This past Friday and Saturday, August 15th and 16th we operated two 8 hour whale watching trips in the Santa Barbara Channel. The goal...

9 Humpback Whales, 2,000 Common Dolphin

8 Humpback Whales, 3,000 Common Dolphins

Thank you to all our customers, new and repeats who made this season possible. Orcas are both the apex predators and the apex of whale...

6 Killer Whales We saw the CA27Es and CA49Cs hunt a sea lion! Photo by Capt. Ryan

2 Killer Whales, 200 Northern Right Whale Dolphins, 300 Pacific Whitesided Dolphins

4 Killer Whales of the CA39A family

12 Killer Whales, 30 Pacific Whitesided Dophins, 20 Northern Right Whale Dolphins We had the CA138s and CA39As again, along with a single...

11 Killer Whales from the CA138 and CA39As families! Photo taken by our passenger Michelle @michellee am

14 Humpback Whales, 5,000 Common Dolphin Once again we saw many humpback whales, including a baby jumping and adults tail slapping. Photo...

25 Humpback Whales, 3,000 Common Dolphins, 20 Bottlenose Dolphins It was a fantastic day, with lunge feeding, chin slapping, and a...

7 Killer Whales, 15 Humpback Whales, 2000 Common Dolphins, 3 Dall's Porpoise We saw the CA138 family of Killer Whales, the 7th time this...

16 Killer Whales, 10+ Humpback Whales, 20 Risso's Dolphins We had a Killer Whale Party, consisting of CA199, the CA216Bs, the CA138s and...

5 Killer Whales, 15 Humpback Whales We saw the CA39As "Hoppers Pod" and CA199!

10 Humpback Whales, 1,000 Common Dolphin, 2 Dall's Porpoise Highlight of the day was this friendly encounter with two incredibly friendly...

11 Killer Whales, 25 Humpback Whales, 30 Bottlenose Dolphins, 50 Risso's Dolphins We saw the CA140B family very briefly in the morning,...

Spring has been a battle with the weather! It's such a beautiful time to be amongst the Channel Islands as they come alive with color....

15 Humpbacks, 3,000 Common Dolphins It was a bit windy, we stayed within 20 miles of the harbor all day long, but had amazing action from...

20 Humpbacks, 5 Dall's Porpoise, 2,000 Common Dolphin]

4 Killer Whales, 25 Humpback Whales, 2 Dall's Porpoise, 15 Risso's Dolphinss We found half of the CA138 pod of Killer Whales! And had...

3 Killer Whales, 20+ Humpbacks

4 Killer Whales, 20+ Humpbacks

5 Killer Whales, 20 Humpback Whales We saw the CA39As hunt 3 sea lions!

20 Humpback Whales, 1000 Common Dolphins Many humpbacks were observed, exhibiting behaviors such as lunge feeding and breaching.