Humpback Whales

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…

February 15, 2024 Aloha, I hope you were able to spend your Valentine’s Day surrounded by love. We spent ours surrounded by Humpbacks (who we love…so I guess it couldn’t have been any better). We hadn’t even left the bay when we encountered our first Humpbacks of the day during our Wake up with the…

February 12. 2024 Aloha, So. Many. Humpbacks. It was quite the weekend for Whale Watching on the Kohala Coast. Here are a few highlights. Friday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise began with some great views of a Mom/Calf/Escort trio. After watching them for about 20 minutes, we headed over to a competitive pod who…

February 8, 2024 Aloha, Our Wednesday Wake up with the Whales Cruise began with a bit of frustration. We saw a couple of different Mom/Baby duos with active babies. Each of those calves looked like they were attempting some breaches — until we got close enough to really see them. Then they stopped. Ugh. Later…

January 7, 2024 Aloha, We operated a lot of different cruises on Tuesday and watched Humpbacks on all of them, but just one of these cruises was a dedicated Whale Watch Cruise – our Wake Up with the Whales Cruise from Anaeho’omalu Bay. If you read yesterday’s report, today’s will sound like a broken record….

February 6, 2024 Aloha, We operated 2 Whale Watch Cruises from Anaeho’omalu Bay on Monday. Guests on our Wake up with the Whales Cruise saw evidence of at least 2 dozen different Humpbacks less than 700 yards from us (Captain Will estimated he saw evidence of 3 dozen different Humpbacks — which just goes to…

February 5, 2024 Aloha, We had another wet start to our weekend of Whale Watching. Guests braving the rain for Friday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise caught glimpses of whales spouting and breaching through the rain, but the highlight of the trip was when 4 Humpbacks nearly surrounded our boat. We had whales off…

February 2, 2024 Aloha, We really wish you had been aboard for Thursday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise from Kawaihae Harbor (and if you were aboard, we applaud your decision). We hadn’t even left the harbor entrance when we spotted our first spouts, and we were only out of the harbor for a few minutes before…

Febuary 1. 2024 Aloha, Wednesday brought us more ocean swells, but also some pretty “swell” Whale Watch Cruises (sorry…couldn’t resist writing that). Guests on our Wake Up with the Whales Cruise from Anaeho’omalu Bay began the trip paralleling a competitive pod of 3 Humpbacks (Mom, Baby and Escort). As we watched, another male joined the…

January 31. 2024 Aloha, It was kind of drizzling when we departed on Tuesday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise, but we figured that the whales wouldn’t mind the rain — they’re wet anyway. Throughout the course of the cruise we saw a dozen different Humpbacks — most of them were just spouting and sounding….