Condor Express Whale Watching

Condor Express Whale Watching Condor Express in Santa Barbara has been creating amazing whale watching experiences since 1979 🐋 Come aboard - Your Adventure Awaits!
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The Santa Barbara Channel offers some of the finest whale and dolphin watching in the world. View gray, humpback and blue whales, dolphins, orcas, seals and sea lions along the coast and at the Channel Islands. Gray whales pass along the cost during their annual migration every winter and spring. Friendly humpback and gigantic blue whales enter our Santa Barbara Channel to feed from March through

fall. The channel is home to over 27 species of whales and dolphins, six types of seals and sea lions, and countless seabirds and fish throughout the year. The Condor Express is an eco-friendly, 75’, quad-jet catamaran that has an extremely stable and comfortable ride. It carries up to 127 passengers. This state-of-the-art vessel uses water jet propulsion and was specially designed for allowing ocean mammals to visit up close without endangering them with a spinning propeller. Because of it’s design and speed, we get to the wildlife quickly, sit quietly, and allow whales and other sea life to visit with us.

Celebrate Solstice weekend from the water with Condor Express☀️🍻🐋Start your Friday evening with Sunset Sips featuring Co...
06/19/2026

Celebrate Solstice weekend from the water with Condor Express☀️🍻🐋

Start your Friday evening with Sunset Sips featuring Cornerstone—local beer, live music, and a Santa Barbara sunset aboard the Condor Express.

Then spend Father’s Day making memories on the water, and round out the weekend with an unforgettable whale watching adventure in the Santa Barbara Channel, where blue whales, humpbacks, dolphins, and more may be waiting just offshore.

Whether you’re raising a glass, celebrating Dad, or searching for whales, it will be a great Solstice weekend with the Condor Crew 🌊✨

Grab those tickets for tomorrow night 💙
06/19/2026

Grab those tickets for tomorrow night 💙

Rolling around, chin slaps, and breaching 😱
06/19/2026

Rolling around, chin slaps, and breaching 😱

Image: an exuberant young humpback whale lays-out for a spectacular landing after a monster breach.2026 06–18 SB ChannelSkies were overcast and a gentle breeze wafted across the channel. Captain Eddy took the Condor Express SW and we spent the entire trip about 7 miles S of More Mesa. The followin...

06/17/2026

POV: You went looking for whales and so much more 🤯🐋

Blue whales. Humpbacks. Risso’s dolphins. Common dolphins everywhere. The Santa Barbara Channel Whale Heritage Area delivered BIG!!

Tag someone who needs to see this in person. 👇🌊

The BLUES are back in town 💙💙
06/17/2026

The BLUES are back in town 💙💙

Image: a group of Risso’s dolphins, part of a very large pod, as seen from the Condor Express in the Santa Barbara Channel.2026 06–16 SB Channel Skies were overcast until we started heading home late in the trip. There was a light chop on the water, and when we reached the lanes near beautiful S...

06/15/2026

Name a better way to kick off the weekend?!

Join us aboard the Condor Express for Sunset Sips featuring live music from Cornerstone, incredible local drinks, and a front-row seat to one of California's most beautiful sunsets.

🌅 Friday, June 19th
🎶 Live Entertainment
🍺 Local Craft Beverages
🚢 Cruise the Santa Barbara Coast

Grab your tickets before they're gone:
https://eventsbyenfuego.ticketsauce.com/e/santa-barbara-sunset-sips/tickets

Tag your sunset crew below 👇

Santa Barbara's new favorite floating Sunset Session!Join us aboard the Condor Express for Sunset Sips featuring live mu...
06/15/2026

Santa Barbara's new favorite floating Sunset Session!

Join us aboard the Condor Express for Sunset Sips featuring live music from Cornerstone, incredible local drinks, and a front-row seat to one of California's most beautiful sunsets.

🌅 Friday, June 19th
🎶 Live Entertainment
🍺 Local Craft Beverages
🚢 Cruise the Santa Barbara Coast

Grab your tickets before they're gone:
https://eventsbyenfuego.ticketsauce.com/e/santa-barbara-sunset-sips/tickets

Tag your sunset crew below 👇

Birdnados and some active feeding 🐟
06/15/2026

Birdnados and some active feeding 🐟

Image: a birdnado with common dolphins (and a few California sea lions) feeding with lots of marine birds, primarily brown pelicans, which can be seen crash-dive feeding.2026 06–14 SB ChannelAccording to deckhand Isabel, it was a very nice day in our neck of the channel. The morning stratus layer ...

Lunge feeding humpbacks on today trip 🤩
06/14/2026

Lunge feeding humpbacks on today trip 🤩

Image: a humpback whale does some surface lunge-feeding right next to the Condor Express. The baleen, used to strain out the food, can be seen attached to the upper jaw.2026 06-13 SB ChannelThe summer solstice is just 1 week away, but you needed a jacket today due to the thick, gray, overcast sky. T...

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301 W Cabrillo Boulevard
Santa Barbara, CA
93101

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Monday 7:30am - 6pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 6pm
Thursday 7:30am - 6pm
Friday 7:30am - 6pm
Saturday 7am - 6pm
Sunday 7am - 6pm

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