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Santa Barbara Whale Watching
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Santa Barbara Channel Marine Life Safaris
From June Through September

If you're looking for a truly memorable Santa Barbara adventure, you owe it to yourself to take one of our Santa Barbara Channel Marine Life Safaris aboard our 50' sailing catamaran, The Double Dolphin. We offer 5 hour trips leaving 8:00 a.m. Saturdays and Wednesdays. Book Your Trip Online

Whale Watching off of Santa Barbara

During your Santa Barbara Channel Marine Life Safari, you're likely to see Pacific Grey Whales, Blue Whales, dolphins, harbor seals, sea lions and other exotic marine life. Occasionally we're even lucky enough to see Orcas, Humpback, Minke, and Pilot Whales.

The Santa Barbara Channel is home to many species of marine mammals. In fact, the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum has documented over 30 species of cetaceans, or whales and dolphins in the channel, making it one of the most marine-rich areas on the planet.

Humpback Whale Tail Blue & Humpback Whales:
From July through September the Blue and Humpback Whales visit the area to feed on the krill produced in the Santa Barbara Channel. In recent years the largest concentration of Blue Whales in the world has been in our channel in addition to large numbers of Humpback Whales, which are usually seen off the coast of Hawaii.
Pacific Gray Whales:
This year an estimated 28 thousand Pacific Gray Whales will journey through the Santa Barbara Channel on their annual migration between Alaska and Baja California. Although we see the most Gray Whales from mid-February through mid-March on their way up to Alaska from Mexico, we sometimes get to see these magnificent giants during the Summer months too.
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Grey Whale
Dolphins Jumping
Common & Bottlenose Dolphins:
Common and Bottle Nose dolphins are seen year round, frolicking through the Santa Barbara Channel and we see dozens of them just about every day. The dolphins are an exciting and playful perk to your channel safari. Lying on the twin nets aboard the Double Dolphin you can look down and see the dolphins cruising along the hulls of the boat. Standing on the cabin top you can look out and see dolphins leaping out of the water doing flips, twists and turns.
Harbor Seals and Sea Lions:
Harbor Seals and California Sea Lions playfully sit atop the channel marking buoys around Santa Barbara all year long. As our Channel Safari Cruise departs from the harbor, you will see the seals and sea lions swimming around the boat, hopping onto the green or red and white buoys and playing with each other in the water. Their significant yelps let you know they are happy to see you. Book Your Trip Online.
California Sea Lions
Santa Barbara Pelican

Marine Safari Rates:

  • Adults $65.00
  • Students $25.00
  • Children 12 and under *Free!
    *1 free with each paid adult. $20 each additional child.

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Cash Bar and Snacks for Sale Onboard Too!
$18 corkage fee for wine or champagne (750ml)not purchased onboard. Other outside alcoholic beverages are not allowed onboard.

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