#oceanblessed

Credit © 📷 🖋 @adam_ernster Over the past year I have been so extremely #oceanblessed by the amount of killer whales sightings I’ve encountered. Even with well over 100 different individuals now under my belt, I can confidently say this was the most unbelievable experience I’ve been apart of — Members from THREE different CA transient killer whale matrilines mugged us for well over an hour today. Parts of the CA216, and CA138, as well as the infamous CA51’s played, socialized, mated, and breached around our vessel today. Killer whales are so rare in California, this is only the third time I’ve seen them in these waters all year! —This wouldn’t be possible without the best crew in the world aboard the @condorexpresssb !! I am just beyond thankful for the encounters and people our wondrous oceans have given me. I can’t wait to see what we come across next in the open blue... @captcolton805 @captainbeezer Shot on @lumix || #G9 Aboard @condorexpresssb . . . . . . #whalewatch #whalewatching #orcas #orca #orcas #orcinusorca #killerwhale #artofvisuals #travel #orcinusorca #wildlifephotography #wildlifephotographeroftheyear #earth #saveourorcas #biggsarethebalance #santabarbara #seesb #visitsantabarbara #california #cali #CA51 #CA216 #CA138 https://www.instagram.com/p/B3RlvSSgcmT/?igshid=etrk6ml47c4k

#Repost from my conservationist friend @adam_ernster @download.ins --- Spending everyday on the water with these giants for the past several months has in a way, made be complacent about the rarity of a blue whale. I’m so #oceanblessed to live and work in one of the largest and most concentrated blue whale hotspots on the entire planet. An endangered species, blue whales face the threat of being struck by a 100,000 ton container ship, or having their entire tail fluke wrapped up in fishing filament. Both of which we have seen traces of this year — Today served as a friendly reminder that I am the luckiest guy in the world. Spending my days scanning the oceans surface for any trace of the worlds largest animal is a blessing I will never again take for granted. Especially when a whale has a smile as big as this one! 😁 Shot on @djiglobal // #Phantom4Pro Aboard @condorexpresssb • • • • • • #santabarbara #santabarbarachannel #seesb #whale #cetacean #wildlifephotography #wildlife #artofvisuals #travel #earth #changingphotography #whalewatching #whalewatch #whale #condorexpress #condorexpresssb #earthcapture #nature #commondolphins #bluewhale #balaenopteramusculus #drone #dronenature #dji #djiphantom4pro #phantom4pro #nature https://www.instagram.com/p/COsw_Gqp4jr/?igshid=486za8p2x31b