A stunning winter day, packed with an eventful agenda! After these crazy winter storms we've been having, debris was everywhere in the channel. Logs, bushes, sticks, and the occasional human garbage riddled the channel. Our first sighting of the day was a pair of humpbacks. The sub-adult pair fluked continuously as they headed west in the channel. We watched as a pair of large container ships passed by in the distance, adhering to the 10 knot voluntary speed reduction request now active...

Another one of those incredible December days. A bit of a bump from yesterday's high winds resided in the channel, but didn't stop us from finding a whole bunch of marine life! Captain Devin reports incredible marine sightings. 7 humpback whales, 10 Dall's porpoise, and 100 common dolphins are a great way to start any trip. But ending the trip with a friendly pod of killer whales was THE BEST way to end it. On the way home, we happened upon a group of killer whales known as the 122's. Captain...

Is it December? A good way to tell if you're in the Santa Barbara Channel is to look through a trusty pair of binoculars and find some tall black dorsal fins! Captain Devin and the rest of the whale-watching fleet enjoyed part of the 51A's today, hunting dolphins in the Santa Barbara Channel. Well-known whale "Andi," and her calf were right in the middle of the action. This is the third different pod sighted in our neck of the woods in the last week, marking a shift in winter sightings in the...