Watching Whales
Photo courtesy of Brian Reinsisch
Aloha,
Hope your first weekend of March was as fun as ours!
Guests on Friday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise got up close and personal with a Mom and calf. Baby decided that we were worth investigating, and Mom seemed to agree. Meanwhile on Friday’s Signature Whale Watch, we found a pod of two sub-adults just outside the harbor. As we weren’t seeing spouts or splashes anywhere else (except from a solo Humpback about a mile from us who, after breaching, decided to head to Maui), we stayed with this pair the whole cruise. They surfaced close-by every 25 minutes or so, but it wasn’t till we had to head to the harbor a little after noon (we decided to stay out a few extra minutes) that one of them did 4 peduncle throws. It was a great finale!
On Saturday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise, besides getting to watch several Humpbacks spouting and sounding, we saw some great surface activity from two different pods of two. Both did several peduncle throws and tail lobs, and though the activity kind of stopped before we got very close to the first pod, we were in the right place to witness the craziness from that second pod. Oh — and while we were watching the second pod, there were whales singing underwater so close by that we could hear the sounds reverberating through our hulls (no hydrophone needed).
Guests joining us on Saturday’s Snorkel and Whale Watch Adventure Cruise got to see a very large pod of Spinner Dolphins along with many, many active Humpbacks. Not only did we get to see a calf breach 15 times (no exaggeration), but also we were all looking at the right place to watch a mature whale breach just 50 yards off our bow.
Guests joining us on Saturday’s Snorkel and Whale Watch Adventure Cruise got to see a very large pod of Spinner Dolphins along with many, many active Humpbacks. Not only did we get to see a calf breach 15 times (no exaggeration), but also we were all looking at the right place to watch a mature whale breach just 50 yards off our bow.
On Sunday, we only ran our Wake up with the Whales Cruise, and though we did see a pod of two sub-adults on the surface, it wasn’t good enough for us. So we called the trip a “Fluke” and invited everyone to join us again on another cruise for FREE!
Mahalo,
Claire
Ocean Sports Whale Fact of the Day: An average size adult Humpback has 2 oval shaped blowholes that measure about 9 inches in diameter (on the bigger part of the oval). The whales use them like you use your nostrils, exhaling through both before inhaling. If an average size human had nostril openings in the same proportion to his size as a whale’s blowholes are to the whale’s body size, each human nostril would measure about an inch and a quarter in diameter. Go ahead and measure yours..we’ll wait!