A Visit with VENOCO to "The Seeps" and Platform Holly, September 18, 8:30 or 10:30 
You have an opportunity to learn more about the oil and gas seeps near Coal Oil Point (the second largest oil and gas seeps in the world)!  Venoco provides weekend tours aboard the Condor Express giving the general public a close up view of the "World's Most Spectacular Seeps". 

Welcome aboard the Condor Express with Sea Landing for seeps tours this summer! 

There are two tours starting at either 8:30 am or 10:30 am on Saturday, SEPTEMBER 18th and the two-hour tour costs $10 per person. 

The tours begin in the Santa Barbara Harbor at the Sea Landing dock. You will board the Condor Express and travel up the coast to Coal Oil Point. Participants view the 6,000 gallons of oil that seeps naturally and 5 million cubic feet of natural gas that rises from the ocean floor each day. Next the boat motors over to Platform Holly to view the oil platform close up while learning how it operates. All along the way, the Condor Express captain will point out the marine mammals that call the Santa Barbara area home. 

Contact Sea Landing today to reserve a seat. The $10 per person fee will be collected from you at that time. 

If you have additional questions, please contact Joe Tumbler

We look forward to seeing you aboard the Condor Express!

Visit this page to see pictures from a past tour. 
(This one, by the Goleta Newcomers group, included an actual tour on board Platform Holly, and also a look at the seeps.)

and here is a Venoco-sponsored page on the seeps and some local history.

There's lots more on the web, if you are interested in reading. Just Google-search Seeps Santa Barbara Channel.