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All By Him/Her Self

March 29, 2024 Aloha, It’s the “End of Season” countdown. With just a few dedicated Whale Watch Cruises left this season, we’re still seeing and hearing Humpbacks. Guests on Thursday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise spent most of the cruise watching a lone (and perhaps lonely) small-ish Humpback. This whale was definitely not a calf (too…

On Second Thought…

March 27, 2024 Aloha, After Monday’s Whale Watch Cruises, we kind of thought our season was coming to an abrupt end. But Tuesday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise had us reconsidering. Throughout the course of the cruise we saw a half dozen different Humpbacks but we spent most of our time with a Mom…

Big Hearted Humpbacks

March 26, 2024 Aloha, We started our weekend with some pretty heavy duty winds. So strong in fact, that we weren’t able to deploy our hydrophone for either of our Friday Guaranteed Whale Watch Cruises. Over the course of the morning (2 trips) we saw more than 25 different whales including two different Mom/Baby duos,…

What Happened Next? We Wish We Knew

March 21, 2024 Aloha, We had a wild time on our Wednesday Mid-Morning Whale Watch from Kawaihae. We got to watch an extremely active competitive pod of Humpbacks for the entire cruise. When the whales are as active as they were this morning, it’s really impossible to count them (at least from the vantage point…

When Does “Cute” Become “Aggressive”?

March 20, 2024 Aloha, The only Whale Watch Cruise we operated on Tuesday was our Wake up with the Whales Cruise which departed at 8:00 from Anaeho’omalu Bay. Guests who woke up early enough to join us on this cruise got to see at least 9 different whales including 2 calves. Where there are calves,…

Sounds Like Humpbacks?

March 19, 2024 Aloha, We were met with some pretty strong winds as we left the bay for our Monday Wake up with the Whales Cruise. Those strong winds meant that whale spouts were blown away pretty quickly and that it also took us longer to travel to any whales that we saw on the…

Curious Whales All Weekend Long

March 18, 2024 Aloha, Though we’re almost at the end of our Whale Watch Season, we’re still seeing quite a few Humpbacks during our cruises. Guests on Friday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise saw at least a dozen different Humpbacks including three Moms and calves. One of these pairs decided to surface right next…

A Mixed Bag For Sure

March 14, 2024 Aloha, We operated 2 Whale Watch Cruises back to back from Anaeho’omalu Bay on Wednesday and they were like night and day. During our Wake Up with the Whales Cruise, we spent most of our time with two different Mom/Calf duos who acted like they didn’t want to wake up at all….

A Little Bit of Everything

March 12. 2024 Aloha, We got to see a little bit of everything during Monday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise. Even though the winds were still blowing, we saw evidence of somewhere between 25 and 35 different Humpbacks including 3 different Mom/Calf duos. For 25 minutes, a competitive pod of 6 Humpbacks paralleled the…

Excited Ocean, Excited Humpbacks, Excited Humans

March 11, 2024 Aloha, Our weekend of Whale Watching started off with some pretty strong winds. During Friday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise, the wind was blowing a steady 25 knots with gusts over 45 knots. As is often the case when the surface of the ocean is excited, so are the whales. We…

Squirmy Calf and Quite a Big Surprise

March 7, 2024 Aloha, With just about 3 weeks left in our 2023/2024 Humpback Whale Watch Season, we’re still seeing a lot of Humpbacks in our “neck of the woods”. On Wednesday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise we saw spouts everywhere — and we barely had to leave the bay to see them. We…

Hydrophone Attracts a Whale?

March 5, 2024 Aloha, We only operated one dedicated guaranteed Whale Watch Cruise on Monday, and it was a doozy! Guests on our Wake up with the Whales Cruise got to see 5 distinct pods of Humpbacks. Right off the bat we were surrounded by sounding whales, so we got some great views of Humpbacks’…