Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) near the East Channel NOAA Weather Buoy.
A long board stand up paddler on the open ocean.  Santa Cruz Island is in the back.
NOAA National Data Buoy Station 46053 - E. SANTA BARBARA - 12NM Southwest of Santa Barbara, CA.  This buoy provides real time ocean and weather conditions on the web at http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46053
Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) near the East Channel NOAA Weather Buoy.
Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) near the East Channel NOAA Weather Buoy.
Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) near the East Channel NOAA Weather Buoy.
See photo in original gallery.