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Pacific Offshore Expeditions
Channel Islands


5/10/25 8 Hour Channel Islands Whale Watching
25 Humpback Whales, 3,000 Common Dolphins, 20 Bottlenose Dolphins It was a fantastic day, with lunge feeding, chin slapping, and a...

Capt. Ryan
May 10, 2025


5/9/25 Killer Whale Quest
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...

Capt. Ryan
May 9, 2025


5/7/25 Killer Whale Quest
16 Killer Whales, 10+ Humpback Whales, 20 Risso's Dolphins We had a Killer Whale Party, consisting of CA199, the CA216Bs, the CA138s and...

Capt. Ryan
May 7, 2025


5/6/25 Killer Whale Quest
5 Killer Whales, 15 Humpback Whales We saw the CA39As "Hoppers Pod" and CA199!

Capt. Ryan
May 6, 2025


5/2/25 8 Hour Whale Watching
10 Humpback Whales, 1,000 Common Dolphin, 2 Dall's Porpoise Highlight of the day was this friendly encounter with two incredibly friendly...

Capt. Ryan
May 2, 2025


5/1/25 Killer Whale Quest
11 Killer Whales, 25 Humpback Whales, 30 Bottlenose Dolphins, 50 Risso's Dolphins We saw the CA140B family very briefly in the morning,...

Capt. Ryan
May 1, 2025


Killer Whale Quest Season Ending Soon: Discussion
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....

Capt. Ryan
Apr 26, 2025


4/25/25 8 Hour Whale Watching
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...

Capt. Ryan
Apr 25, 2025


4/20/25 8 Hour Whale Watching
20 Humpbacks, 5 Dall's Porpoise, 2,000 Common Dolphin]

Capt. Ryan
Apr 20, 2025


4/19/25 8 Hour Whale Watching
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...

Capt. Ryan
Apr 19, 2025


4/17/25 Killer Whale Quest
3 Killer Whales, 20+ Humpbacks

Capt. Ryan
Apr 17, 2025


4/16/25 Killer Whale Quest
4 Killer Whales, 20+ Humpbacks

Capt. Ryan
Apr 16, 2025


4/14/25 Killer Whale Quest
5 Killer Whales, 20 Humpback Whales We saw the CA39As hunt 3 sea lions!

Capt. Ryan
Apr 14, 2025


4/13/25 8 Hour Whale Watching
20 Humpback Whales, 1000 Common Dolphins Many humpbacks were observed, exhibiting behaviors such as lunge feeding and breaching.

Capt. Ryan
Apr 13, 2025


4/6/25 8 Hour Whale Watching
25 Humpback Whales, 1,000 Common Dolphin, 50 Bottlenose Dolphins, 5 Dall's Porpoise

Capt. Ryan
Apr 6, 2025


4/5/25 Killer Whale Quest
We found a super group of over 20 Killer Whales! CA216Bs "Jagged's pod", CA216Cs "Frosty's Pod", CA212s, CA10 "Obi Wan"+CA23s, and some...

Capt. Ryan
Apr 5, 2025


3/25/25 Killer Whale Quest
8 Killer Whales, 12 Humpback Whales, 1000 Common Dolphins, 20 Risso's Dolphins, 20 Bottlenose Dolphins Fantastic 3 hour encounter with...

Capt. Ryan
Mar 25, 2025


3/16/25 Killer Whale Quest
2000 Common Dolphins, 20 Risso's Dolphins, 3 Humpback Whales, 2 Gray Whales, 4 Pacific White Sided Dophins, 12 Bottlenose Dolphins We...

Capt. Ryan
Mar 16, 2025


3/9/25 "All 8, One Day" Expedition
13 Killer Whales, 25 Northern Right Whale Dolphins, 5 Gray Whales, 5 Humpback Whales We had an amazing inaugural trip of a lifetime...

Capt. Ryan
Mar 9, 2025


2/23/25 Killer Whale Quest
8 Killer Whales Another day with orcas, including Frosty! This time we spent more than 3 hours watching them hunt 2 sea lions which...

Capt. Ryan
Feb 23, 2025


2/22/25 Killer Whale Quest
8 Killer Whales, 3 Humpback Whales Very late in they day, on our way back to the harbor we were able to encounter Frosty and friends! The...

Capt. Ryan
Feb 22, 2025


2/21/25 Killer Whale Quest
3 Humpback Whales, 30 Pacific Whitesided Dolphins, 10 Dall's Porpoise. The weather was nice until we got to the west end of San Miguel...

Capt. Ryan
Feb 21, 2025


2/15/25 Killer Whale Quest
3 Humpback Whales, 1 Gray Whale, 1000 Common Dolphins We had decent weather until San Miguel Island, where it unfortantley became quite...

Capt. Ryan
Feb 15, 2025


1/24/25 Killer Whale Quest
7 Killer Whales, 10 Dall's Porpoise, 12 Gray Whales, 1 Humpback Whale We found the CA138s again, this time they were a bit more active in...

Capt. Ryan
Jan 24, 2025
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