Humpback Whales

Aloha, There were Humpbacks all over the place during Monday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise from Anaeho’omalu Bay. Throughout the cruise, we were surrounded by big adult whales, who were surfacing, only to spout a few times, lift their flukes and disappear under the water again. Towards the end of the cruise we were…

Aloha, It’s getting to be that time of the season when our coastline is virtually overrun by Humpback calves, which is more than fine with us. On Saturday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise from Kawaihae we got to meet a Mom/Calf/Escort pod who were hanging out just outside of the harbor. All three of…

Aloha, Guest joining us on our Thursday Wake up with the Whales Cruise from Anaeho’omalu Bay didn’t have a moment of peace (and that was A-OK with us). The trip started with sightings of a Mom/Calf duo who were breaching right outside of the bay. After watching Mom breach a couple of times and the…

Aloha, Tuesdays are Kawaihae days for us. Guests on our Wake Up With the Whales Cruise spent some time with a Mom/Baby pod about a mile northwest of the harbor. While we watched, these two were approached by a couple of males — and we got to witness the beginnings of a competitive pod. We…

Aloha, Our Monday Morning Whale Watch Cruises were scheduled on Seasmoke departing from Anaeho’omalu Bay. Guests on our Wake up with the Whales Cruise were surrounded by surfacing and spouting whales. No matter which direction we looked, there was someone popping up for a breath or two. We spent most of our time watching a…

Aloha, We went out on two Whale Watch Cruises from Kawaihae on Saturday. During our 8AM Wake up with the Whales Cruise we saw spouts from about 6 or 8 different whales, but it took us almost 40 minutes to find that first pair. These two dove when we were about 200 yards from them…

Aloha, People ask us all the time whether we see more Humpbacks during our 8AM Cruise or during our 10:30 Cruise. To be completely honest, sighting frequency varies by the day — and if we really saw more whales consistently on one cruise or the other, we’d only offer the better of the two cruises!…

Aloha, Guests on Tuesday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise from Kawaihae got to spend some quality time with a Mom/Calf/Escort Pod. Both Mom and the Escort were big whales so obviously this wasn’t Mom’s first rodeo. Like most experienced Moms (of any species), this Mom kept an eye on her calf but allowed him…

Aloha, Our President’s Day Whale Watch Cruises departed from Anaeho’omalu Bay. Guests on our 8AM Wake up with the Whales Cruise spotted their first whale straight off shore of the bay. By the time we got to him though, he had lifted his flukes and disappeared from sight…so Captain Maika turned to starboard and headed…

Aloha, We operated a couple of Guaranteed Whale Watch Cruises from Kawaihae Harbor on Saturday. Guests onboard for our 8AM Cruise met up with a Mom/Calf/Escort trio just south of the harbor. At first, the trio kept surfacing a couple hundred yards from us (baby surfaced a lot more frequently than the others). We were…