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    Final Whale Report of the Season??

    Final Whale Report of the Season??

    Humpback Whale Sightings and Statistics|March 23, 2020

    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 …

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    Humpbacks Try to Charge the Boat

    Humpback Whale Sightings and Statistics|March 21, 2020

    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 …

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    Inquisitive Humpback Calf

    Humpback Whale Sightings and Statistics|March 19, 2020

    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 …

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    Humpback Pods of Two

    Humpback Whale Sightings and Statistics|March 18, 2020

    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, …

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    Keiki Kohola

    Humpback Whale Sightings and Statistics|March 16, 2020

    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, …

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    Eating Whale Meat – Weekend Sightings Recap

    Humpback Whale Sightings and Statistics|March 15, 2020

    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, …

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    But What Does it Taste Like?

    Humpback Whale Sightings and Statistics|March 12, 2020

    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 …

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    Making Friends with a Humpback Calf

    Humpback Whale Sightings and Statistics|March 11, 2020

    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 …

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    Worth the Wait

    Humpback Whale Sightings and Statistics|March 10, 2020

    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 …

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    Competitive Pod Checks Us Out

    Humpback Whale Sightings and Statistics|March 10, 2020

    Aloha, The wind disappeared overnight, and the ocean was like glass for Monday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise. Guests joining us on this cruise saw 7 different Humpbacks, beginning with a pod of two who we saw spout and sound just about a 1/2 mile out of the harbor. After watching them dive, and waiting around …

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