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Blog entries by the SBACo Team.

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Island Life: Photos from Santa Cruz Island

Every summer we send out cameras and video recorders on trips and every season our guides do their best to capture the beauty of Santa Barbara and the surrounding areas. This summer our channel islands guides have brought home some incredible images from their days on Santa Cruz Island. When they are not guiding kayak tours and…

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Fun In The Sun With Maxwell Frank

We were happy to enlist the help of local photographer Maxwell Frank to refresh some of images and give new life to some of our materials. With a recent degree from The Brooks Institute of Photography, photographer and athlete Maxwell Frank has focused his work primarily on still and motion work on action and adventure sports…

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How to Add an Email Address to your Safe Senders’ List

Apple mail (desktop) If Apple Mail delivers a legitimate message to junk, your subscriber can do two things. Teach Apple Mail’s filter to allow future messages. Open the junk folder and find the message. Move the message into the inbox. Add your From email to the address book. Open the message, right-click the sender email…

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Santa Barbara Harbor Clean Sweep

Santa Barbara Adventure Company proudly participated in the Santa Barbara Harbor Clean Sweep, a volunteer program sponsored by the Santa Barbara Waterfront to help keep the harbor clean. This year, volunteers and waterfront staff cleaned up Marine One slip fingers “M” through “P.” This event would not have been possible without the volunteer divers that…

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5 Reasons Why It’s the Best Time to Visit the Channel Islands

With something new and unique each season at the Channel Islands, visitors are beckoned to come back time and time again to experience all the beauty and magic the destination has to offer. Here are five reasons why NOW is the best time to book your next island adventure! 1. Whales, Dolphins & Fish –…

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Adventures Past

The Amazing and Talented Christie Renick

Back in 2004, before we had multiple phones and online reservations, we were making a lot of changes. At that time I was not only Santa Barbara Adventure Company’s head guide; I was also the head reservationist, the logistics coordinator, the field coordinator and the chief van washer. Plus I had just got engaged and had a wedding to…

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Who has the best job in Santa Barbara?

Well, if going on incredible trips to Santa Ynez and Channel Islands National Park is a great job, then Brina Carey might just have the best job in town. She has been guiding kayak, bike and surf trips in California for over 6 years. She recently became Santa Barbara Adventure Company’s full time Field Coordinator working with schools and groups to…

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George E Billings: A Ship Found

After 20 years of searching, a team of divers has found the George E Billings sunken in the Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary. The George E Billings was a five-masted lumber schooner/fishing barge with a gross tonnage of 1,260 tons. It was 224 feet long, 42 feet wide and had a draft of 18 feet. It…

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COVID Operational Response

As always, the safety of our guests and our staff is our primary concern. In agreement with the Santa Barbara County Health Department and in following the directives placed forth by the CDC, the Santa Barbara Adventure Company will implement the following practices to mitigate the possibility of COVID – 19 exposure to guests and…

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Get a Taste of Surfing!

The Santa Barbara coastline offers several fun locations for introductory surfing lessons. We will teach you the basics of surfing on the beach before hitting the water to catch some waves. This is a great way to get a taste of surfing in just a few hours. The trip will include an instruction session on…

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