Squirmy Calf and Quite a Big Surprise
March 7, 2024 Aloha, With just about 3 weeks left in our 2023/2024 Humpback Whale Watch Season, we’re still seeing a lot of Humpbacks in our “neck of the woods”. On Wednesday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise we saw spouts everywhere — and we barely had to leave the bay to see them. We…
Hydrophone Attracts a Whale?
March 5, 2024 Aloha, We only operated one dedicated guaranteed Whale Watch Cruise on Monday, and it was a doozy! Guests on our Wake up with the Whales Cruise got to see 5 distinct pods of Humpbacks. Right off the bat we were surrounded by sounding whales, so we got some great views of Humpbacks’…
Escorted by Dolphins
March 4, 2024 Aloha, A pod of Spinner Dolphins escorted us out of Kawaihae Harbor on Saturday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise and led us right over to a Momma Humpback and her very small calf. For a while it looked like the calf was trying to interact with the dolphins (or maybe it was the…
Not Floundering
March 1. 2024 Aloha, Our Leap Year Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise began with some heavy-duty searching. The first spout we saw was from a Humpback at least 1000 yards from us. But before we could get to him, we saw spouts from a calf and his Momma, so we decided to stop and watch them…
Messing Around on the Surface
February 28. 2024 Aloha, The ocean surface looked like glass for a lot of Tuesday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise. As a result, we could see Humpbacks from miles away. Over the course of the cruise, we saw at least 2 dozen different Humpbacks but spent most of our time with a Mom/Calf/Escort trio….
Whack-A-Mole
February 27, 2024 Aloha, Guests joining us on our 8AM Wake up with the Whales Cruise on Monday got a chance to watch 5 different pods of Humpbacks. We spent most of the cruise getting to know a Mom/Baby/Escort pod. Baby seemed interested in us too — we saw him attempt to spy hop at…
We’ve Honestly Never Seen Anything Like This
February 23, 2024 Aloha, I just have to tell you what we witnessed during our Wednesday Pau Hana Sunset Cruise from Kawaihae — just outside of the harbor (a little bit past the channel markers). For almost 45 minutes we watched an Escort Humpback basically attacking a calf. Both Mom and the Escort were pretty…
Just Playing??
February 22, 2024 Aloha, The ocean was as smooth as glass for our two Whale Watch Cruises from Anaeho’omalu Bay on Wednesday. When we have conditions like that we can see Humpbacks spouting from miles away. Just like on Tuesday, we lost count of the total number of Humpbacks we were seeing during our cruises,…
Height of the Season Stuff
February 21. 2024 Aloha, You can sure tell it’s the height of the Whale Watch season here in Hawaii! We saw so many Humpbacks during Tuesday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise that we couldn’t keep count. Though most of the 3 dozen or so whales in our vicinity were surfacing, spouting and diving again,…
Weekend Fun + A Video
Click to watch our Video February 19, 2024 Aloha, Saturday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise started off kind of slow but ended with a bang. It took us about 20 minutes before we saw any Humpbacks, but the wait was worth it when all of a sudden 3 different Humpback pairs surfaced. We made our way…