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Island Packers Current Schedule Anacapa & Santa Cruz
Please call (805) 642-1393 to verify, and or to make your trip rerservation. 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 30 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 May 1-15	East Anacapa Departures	East Santa Cruz Scorpion Departures	Mid Santa Cruz Prisoners Departures	Other trips or trip notes
Mon. 5th	NA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA	9:00 North Shore Wildlife Cruise VTA
Tue. 6th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed. 7th	NA	9:00 VTA	NA	Special Relay for Life Harbor Cruise
Thu. 8th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	Island Packers 40th Celebration. NPS Visitor Center 4:00-7:00pm
Fri. 9th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Sat. 10th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Sun. 11th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 11:00 VTA	8:00 VTA	9:30 North Shore Wildlife Cruise OX
Mon. 12th	NA	12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Tue. 13th	9:30 VTA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed. 14th	9:30 VTA	9:00 VTA	NA
Thu. 15th	9:30 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 May 16-31	East Anacapa Departures	East Santa Cruz Scorpion Departures	Mid Santa Cruz Prisoners Departures	Other trips or trip notes
Fri. 16th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA
Sat. 17th	8:00 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA	1:30 North Shore Wildlife Cruise VTA
Sun. 18th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 11:00 VTA 2:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 11:00 VTA
Mon. 19th	8:00 OX 9:30 VTA	9:00 VTA 9:30 VTA	9:00 VTA
Tue. 20th	9:30 VTA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed. 21st	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Thu. 22nd	9:30 VTA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Fri. 23rd	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA	First camping trip of 2008 to San Miguel
Sat. 24th	8:00 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	1:30 North Shore Wildlife Cruise VTA
Sun. 25th	8:00 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA 2:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	9:00 North Shore Wildlife Cruise VTA
Mon. 26th	8:00 OX 1:30 OX	9:00 VTA 2:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Tue. 27th	9:30 VTA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed. 28th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Thu. 29th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Fri. 30th	9:30 VTA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Sat. 31st	8:00 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	North Shore Wildlife Cruise OX (time posted soon)
Scroll down for next two week schedule. *Note, OX = departures from the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, VTA= departures from Ventura Harbor.

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

Month of June 16-30	East Anacapa Departures	East Santa Cruz Scorpion Departures	Mid Santa Cruz Prisoners Departures	Other trips or trip notes
Mon. 16th	NA	12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Tue. 17th	9:30 VTA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	9:30 & 1:30 VTA North Shore Wildlife Cruise
Wed. 18th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	NA
Thu. 19th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Fri. 20th	"9:30 OX, 1:30 OX"	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	9:30 OX North Shore Wildlife Cruise
Sat. 21st	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	Start of Summer Whale Watching Cruises
Sun. 22nd	8:00 VTA 9:30 OX"	8:00 VTA 2:00 VTA	8:00 VTA
Mon. 23rd	NA	12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Tue. 24th	9:30 VTA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	9:30 & 1:30 VTA North Shore Wildlife Cruise
Wed. 25th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	NA
Thu. 26th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Fri. 27th	9:30 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA	9:30 OX North Shore Wildlife Cruise
Sat. 28th	8:00 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA
Sun. 29th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	9:30 OX North Shore Wildlife Cruise
Mon. 30th	NA	"9:00 VTA, 12:00 VTA"	12:00 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 July 1-15	East Anacapa Departures	East Santa Cruz Scorpion Departures	Mid Santa Cruz Prisoners Departures	Other Anacapa or Santa Cruz trips or trip notes
Tue. 1st	9:30 VTA	9:00 VTA	8:00 VTA	9:30 & 1:30 VTA North Shore Wildlife Cruise
Wed. 2nd	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Thu. 3rd	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Fri. 4th	1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	NA
Sat. 5th	8:00 OX 1:30 OX	"8:00 VTA, 12:00 VTA"	9:00 VTA
Sun. 6th	8:00 OX 9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 2:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA
Mon. 7th	NA	12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA
Tue. 8th	9:30 VTA	9:00 VTA	8:00 VTA	9:30 & 1:30 VTA North Shore Wildlife Cruise
Wed. 9th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Thu. 10th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	9:30 & 1:30 OX, North Shore Wildlife Cruise
Fri. 11th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	NA
Sat. 12th	8:00 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Sun. 13th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 2:00 VTA	8:00 VTA	9:30 OX North Shore Wildlife Cruise
Mon. 14th	NA	12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA
Tue. 15th	9:30 VTA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	9:30 & 1:30 OX, North Shore Wildlife Cruise
Scroll down for next two week schedule. *Note, OX = departures from the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, VTA= departures from Ventura Harbor.

