2011 02-12 SB Channel

An epic day with bright warm sun, glassy seas and lots of various cetaceans.

Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Phocoenoides dalli portrait GOOD 2011 Channel 153
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Phocoenoides dalli rippled surface 2011 Channel 106
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Phocoenoides dalli portrait GOOD 2011 Channel 264
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Phocoenoides dalli portrait GOOD 2011 Channel 187
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Phocoenoides dalli rooster tail glassy surface 2011 Channel 267
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Phocoenoides dalli 2011 Channel 276
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Phocoenoides dalli 2011 Channel 273
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Phocoenoides dalli rooster tail lateral rippled surface 2011 Channel 297
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Phocoenoides dalli rooster tail lateral glassy surface 2011 Channel 269
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Phocoenoides dalli rooster posterior CLOSE 2011 Channel 294
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Phocoenoides dalli rooster 2011 Channel 267
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Phocoenoides dalli 2011 Channel 291
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Phocoenoides dalli roosters 2011 Channel 002
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) and whalers on the Condor Express.
Phocoenoides dalli passengers 2011 Channel 134
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) and whalers on the Condor Express.
Phocoenoides dalli passengers 2011 Channel 081
A full speed ahead Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) thrills the whalers on board the Condor Express as it sends up a classic "rooster tail" as it slashes through the glassy waters.
Phocoenoides dalli rooster passengers 2011 Channel 077
Whalers on board the Condor Express enjoy the rare "bow riding" behavior of several Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Phocoenoides dalli passengers 2011 Channel 074
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Phocoenoides dalli 2011 Channel 295
Phocoenoides dalli CLOSE 2011 02-12 SB Channel - 274
Phocoenoides dalli CLOSE 2011 Channel 274
Sand dunes at the eastern end of Santa Rosa Island.
Sand dune near East Point 2011 Sta Rosa Island 106
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus head spouting 2011 Channel 023
Whalers on the Condor Express get a visit by a curious inshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus passengers 2011 Channel 013
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus coming surface 2011 Channel 022
Brandt's Cormorants (Phalocrocorax penicillatus).
Phalocrocorax flock water 2011 Channel 251
The moon hanging over the southwestern corner of Santa Cruz Island.
Moon Sta Cruz Island 2011 Channel 375
Gull Island.
Gull Island 2011 Sta Cruz 105
Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus).
Grampus griseus 2011 Channel 033
Grampus griseus UW 2011 02-12 SB Channel - 022
Grampus griseus 2011 Channel 022
Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus).
Grampus griseus 2011 Channel 018
Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus).
Grampus griseus 2011 Channel 011
Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus).
Grampus griseus 2011 Channel 001
Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus) tail fluke draped in Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera).
Grampus griseus tail fluke Macrocystis pyrifera 2011 Channel 003
Pacific Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) with Santa Cruz Island in the background.
Eschrichtius robustus tail fluke waterfall west Island 2011 Sta Cruz 153
Tail fluke waterfall - Pacific Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus).
Eschrichtius robustus tail fluke waterfall 2011 Sta Cruz Channel 167
Pacific Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spouts near the western end of Santa Cruz Island.
Eschrichtius robustus spout west Island 2011 Sta Cruz 187
Pacific Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spouts with the eastern end of Santa Rosa Island in the background.
Eschrichtius robustus spout west Island 2011 Sta Cruz 142
Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis).
Delphinus capensis bullet 2011 Channel 011
Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis).
Delphinus capensis portrait 2011 Channel 346
Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis).
Delphinus capensis TWO 2011 Channel 002
Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis).
Delphinus capensis TWO 2011 Channel 062
Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis).
Delphinus capensis sideways looking 2011 Channel 076
Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis).
Tursiops truncatus whole animal spouting 2011 Channel 054
Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis).
Delphinus capensis coming camera 2011 Channel 002
Four surfing Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis).
Delphinus capensis 2011 Channel 090
Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis).
Delphinus capensis 2011 Channel 350
Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis).
Delphinus capensis 2011 Channel 027
Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis).
Delphinus capensis 2011 Channel 015
Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis).
Delphinus capensis 2011 Channel 009

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2011 02-12 SB Channel