Excitement or Aggression?
Aloha, We were met with some pretty strong trade winds on Monday for our two Guaranteed Whale Watch Cruises from Anaeho’omalu Bay. Guests on our 8AM Wake up with the Whales Cruise saw probably 10 different Humpbacks, and these whales were really active on the surface. Besides the three breaches we saw from about 500…
At Least Someone Was Enthusiastic
Aloha, Whoo-boy…the surf came up BIG time for us on the west coast of the island. The biggest waves rolled through on Friday (causing us to cancel our cruises because we couldn’t get anyone from the beach to the boat safely). By Saturday, the swell had diminished a bit, but there was definitely some motion…
Night and Day
Aloha, We operated back to back Whale Watch Cruises from Anaeho’omalu Bay on Thursday and they were like night and day. We spent a lot of time driving around during our Wake up with the Whales Cruise, resulting in just one brief sighting of a Humpback’s flukes from about 600 yards. When we deployed the…
Constant Companion
Aloha, ‘Twas the day before Christmas, and the whales in the ocean, were up at the surface creating commotion… Ok, enough of that. But we did have some great Humpback sightings during our Tuesday Whale Watch Cruises. As we were leaving the harbor for our Wake Up with the Whales Cruise we spotted 2 juvenile…
Spinner Dolphins and Competitive Humpbacks
Aloha, Our Monday Wake Up with the Whales Cruise began with sightings of a pod Spinner Dolphins about a mile offshore of Anaeho’omalu Bay. These little cetaceans seemed as happy to see us as we were to see them, because they made the choice to swim right over to the boat to play for awhile…
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…