Specialty & Wildlife Cruises

Anacapa Shoreline Cruise
– Oxnard Departure

(Also known as the North Shore Wildlife Cruise.)

The perfect introduction to Channel Islands National Park!

This 3 ½ hour, non-landing trip is an excellent choice for a big day in a small package. Passengers on these excursions enjoy the beauty of the Park, the wildlife, and surrounding waters from the comfort of one of our vessels. Passengers traverse the Santa Barbara Channel, search for wildlife along the way and receive narration from a professional naturalist. There is never a guarantee of wildlife sightings, but your crew makes a concerted effort to find and visit with seals, sea lions, whales, and dolphins. Bird life on these trips is usually abundant.

This trip highlights the natural, human, and economic history of the islands and the waters surrounding them. Island habitation, from the Chumash who called the islands home for over 13,000 years, through decades of ranching era, oil development, wildlife, as well as commercial and sportfishing, are all topics your crew may discuss.

The Anacapa Shoreline Cruise is available year-round, typically operating 3-4 days a week in the summer and 1-3 times in the off-season. Most days these trips are offered both in the morning and early afternoon. Reservations can be made online or by calling our reservation team at (805) 642-1393.

These trips are good choices especially for:
• Passengers who have a limited amount of time but want to see the islands
• Those who would rather stay on a boat than hike on the island
• Those with limited mobility
• Those with service animals
• Small children
• Wildlife enthusiasts.

! Please Note: This wildlife cruise will stop briefly at Anacapa Island to offload passengers who booked the island landing trip.