2011 08-18 SB Channel

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A trip to the east Channel is rewarded with lots of offshore bottlenose dolphins.

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Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE 2011 Channel 079
Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE leap 2011 Channel 080
Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE 2011 Channel 069
Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE leap 2011 Channel 104
Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE 2011 Channel 064
Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE leap 2011 Channel 107
Offshore Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) visit the Condor Express.
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE passengers 2011 Channel 132
Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE 2011 Channel 204
Offshore Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE 2011 Channel 106
Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE 2011 Channel 343
Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORES 2011 Channel 344
Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE 2011 Channel 226
Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE 2011 Channel 059
Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE 2011 Channel 003
Tail slappin' Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE 2011 Channel 089
Very young calf - Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE juv 2011 Channel 308
A Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and two brown furry brothers, California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE Zalophus 2011 Channel 265
Tail slappin' Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE tail slap 2011 Channel 037
Bubblin' just beneath the surface - Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE 2011 Channel 025
On the move - Offshore Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
Tursiops truncatus OFFSHORE 2011 Channel 017
A herd of California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) on the move.
Zalophus californianus group leaping 2011 Channel 012
Anacapa Light.
Anacapa Light 2011 Channel 007
The Arch - Anacapa Island.
Arch Anacapa 2011 Channel 003
The east end of East Anacapa Island and the Arch.
Arch Anacapa 2011 Channel 004
Katalina Phan commercial fishing vessel.
vessel Katalina Phan gill netter 2011 Channel 003
Commercial fishing trawler Mary K.
vessel Mary trawler 2011 Channel 008
Macrocystis, Zostera, Egregia and Phyllospadix jumble together to form this large "kelp paddy" drifting freely on the open ocean. Kelp paddies harbor many small invertebrates, the provide shelter for numerous fish and pinnipeds. Birds often rest on paddies on the high seas. And many species of seaweeds continue to produce spores and potentially colonize new habitats downstream from their original home attached to the sea floor. Kelp also played a major role in the migration and success of prehistoric humans.
Macrocystis Phyllospadix drift paddy 2011 Channel 005
Platform "C" & Mat Curto & Matt Rollings on the Condor Express flying bridge telling oil stories while searching for wildlife.
Platform Mat Curto Matt Rollings flybridge 2011 Channel 005

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2011 08-18 SB Channel