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,…
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….