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2 blue whales (1 could be a hybrid), Minke whale, humpback whales, common dolphins
Image: a giant blue whale in the Santa Barbara Channel, photograph taken from an altitude of 1000 feet using my 300 mm lens. Fun fun fun. 2026 05–13 SB Channel Captain Dave reports a high stratus layer that kept things gray everywhere in the channel today except for the very productive whale zone near beautiful Santa Cruz Island. Seas werecalm, and there was no wind. Total sight...

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23 big whales
Image: our course track for today, from marinetraffic.com. The little red circles indicate places where we were in slow travel or stopped (for wildlife). 2026 05–11 SB Channel The fog was dense, with 1 mile or less visibility, for most of the trip. It lifted late to become a low layer of stratus with good lateral visibility. There was no wind. As you can see from our course trac...

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Curious humpback behavior today.
Image: a little humpback whale calf is seen starting a big breach right next to mom in the Santa Barbara channel. 2026 05–10 SB Channel Fog, dense at times, slowed our travel until we were across the channel and into the lanes. There was no wind or swell. Total sightings for the day: 50 common dolphins and 5 humpback whales. The common dolphin story is the same as it has been fo...

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A giant blue whale, a giant fin whale, a trio of large humpback whales, and some dolphins.
Image: giant blue whale is shown near beautiful Santa Cruz Island on the Condor Express. 2026 05–09 SB Channel We ran across the entire channel and ended up pretty close to Potato Harbor on the E End of Santa Cruz Island, just N of the lanes. There was a thick, gray, stratus layer all day. Seas were bumpy until we got into the lee of the island. A very light and gentle breeze ca...

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Giant blue whale, fin whales, 25 humpback whales, and dolphins.
Image: perhaps the most powerful natural fire hose in the world, a giant blue whale’s spout in the Santa Barbara Channel. 2026 05–07 SB Channel All the action was in the separation zone around the middle of beautiful Santa Cruz Island, and here are the totals for the day: 75 common dolphins, 25 humpback whales (we closely watched 12), 1 giant blue whale, and 2 giant fin whales. ...

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