Aloha, Both of our morning Whale Watching Cruises departed from Anaeho’omalu Bay on Thursday under cloudy skies, but the winds were light, so that made for very comfortable conditions on the water and great viewing opportunities. On our Wake up with the Whales Cruise, we got to spend some time with a lone Humpback offshore …
Aloha, I hope you had a very Mele Kalikimaka (if that’s a day you celebrate)! Both of our Kalikimaka Whale Watching Cruises departed from Anaeho’omalu Bay on Wednesday. Guests on Seasmoke’s Wake Up with the Whale Cruise got to see one Humpback, but he never got closer to us than about 700 yards, and all …
Aloha, Both of our guaranteed morning Whale Watch Cruises departed from Anaeho’omalu on Tuesday, so we were able to “share” some of our whale sightings. On Seasmoke’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise, we spent a good 20 minutes looking around for whales to our north before finally deciding to stop and deploy our hydrophone. …
Aloha, We often get asked what time of day is best for watching the whales, and though there isn’t a definite pattern of behavior we’ve ever been able to determine, yesterday, the best time was the late afternoon. We ran a couple of whale-less guaranteed morning Whale Watch Cruises from Anaeho’omalu Bay on Monday, so …
Aloha, We had a good day of whale watching on Friday…but the rest of the weekend was pretty slow. We had a lot of wind during Friday’s cruises. Guests on our Wake up with the Whales Cruise got to see at least 3 (but maybe as many as 5) different Humpbacks. 3 of them spent …
Aloha, Guests on Wednesday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise got to spend some quality time with a very young Humpback. Based on estimates of this whale’s size, Captain Ryan guessed he was a yearling (or maybe a two year old), and probably alone in Hawaii for the first time in his young life. After …
Aloha, My goodness…what a great time we had during Tuesday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise! We weren’t too far out of the bay at the beginning of the trip before one of our guests saw a spout to the north, so we headed that way. When we got closer, we realized we were actually …
Aloha, Our week started off with a bang! We headed north out of Kawaihae Harbor on Monday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise, and it wasn’t too loo long before we saw a spout below Kohala Ranch. This lone whale took a dive before we could get to her, but Captain Kino positioned the boat and stopped …
Aloha, It’s been a mixed bag for Whale Watching this past week. After our great sightings on Monday, we operated just a couple of other dedicated Whale Watch Cruises from Anaeho’omalu Bay and though we tried searching to the north, to the south, near the coastline and further out to sea, we didn’t spot any …
Aloha, The ocean looked like glass when we left Anaeho’omalu Bay at 8:00 AM for our Sunday Wake Up With the Whales Cruise. When the seas are that calm, we can head in any direction and we were just debating which way to go when we spotted a spout a little bit to our south, …