Captain’s Log: My Experiences with Tsunamis in Santa Barbara Channel

Captain’s Log: My Experiences with Tsunamis in Santa Barbara Channel

I watched the local effects of the recent tsunami spawned by the 8.8 megaquake off the coast of Russia with a practiced eye and it played out just as I expected. I have some experience as a boat charter captain operating on the Santa Barbara Channel for over 30 years. Our east-west running channel, with the Channel Islands serving as something of a blockade to our south, tends to affect the characteristics of a tsunami moving through our area. I…