterday's friendly encounter, but you never know what's in store when whale watching in the Santa...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Apr 2, 20241 min read
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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...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Apr 1, 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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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...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 21, 20241 min read
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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...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 20, 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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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...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Mar 16, 20241 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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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...

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

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jan 13, 20241 min read
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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...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Dec 16, 20231 min read
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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...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Dec 5, 20231 min read
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Humpbacks galore! | 12+ Humpback whales, 1,500 common dolphins
(This report is for November 4th, 2023). Once again, gorgeous seas met us in the channel. We began the day with overcast skies and found...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Nov 5, 20231 min read
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Breach-athon! | 20+ Humpbacks, 2,000 dolphins
(This sighting report is from 11-4-2023) WHAT A DAY! Our boat full of passengers experinced a good one today! With whales all around us,...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Nov 4, 20231 min read
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ENDLESS LUNGEFEEDING! | 10+ Humpbacks, 1,000 dolphins
We didn't make it to our usual feeding grounds today, as our coastal waters were packed with wildlife! Whales, dolphins, sea lions, and...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 30, 20231 min read
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BREACHFEST! | 10+ Humpbacks, 1,500 common dolphins
A thick fog layer soon turned into a high stratus layer as perfect sea conditions blessed the channel. We went in search of our massive...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 19, 20231 min read
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Stunning day at sea after a foggy start! | 10+ Humpbacks, 3,000 dolphins
All of Santa Barbara was covered in a thick layer of fog, the arch-enemy of whale watching (it's not called whale listening, although in...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Oct 17, 20231 min read
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