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Aloha,

Everyone aboard Thursday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise got to see a Humpback on the surface at least 20 different times. We were watching 7 different Humpbacks all within 50 to 250 yards of us who were all on 10 minute dive cycles. Since they hadn’t synchronized those dives, it seemed like there was almost always someone somewhere to spot. Towards the end of this cruise we got to watch a pair of Humpbacks breaching simultaneously 6 times in a row from about 600 yards away. In the midst of all this action, we found 2 opportunities to deploy our hydrophone, and both times, we got to listen to some very loud and clear Humpback voicessaw a Humpback on the surface at least 20 different times. We were watching 7 different Humpbacks all within 50 to 250 yards of us who were all on 10 minute dive cycles. Since they hadn’t synchronized those dives, it seemed like there was almost always someone somewhere to see. Towards the end of this cruise we got to watch a pair of Humpbacks breaching simultaneously 6 times in a row from about 600 yards away. In the midst of all this action, we found 2 opportunities to deploy our hydrophone, and both times, we got to listen to some very loud and clear Humpback voices.

We spent some quality time with Momma Humpback, her calf and an escort during our Late Morning Whale Watch Cruise. These three were rolling around a lot at the surface (especially the calf). Both the escort and Mom showed their flukes a couple of times when they dove — which was a bit unusual. Usually “flukes up” means “whale down” as the flukes up posture is the one the Humpbacks use when beginning a deeper dive. Moms tend not to dive very deeply since their calves cannot follow them, but this particular Mom wasn’t underwater for very long after showing her flukes, so maybe she self-corrected below the surface. The calf seemed curious about the boat, and Mom was pretty permissive and let him approach us (we were in idle). When we could tear our eyes away from all this action we got to see spouts and dorsal fins from various other Humpbacks much further away.

Mahalo,

Claire

Ocean Sports Whale Fact of the Day: Taking care of a Humpback calf is not an easy task. Recent research conducted by the University of Hawaii shows that Mother Humpbacks in Hawaii lost nearly 20% of their volume in 60 days, and nearly 214 pounds of blubber per day. On the other hand, over a 6 month period, Humpback calves’ body volume increased by an average of 395% and their length increased by an average of 60%. And when Mom returns to the feeding grounds in Alaska, she doesn’t regain her size very quickly either. In fact lactating Humpbacks gain back an average of just 32 pounds per day, while pregnant whales are gaining more than 190 pounds each day, and non-pregnant females are gaining more than 60 pounds each day.