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Island Packers Current Schedule Anacapa & Santa Cruz
Please call (805) 642-1393 to verify, and or to make your trip reservation. Advance reservations are strongly recommended, we do however accept walk-in bookings on a first come first serve basis for all trips if space is available. This schedule is subject to change without notice. Schedules for Anacapa and Santa Cruz are posted in two week intervals. Trips are listed by trip departure times only, return times vary from mid-day to late afternoon, check with your reservation assistant for return trip schedule.

Go to Outer Island Schedule for, Santa Rosa, San Miguel and Santa Barbara Islands. Outer island trips are seasonal excursions from April - November only. Exact dates vary by island. For Whale watching go to the Whale Watching main page.

Important Note: Our boats depart out of two different harbors located about five miles apart. In this trip schedule VTA indicates a departure from Ventura Harbor. OX indicates a departure from the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, and NA indicates no trip available on that date. Be sure to arrive at the correct harbor for your trip departure. Day visitors should arrive at least 45 minutes prior to departure. Campers and kayakers need to arrive one hour prior to departure to pre-board equipment. Go to Contact Us for directions, maps and locations .

Anacapa & Santa Cruz Trip Schedules

Month of September 1-15	East Anacapa Departures	East Santa Cruz Scorpion Departures	Mid Santa Cruz Prisoners Departures	Other Anacapa or Santa Cruise trips or trip notes
Wed 1st	The Channel Islands National Park Service has closed East Anacapa Island We have added to our Santa Cruz schedule offering some trips from the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard out to Santa Cruz Island.	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX , & 1:30 OX
Thu 2nd		9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Fri 3rd		8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX & 1:30 OX
Sat 4th		8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX & 1:30 OX
Sun 5th		8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 3:15 VTA	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX, 12:00 VTA, 1:30 OX
Mon 6th		9:00 VTA 2:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX & 1:30 OX
Tue 7th		9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed 8th	NA	9:00 VTA	NA
Thu 9th	NA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA
Fri 10th	NA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 1:30 OX
Sat 11th	NA	9:00 VTA 10:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Sun 12th	NA	8:00 VTA 2:00 VTA	8:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX , & 1:30 OX
Mon 13th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Tue 14th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed 15th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 1:30 OX
Scroll down for next two week schedule. *Note, OX = departures from the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, VTA= departures from Ventura Harbor.

Month of September 16-30	East Anacapa Departures	East Santa Cruz Scorpion Departures	Mid Santa Cruz Prisoners Departures	Other Anacapa or Santa Cruz trips
Thu 16th	The Channel Islands National Park Service has closed East Anacapa Island We have added to our Santa Cruz schedule offering some trips from the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard out to Santa Cruz Island.	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Fri 17th		8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA
Sat 18th		8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX & 1:30 OX
Sun 19th		8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 9:30 OX 2:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX
Mon 20th		9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Tue 21st		9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA
Wed 22nd		9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Thu 23rd		9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 1:30 OX
Fri 24th	NA	8:00 VTA 9:30 OX 12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 1:30 OX
Sat 25th	NA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX & 1:30 OX
Sun 26th	NA	9:00 VTA 9:30 OX 2:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Mon 27th	NA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Tue 28th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed 29th	NA	9:00 VTA	NA
Thu 30th	NA	9:00 VTA	NA
Scroll down for next two week schedule. *Note, OX = departures from the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, VTA= departures from Ventura Harbor.

Month of October 1-15	East Anacapa Departures	East Santa Cruz Scorpion Departures	Mid Santa Cruz Prisoners Departures	Other Anacapa or Santa Cruise trips or trip notes
Fri 1st	NA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX & 1:30
Sat 2nd	NA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX & 1:30 OX
Sun 3rd	NA	9:00 VTA 11:00 VTA 2:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 11:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX & 1:30 OX
Mon 4th	NA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Tue 5th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed 6th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Thu 7th	NA	9:00 VTA
Fri 8th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX & 1:30 OX
Sat 9th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 1:00 VTA
Sun 10th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA 11:00 VTA 2:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 11:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX
Mon 11th	NA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Tue 12th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed 13th	NA	9:00 VTA	NA
Thu 14th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Fri 15th	1:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Scroll down for next two week schedule. *Note, OX = departures from the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, VTA= departures from Ventura Harbor.

Month of October 16-31	East Anacapa Departures	East Santa Cruz Scorpion Departures	Mid Santa Cruz Prisoners Departures	Other Anacapa or Santa Cruise trips or trip notes
Sat 16th	1:30 OX	9:00 VTA 1:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA 1:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX
Sun 17th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA 11:00 VTA 2:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 11:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX
Mon 18th	NA	12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Tue 19th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed 20th	NA	9:30 VTA	NA
Thu 21st	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Fri 22nd	1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Sat 23rd	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA	NA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX
Sun 24th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA 2:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 2:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX
Mon 25th	NA	12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Tue 26th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed 27th	NA	NA	NA
Thu 28th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Fri 29th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Sat 30th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA	NA
Sun 31st	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX
Scroll down for next two week schedule. *Note, OX = departures from the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, VTA= departures from Ventura Harbor.

Month of November 1-15	East Anacapa Departures	East Santa Cruz Scorpion Departures	Mid Santa Cruz Prisoners Departures	Other Anacapa or Santa Cruz trips
Mon 1st	NA	NA	NA
Tue 2nd	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed 3rd	NA	NA	NA
Thu 4th	9:30 VTA *See notes	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	* West Anacapa Tidepools Frenchy's Cove 9:30 VTA
Fri 5th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX & 1:00 OX
Sat 6th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Sun 7th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX & 1:00 OX
Mon 8th	NA	NA	NA
Tue 9th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed 10th	NA	NA	NA
Thu 11th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Fri 12th	NA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Sat 13th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX & 1:00 OX
Sun 14th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX & 1:00 OX
Mon 15th	NA	NA	NA
Scroll down for next two week schedule. *Note, OX = departures from the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, VTA= departures from Ventura Harbor.

Month of November 16-30	East Anacapa Departures	East Santa Cruz Scorpion Departures	Mid Santa Cruz Prisoners Departures	Other Anacapa or Santa Cruise trips or trip notes
Tue 16th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed 17th	NA	NA	NA
Thu 18th	NA	NA	NA
Fri 19th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Sat 20th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Sun 21st	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Mon 22nd	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Tue 23rd	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed 24th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Thu 25th	NA	NA	NA
Fri 26th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA 11:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 11:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX & 1:00 OX
Sat 27th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA 11:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 11:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 VTA
Sun 28th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA 11:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 11:00 VTA	North shore wildlife cruise 9:30 OX & 1:00 OX
Mon 29th	NA	NA	NA
Tue 30th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
*Note, OX = departures from the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, VTA= departures from Ventura Harbor. Call (805) 642-1393 for dates beyond this list. For Santa Rosa, San Miguel, and Santa Barbara Islands, go to "Outer Island Schedule" page.