Island Packers is your gateway to the Channel Islands.  Contracted with the National Park Service, they have been ferrying visitors to the "Galapagos of North America" since 1968.  You'll board a boat out to you choice of Anacapa, Santa Cruz or Santa Rosa Island.  On the way you'll have an hour or so (longer for Santa Rosa) to relax and most likely observe marine life, such as the dolphins and various types of whales that frequent the channel.  Once you arrive, you will have the day to wander and observe the wildlife that only exists on these isolated, beautiful islands.  This is a unique experience that you will treasure for years to come.