Yes, this Fall is now the start of our fourth season (defined as late August through early June) for Killer Whale trips in California's Channel Islands. I wish I had better news to date, but it's been a rough start I have to be honest. And I don't mean that there aren't Killer Whales around. Because THERE ARE! But the wind has been relentless in cancelling our trips. Since August 28th until today, October 7th, we have put 16 Killer Whale Quests online. 13 out of 16 we had to

Hi Folks, just a quick note for now... our boats have left Channel Islands Harbor for a few months during the Summer period. This is normal for us, and we will resume activities in the Northern Channel Islands in mid-August for season 4! Our final trip for season 3 was on June 6th and we were very fortunate to see the oldest male Killer Whale in our population, Obi-Wan, and 4 others! We have a lot of great data to parse through and discussion to follow in a later post! I am g

Underwater photo taken by passenger Hongming Zheng on our March 20th trip. The ocean that day was so calm the surface reflected the orca perfectly! Plus very blue water... a rare set up in the Channel Islands!! Awesome shot Mr. Zheng. March is usually our windiest month. However, if you live in southern California you might have noticed something unusual about March 2026. It was much warmer than normal, and with that brought weather conditions that allowed us to operate Kille