Suprised at the End
12/19/2024 Aloha, We ran a couple of very fun Whale Watch Cruises from Anaeho’omalu Bay on Thursday. Guests on our Wake Up with the Whales Cruise got to see a half dozen different Humpbacks multiple times. The cruise started with two huge splashes from a breaching Humpback about 800 yards from us, but on the…
Mixed Bag on Tuesday
Aloha, We operated our Guaranteed Whale Watch Cruises on Tuesday from Kawaihae Harbor. Guests on our Wake up with the Whales Cruise spent some quality time with 2 different Humpbacks and got a few glimpses of a third whale who was too far away for us to really get to know. Our first sighting was…
Whale Season Off to an Epic Start
We can hardly believe it but Monday marked the beginning of our 44th Whale Watch Season on the Kohala Coast! On Monday, we operated two Guaranteed Whale Watch Cruises from Anaeho’omalu Bay. Our first Whale Watch of the day (and of the season), our Wake up with the Whales Cruise, can only be described as…
The Biggest News of All!
We just saw our FIRST Humpbacks of the Season! We wanted you to be the first to know that we just saw our first Humpbacks of the 2024/2025 Whale Watch Season! Today, at 9:06 AM, our multitasking crewmember and Beach Hut staff person Scott W. reported seeing 3 big spouts followed by a very small…
No Fooling — the Season Has Come to an End
April 1, 2024 Aloha, We operated our final Whale Watch Cruises of the season this past weekend, and we saw Humpbacks during all of them. There still seem to be several Mom/Calf pods hanging around our part of the coastline, but we’re also seeing lone adult Humpbacks and even a few competitive pods. I checked…
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,…