Aloha, Many of you have been asking us whether the Humpback whales have been affected by the absence of whale watchers off the Kohala Coast since the COVID-19 containment measures have gone into effect. Of course, because we haven’t been allowed to operate commercially since March 21st, we don’t have a lot of data …
Aloha, By now you’ve undoubtedly heard that the Governor of Hawaii is imposing a 14 day quarantine on anyone entering the state beginning on March 26th. And this past Saturday, the DLNR (Department of Land and Natural Resources) suspended all commercial boating operator permits for vessels in state waters. With no end date in sight …
Aloha, We had some interesting experiences during Friday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise. Our first sightings were of a pod of three whales, but one of them peeled off before we got very close to them. The other two started heading south, so we stuck with them. Initially they were on the surface every …
Aloha, We only operated one dedicated Whale Watch Cruise on Thursday – our Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise. Guests joining us on this trip saw 3 or 4 different Humpbacks, but we spent most of our time with a Mom and her calf. Mom was on 20 minute dive cycles, so we got a chance to …
Aloha, As promised, I have 2 days worth of sightings to report. Guests on Tuesday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise started their cruise with a big splash about 800 yards away. By the time we got to where we thought that whale was, he was nowhere to be seen. So we waited for awhile, …
Aloha, We didn’t operate any dedicated Whale Watch Cruises on Monday, but we did take out all 3 of our catamarans on an Exclusive Snorkel & Whale Watch Cruise. On the way to our snorkel site, guests aboard Seasmoke spent some time watching a Mom/Calf/Escort pod. Of course we saw quite a bit of baby, …
Aloha, Hope you had a healthy, happy weekend. Here’s a recap of what we were up to. Guests on both of our Guaranteed Whale Watch Cruises on Friday morning spent time watching calm Humpbacks. On on our Wake Up with the Whales Cruise, we saw 3 different adult whales multiple times. Each was just surfacing, …
Aloha, The theme for Thursday’s Whale Watch Cruises was Mom Humpbacks and their babies. Guests on our Wake Up with the Whales Cruise got to see a dozen different Humpbacks. We spent most of our time watching a mom and her calf calmly surfacing, spouting, and diving. The ocean seemed to wake up though, when …
Aloha, Guests on Wednesday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise got to know a Humpback calf really well. We first saw the little calf spouting just outside of the bay in the beginning of our cruise. As we headed over to investigate, baby started playing around…doing little dives down to Mom, flipping around sideways, resting …
Aloha, Have you heard that phrase, “Good things come to those who wait”? Well, that describes Tuesday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise. After cruising around for quite awhile, we finally found a Humpback to our north. We positioned ourselves and stopped the boat, hoping it would surface nearby. But after waiting (and listening to …