Jason is truely a great personable guy with knowledge and carisma to spare. It sounds like you guys might see our whales as this is full season for the migration and that surely will keep the kids enthralled. Plenty to see with an ocasional catching of fish...If you where thinking of going it alone for your big one you might think about going out of Cisco's in Oxnard for a trip over to the Channel Islands as the White sea bass bite is sure to be heating up by then. Not knowing how young the kids are it's a safer bet to stay with Jason because you won't be going to sea "as it were" just puttering about in our front yard and if the seas come up he can ski-daddle post haste. If the kids are queezy with rough water Santa Barbara is your best bet as we are sheltered by the islands some 27 miles out and don't get the "BUMP" they get out there. Hope you have a blast and our zoo isn't half bad for child entertainment either...Kelly