Month of July 16-31	East Anacapa Departures	East Santa Cruz Scorpion Departures	Mid Santa Cruz Prisoners Departures	Other Anacapa or Santa Cruz trips or trip notes
Wed. 16th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Thu. 17th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Fri. 18th	9:30 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	NA	9:30 OX North Shore Wildlife Cruise
Sat. 19th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Sun. 20th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 2:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	9:30 OX North Shore Wildlife Cruise
Mon. 21st	NA	12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA
Tue. 22nd	9:30 VTA	9:00 VTA	8:00 VTA	9:30 & 1:30 OX North Shore Wildlife Cruise
Wed. 23rd	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	NA
Thu. 24th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Fri. 25th	9:30 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	NA	9:30 OX North Shore Wildlife Cruise
Sat. 26th	8:00 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Sun. 27th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 2:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Mon. 28th	NA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA
Tue. 29th	9:30 VTA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA	9:30 & 1:30 OX North Shore Wildlife Cruise
Wed. 30th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Thu. 31st	9:30 OX		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 August 1-15	East Anacapa Departures	East Santa Cruz Scorpion Departures	Mid Santa Cruz Prisoners Departures	Other trips or trip notes
Fri. 1st	9:30 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	NA	9:30 North shore wildlife cruise OX
Sat. 2nd	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA
Sun. 3rd	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA	8:00 VTA	9:30 North shore wildlife cruise OX
Mon. 4th	NA	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Tue. 5th	NA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Wed. 6th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA	8:00 VTA
Th. 7th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	NA
Fri. 8th	9:30 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	NA	9:30 North shore wildlife cruise OX
Sat. 9th	8:00 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA
Sun. 10th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA	8:00 VTA
Mon. 11th	NA	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	NA
Tue. 12th	NA	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Wed. 13th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	NA
Th. 14th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	NA
Fri. 15th	9:30 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	NA	9:30 North shore wildlife cruise 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 Aug 16-31	East Anacapa Departures	East Santa Cruz Scorpion Departures	Mid Santa Cruz Prisoners Departures	Other trips or trip notes
Sat. 16th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA
Sun. 17th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA	8:00 VTA	9:30 North shore wildlife cruise OX
Mon. 18th	10:00 OX	12:00 VTA	NA	10:00 North shore wildlife cruise OX
Tue. 19th	NA	9:00 VTA	NA
Wed. 20th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	NA
Th. 21st	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	9:00 VTA
Fri. 22nd	9:30 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 9:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	NA	9:30 North shore wildlife cruise OX
Sat. 23rd	8:00 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	8:00 VTA
Sun. 24th	9:30 OX	8:00 VTA	NA
Mon. 25th	NA	12:00 VTA	NA
Tue.. 26th	NA	9:00 VTA	NA
Wed. 27th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	NA
Th. 28th	9:30 OX	9:00 VTA	NA
Fri. 29th	1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	NA
Sat. 30th	8:00 OX 1:30 OX	8:00 VTA 12:00 VTA	12:00 VTA
Sun. 31st	8:00 OX	8:00 VTA	NA
*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.