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DAILY SIGHTINGS
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FROSTY AGAIN! Sighting number 7 in 2025
Captain Devin found FROSTY and company AGAIN in the Santa Barbara Channel. Tucked into one of their usual spots near Santa Cruz Island,...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Feb 231 min read


Frosty and company return! Killer whales 3 DAYS IN A ROW!
Another day spent with killer whales in the channel! This marks our 7th encounter with killer whales in 2025! The day started off as fast...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Feb 101 min read


"The Friendly Pod," of killer whales off Santa Cruz Island
Today was an adventure, to say the least! We left the harbor with a bit of hope that we would find yesterday's killer whales. We ran a...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Feb 91 min read


Our most KILLER day yet!
WOW! Today was one for the ages. Thanks to our friend Tim Simes for alerting us of orcas nearby, we spent an action-packed 4 hours with 2...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Feb 82 min read


GUESS WHO! Frosty and Fam for a THIRD TIME!
Frosty has once again made an appearance in the channel! For a third time in 2025, we enjoyed this beautiful leucistic killer whale...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jan 201 min read


FROSTY AGAIN! 6 Total Killer Whales Today
Frosty and Company again showed up in the Santa Barbara Channel today. This time they were even closer to home. We enjoyed 6 of these...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jan 121 min read


FROSTY THE KILLER WHALE!
A VERY special sighting today, as Captain Devin found FROSTY, the elusive white killer whale! ❄️ Devin found 6 killer whales traveling...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jan 111 min read


KILLER WHALES to start out the NEW YEAR!
Our first trip of 2025 was one we will never forget! We spent the day with killer whales from two different matrilines. These whales...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jan 21 min read


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...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Sep 27, 20241 min read


KILLER WHALES! | 13 Killer Whales, 1,000 dolphins
It was a KILLER day in the channel with multiple matrilines of killer whales. From large adult males to small calves, we enjoyed spending...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 7, 20242 min read


A KILLER Mother's Day! | 3 Killer whales, 5 Humpbacks, 1,000 commons
Seas were glass flat and the "May Gray," was in full effect. Out in the middle of the channel, we got a report of killer whales...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
May 12, 20241 min read


ORCAS AGAIN! | 7 killer whales and more
Flat calm seas and overcast skies greeted us in the channel. April can be an outstanding time for a variety of species, and today was no...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Apr 20, 20241 min read


Rarely seen KILLER WHALES + Gray Whale PREDATION!
We ran two trips today as the channel greeted us with flat seas, with bouts of sun in between fog. While our morning trip had a beautiful...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Apr 18, 20242 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...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Dec 26, 20232 min read
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