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DAILY SIGHTINGS
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An immeasurable amount of BLUE WHALES! | 20++ Blue Whales, 1,500 common dolphins
Blue Whales were as far as the eye can see today, and boy were they hungry! But before getting to the whale feeding ground, we had a...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Aug 7, 20241 min read


Incredible BLUE WHALE aggregation! | 15++ Blue Whales, 2 Humpback Whales, 1,000 Common Dolphins, 200 Offshore Bottlenose
WOW! Today was one for the ages. After a few weeks of dense fog and high winds, we were finally graced with blue skies and an endless...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Aug 6, 20241 min read


Humpbacks, dolphins, and molas | 3 Humpback whales, 1,000 Commons, 3 mola molas
A beautiful day in the channel capped off with lots of marine life. We found a large feeding aggregation of whales, dolphins, and sea...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jul 26, 20241 min read


The return of BLUE WHALES! | 10+ Blue Whales, 1,500 common dolphins
Ahhhhh what a spectacular day at sea! After a few weeks of no blue whale sightings for us, it was refreshing to know these gentle giants...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jul 24, 20241 min read


ACTIVE WHALES! | 5+ Humpbacks, 1,000 Commons
Two trips left the dock and both had equally epic sightings! Our AM trip spent time with dolphins and two separate humpbacks; one a small...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jul 11, 20241 min read


Humpback show continues! | 12+ Humpbacks, 3,000 dolphins
Captain Devin ran a short private trip today, but the duration of the trip didn’t stop him from finding a huge feeding area of humpback...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jul 10, 20241 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


Whales and a brand new baby dolphin | 3 humpbacks, 1 blue whale, 2,500 commons, 100 bottlenose
Ggray skies covered the channel but visibility and sea conditions were great. Along with it, we found a whole heap of marine life....

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jul 8, 20241 min read


Whales, dolphins, and FOG... oh my! | 4+ blue whales, 2+ Humpback whales, 2,500 common dolphins, 100 Bottlenose Dolphins
Another foggy day in the channel didn't deter us from having a great day in the channel with lots of wildlife. Both trips had very...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jul 6, 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


A dozen blues, and just as many Humpbacks! | 12+ Blue Whales, 10 Humpbacks
Whales were everywhere as a dozen blues and almost as many humpbacks appeared in front of Santa Cruz island. Tails and spouts were just...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 24, 20241 min read


Blue Whale Madness Continues! | 14+ Blue Whales, 2 Humpback Whales, 8 Risso's Dolphins, 250 Common Dolphins
An incredibly stark contrast from yesterday's foggy adventure, today we had flat calm seas, sunny skies, and a whole bunch of BLUBBER!...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 24, 20241 min read


Blue whales in the fog | 4+ Blue Whales, 750 common dolphins
Summer is here and with it, classic Santa Barbara summer weather is upon us… fog! This challenging yet peaceful oceanic atmospheric...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 22, 20241 min read


The whale with half a tail | 1+ blue whales, 3,000 common dolphins
A slight bump on the water and winds in the low teens greeted us in the channel, but didn’t slow us down! Our first sighting of the day...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 19, 20241 min read


Blue Whale Mania Continues! | 13+ Blue Whales, 1,000 common dolphins
Another beautiful day with gorgeous sea conditions and plenty of blue whales. We ran to the same area that has been hot with blue whales...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 14, 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 BONANZA | 20-40 BLUE WHALES
An unfathomable amount of marine life has found itself nestled in the Santa Barbara channel. Our excursion spent the day surrounded by...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 11, 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


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


Another Banger! | 7+ Humpback whales, 2 blue whales, 3,000 common dolphins
Another day with spectacular sea conditions allowed us to find all the wildlife we could've hoped for! Out of the harbor and into the...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 5, 20242 min read
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