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    Shaun Hunter
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    07/17/2018
    Velocity is one of the boats used by Stagnaro Charters for their harbor cruises and whale watching excursions.
    Shaun Hunter
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    07/17/2018
    Check-in and sales occur at Stagnaro Charters' office/retail space at 1718 Brommer in Santa Cruz.
    Shaun Hunter
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    07/17/2018
    Stagnaro's retail space offers gifts, snacks, knowledgable staff, and information for harbor and whale watching tours as well as the general Santa Cruz area.
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    07/17/2018
    Onboard indoor seating. A drink and snack bar is available during the excursions.
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    07/17/2018
    Tours leave from the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor and pass by others engaged in different types of coastal recreation.
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    07/17/2018
    California sea lions on one of the harbor buoys.
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    07/17/2018
    Humpback whales swimming side by side off the Santa Cruz coast.
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    07/17/2018
    Onboard naturalists are able to describe and answer questions regarding whale behavior, such as this humpback swimming on its side with fins above the water's surface.
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    07/17/2018
    Cruise captains are knowledgable in locating whales around the underwater canyon areas just offshore from Santa Cruz.
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    07/17/2018
    A humpback whale fluke emerges as the whale prepares to dive.
    Shaun Hunter
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    07/17/2018
    Whale watching tours are often able to get close to whales while still keeping a safe distance.
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    07/17/2018
    Views of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk from a harbor cruise.
    Shaun Hunter
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    07/17/2018
    Humpback whale observed from a whale watching cruise.
    Shaun Hunter
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    07/17/2018
    A mother sea otter rests in the kelp with her baby on her chest. This is one of the possible sites along the whale watching tour.

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