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DAILY SIGHTINGS
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Another Gorgeous day at Sea | 1 Blue Whale, 1 Humpback whale, 500 Common dolphins, 1 Mola mola
The glassiest seas imaginable today greeted us from start to finish. Here's how the day went. A large group of about 500 common dolphins...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 4, 20241 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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EPIC numbers of whales! | 20+ Humpbacks, 3+ Blues
An incredible day at sea, June started off with an absolute bang! We found ourselves surrounded by whales. It was hard to keep track of...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Jun 1, 20241 min read
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Whales EVERYWHERE! | 15+ Humpbacks
Sea conditions were astonishingly flat which allowed us to find the humpback honey hole. Our first whale was one we spent with yesterday....

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
May 31, 20241 min read
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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
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Dreams Abroad Article on SBWW
Checkout the awesome article written about our crew and company by the Dreams Abroad team! https://www.dreamsabroad.com/meet-adam-and-dev...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
May 28, 20241 min read
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3 MIGHTY BLUE WHALES | 3 Blue Whales, 250 Common dolphins
We spent a spectacular Memorial Day at sea with the world's largest inhabitants! A report from our friend Holly Lohuis aboard Island...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
May 27, 20241 min read
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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
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3 Humpbacks off Santa Rosa Island
Another nice day with humpback whales off of Santa Rosa Island! We first came across a young juvenile whale. It showed us its tail while...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
May 19, 20241 min read
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2+ Humpbacks and a Mighty Blue Whale
Another gorgeous day in the channel led us to a couple of giant beauties. Our first encounter of the day was with a cow/ calf pair of...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
May 18, 20241 min read
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A nice day with Humpback whales | 2 Humpbacks, 20 Bottlenose dolphin
Gray skies continued today as we traversed the Santa Barbara Channel. We trekked towards the same feeding ground where the whales had...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
May 16, 20241 min read
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A Mighty Blue Whale | 1 Blue Whale, 2 Humpback whales, 250 Commons
Another May gray kind of day with great sightings! Our same active feeding spot was alive today with whales and dolphins. Our first...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
May 15, 20241 min read
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2 Blue Beauties and more! | 2 Blue Whales, 4+ Humpback whales, 500 commons
May Gray again today with beautiful sea conditions allowed us to search the channel at high speeds. We ventured to the same feeding spot...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
May 13, 20241 min read
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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
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Summer Approaches! | 8 Humpback whales, 2,000 commons
Summer approaches and the whales are here to prove it! We spent a beautiful day with 8+ humpbacks and 2,000 common dolphins. We found all...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
May 11, 20241 min read
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BLUE WHALES! | 2 Blue Whales, 1,000 commons
Today we were treated to quite the surprise! 2 GIANT Blue Whales graced the channel with their gargantuan presence. Blue whales have been...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
May 8, 20241 min read
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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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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
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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
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Another Day with Juvenile Humpbacks | 2 Humpbacks, 400 Commons
A stunning day at sea yielded some beautiful marine life. Out of the harbor, we found a nice pod of common dolphins. The dolphins came...

Santa Barbara Whale Watch
Apr 10, 20241 min read
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