Killer Whales Join the latest Marine Mammal Sightings In SB Channel
Written Dec 15 2009 by
Recent Marine Sightings in the
Santa Barbara Channel
During this month along with our always varied Marine Mammal sighting just off of our coast we had some of our more rare Black and White visitors. A small group of Killer Whales was spotted by the Marine Collectors of UCSB Campus whilst finishing up a mid-channel Blue Water Dive.
They observed a mother and juvenile being chased and harassed by what they took to be two younger males that had been following the female. These amazing Orcas spent the next 20 minutes circling the small 24ft university dive boat and occasionaly rubbed themselves up alongside the hull. When a creature thats over 20ft long itself does that it makes more than just the normal waves for sure!
More proof if we needed it that you can never tell what you'll bump into out on the water.
November 29, 2009 6700 Common Dolphins
November 25, 250 Common Dolphins
November 24, 250 Common Dolphins
Novenber 23, 4 Killer whales
November 22, 20 Common Dolphins
3 Bottlenose Dolphins
November 21, p;nbsp; 4,000 Common Dolphins
November 20, 1,000 Common Dolphins
November 17, 2,755 Common Dolphins
The above images were taken by Sam Hammond, Assistant Marine Collector at UCSB, and used here with his kind permission.
As always the other sighting information was supplied by the Channel Islands National Park Visitors Center
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Killer whales, Marine Mammals, Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises, Common Dolphins, Bottlenose Dolphins
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Dec 15 2009 by
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