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Dolphins and Whales

Humpback Whales - Santa Barbara Channel

Channel Islands Trip to Santa Rosa Island, April 27, 2008 - sights include: Humpback Whales, Common Loon, Common Murre, Dall's Porpoise, Pelagic Cormorant in Breeding Plumage, Black oystercatcher, dunes, Torry Pines, Santa Cruz Island

Dead Whale

A 29 Foot subadult Sperm whale (according to Joe Cordaro, National Marine Fisheries Service) washed up on the beach at Depressions, Isla Vista, Santa Barbara, California - April 9, 2007.

Common Dolphin - Santa Barbara Channel, September 2006

Bottlenose Dolphin - Santa Barbara Channel
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) - Santa Barbara Channel, September 2006

Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) - Santa Barbara Channel - July 2006

Melonhead Whale (Peponocephala electra), Palmyra Atoll, August 2006 - photo courtesy of Kevin Lafferty

dolphin Channel Islands
Common Dolphin - Santa Barbara Channel Islands, Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz 07/09/06

Humpback Whales
Humpback Whale, Santa Barbara Channel - April 22, 2006

Dolphin
Best ride I saw this morning April 30, 2005 - Dolphins at Sands Beach, Goleta, CA

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Dolphins at Sands Beach, Nov. 21, 2004

Gray Whales Journey North | Observation post 7 at Coal Oil Point Reserve (includes other marine mammal sightings)