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Pacific Offshore Expeditions
Channel Islands​
Trip Reports and Sightings from Channel Islands


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


1/23/25 Killer Whale Quest Private Charter
7 Killer Whales, 1 Humpback Whale, 5 Gray Whales, 5 Dall's Porpoise We located the CA138s today despite some gusty NE winds, we found a...


1/18/25 Killer Whale Quest
6 Killer Whales for us! CA10 and the CA23s. It was a bit windy but we enjoyed watching these beautiful animals for over an hour.


1/17/25 Killer Whale Quest
10 Killer Whales! We found the CA51As+CA50B and three of the CA27s feeding on a pinniped. The 51As were great to watch, the CA27s as...


1/12/25 Killer Whale Quest
6 Killer Whales, 5 Dall's Porpoise Famous FROSTY was found by us in the morning off the Santa Barbara coast harassing sea lions with its...


1/10/25 Killer Whale Quest
12 Killer Whales, 300 Northern Right Whale Dolphins, 3 Humpback Whales, 25 Bottlenose Dolphins A spectacular day that started with an...


1/5/25 Killer Whale Quest
7 Killer Whales, 50 Risso's Dolphin, 5 Dall's Porpoise, 1 Humpback. LOTS of searching today but finally around 215pm we caught up with...


1/3/25 Killer Whale Quest
12 Killer Whales, 5 Dall's Porpoise, 20 Risso's Dolphin Jackpot find for us! The CA138 pod, who were very boat friendly, and the CA212s!...


1/2/25 Killer Whale Quest
6 Killer Whales We found the CA39As, CA58B, and CA58A1 early in the day around 1030am! We watched them feed twice, and many other...


1/1/25 Killer Whale Quest
3,000 Common Dolphins, 1 Humpback, 30 Risso's Dolphins We did a ton of searching, but came up short unfortunatley in locating killer...


12/23/24 Killer Whale Quest
2 Humpback Whales, 20 Risso's Dolphin The day was limited by rough weather conditions, swell, and fog. We were unable to travel as far as...


12/22/24 Killer Whale Quest
6 humpbacks, 2,000 commons,1 gray whale, 20 Risso’s, 5 bottlenose The day was limited by rough weather conditions, swell, and fog. We...


12/21/24 Killer Whale Quest
3 Killer Whales,10 humpbacks, 5 Dall's porpoise, 50 bottlenose We saw the male CA50B and CA51A2 and her offspring off Santa Cruz Island!


12/20/24 Killer Whale Quest
10 humpbacks, 20 dalls porpoise, 2,000 commons


12/9/24 Private Charter Killer Whale Quest
3 Killer Whales, 8 Humpback Whales, 4 Dall's Porpoise Liner and the girls found today in great conditons, glassy and sunny!


12/8/24 Killer Whale Quest
3 Killer Whales, 10 Humpback Whales We found CA163 "Liner" a well known male, as well as two of the females he's been traveling with...


12/7/24 Killer Whale Quest
1 Killer Whale, 6 Dall's Porpoise We had a great time with CA199, who though alone, was very entertainign to watch. He breached, played...


12/6/24 Private Charter Killer Whale Quest
12 Humpback Whales We had some rough weather to deal with in our most productive area, so we had to settle for a humpback show, which was...


12/1/24 Killer Whale Quest
8 Killer Whales, 15 Dall's Porpoise, 15 Humpbacks We saw the lone male CA199 again, but this time also the CA39As and CA10 with CA23 and...


11/30/24 Killer Whale Quest
8 Killer Whales, 10 Dall's Porpoise, 10 Humpback Whales We saw the lone male CA199, and seven of the CA27 family!


11/24/24 Killer Whale Quest
4 Killer Whales (CA27s and CA199), 8 Humpback Whales


11/22/24 Killer Whale Quest
4 Killer Whales (CA199, CA27s) and 2 Sperm Whales!


11/10/24 Killer Whale Quest
7 Killer Whales, 500 Common Dolphin We spent 3 hours with the CA138 pod, and watched them harass several different sea lions!


11/9/24 Killer Whale Quest
4 Humpback Whales, 2000 Common Dolphin, 30 Bottlenose Dolphin Despite excellent sea conditions, no Killer Whales were spotted.


11/8/24 Killer Whale Quest
4 Killer Whales, 2,000 Common Dolphin We got to watch Emma's pod, the CA140s, for several hours in beautiful calm conditions !


10/25/24 Killer Whale Quest
21 Killer Whales. Our highest daily count of Transient Orcas ever!! We also saw: 10 Humpback Whales 2 Blue Whales 20 Risso's Dolphin


10/20/24 8 Hour Zodiac Whale Watching
25 Humpback Whales, 5,000 Common, 300 Bottlenose Dolphins Photo by Jerome Frand


10/20/24 Killer Whale Quest
5 Killer Whales, 2 Humpback Whales, 1000 Common Dolphin, 10 Risso's Dolphins


10/19/24 8 Hour Private Charter
6 Humpback Whales, 4,000 Common Dolphin

10/13/24 8 Hour Private Charter
6 Humpback Whales, 1,000 Common Dolphin, and a Manx Shearwater among many other bird sightings compiled at this link:...


10/11/24 8 Hour Private Charter
3 Killer Whales This was a pelagic bird watching trip where we spent some time with Killer Whales but most of the time locating and...


10/5/24 8 Hour Private Charter
5 Humpback Whales, 2,000 Common Dolphins It was pretty foggy all day which likely hampered sightings totals. Photo courtesy of...


9/28/24 Killer Whale Quest
5 Killer Whales, 20 Risso's Dolphin, 10 Bottlenose Dolphin, 300 Common Dolphins We located the CA200 pod of Orcas! When we found them...


9/28/24 8 Hour Zodiac Whale Watching
15 Humpback Whales, 500 Common Dolphins, 5 Killer Whales


9/22/24 8 Hour Zodiac Whale Watching
7 Humpback Whales 200 Commons


9/21/24 8 Hour Zodiac Whale Watching
7 Humpback Whales, 500 Common Dolphins, 250 Bottlenose Dolphins


9/14/24 Killer Whale Quest
1 Killer Whale 2 Humpback Whales 300 bottlenose dolphins 2,500 common dolphins 20 Risso’s dolphins


9/7/24 8 Hour Zodiac Whale Watching
14 Humpback Whales, 2000 Common Dolphin, 1 Minke Whale, 1 Northern Right Whale Dolphin


9/2/24 8 Hour Zodiac Whale Watching
4 Fin Whales, 1 Minke Whale, 75 Bottlenose Dolphin, 30 Risso's Dolphin, 50 Common Dolphin


9/1/24 8 Hour Zodiac Whale Watching
1 Fin Whale, 1,000 Common Dolphins, 20 Risso's Dolphin, 75 Bottlenose Dolphins We had incredibly great encounters with Common,...


8/28/24 Killer Whale Quest
SIXTEEN Killer Whales, 5 Humpback Whales, 2 Fin whales, 5,000 Common Dolphins, and 75 Bottlenose Dolphins We found several families of...


5/10/24 Killer Whale Quest
1 Killer Whale We saw a lone male orca kill an elephant seal!


4/21/24 Killer Whale Quest
2 Killer Whales, 12 humpbacks, 1000 Common Dolphin, 15 Pacific White Sided Dolphin, 3 Dall's Porpoise, 25 Bottlenose Dolphin, 15 Risso's...
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