Aloha, Guests aboard Tuesday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise had plenty to look at. Most of the whales we were watching were just offshore of the Mauna Kea Beach Resort, and since we departed from Kawaihae Harbor, we didn’t have to travel far to find them. We spent considerable time with our favorite Humpback duo – …

Aloha, Monday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise started out a bit slow. Sure, we were seeing spouts but all of those spouting Humpbacks were kind of far away, and none of them seemed to be staying on the surface for very long. We took advantage of the quiet time to deploy the hydrophone, and …

Aloha, Since our last post, we’ve operated 12 different cruises, and though many of them weren’t dedicated Whale Watch Cruises, we saw Humpbacks on all of them. Here are some highlights: On Thursday’s first cruise of the day, we spent time watching two different Mom/Calf pairs. A couple of times these mothers allowed their calves …

Aloha, Throughout the course of Wednesday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise, we saw about 10 different Humpbacks, including a Momma and her little calf. We spent a good chunk of our time though watching a very active competitive pod of Humpbacks. These whales were chasing each other all over the surface. We spent more …

Aloha, After Monday’s epic Humpback sightings, we were pretty sure we couldn’t have had a better time at sea. And then…Tuesday rolled around and we realized things were just beginning in the Hawaii Humpback world. Guests on Tuesday’s Mid-Morning Cruise saw more than 15 different Humpbacks. We spent most of our time with a competitive …

Aloha, Guests on Monday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise saw more than 8 different Humpbacks. Some of these sightings were glimpses of spouts, dorsal fins and peduncles from Humpbacks a few miles away, but most of the time was spent watching a pod of 4 big (40′ – 45′) Humpbacks who were choosing to …

Aloha, Last week Wednesday, I mentioned that we were about to begin a slew of Private Cruises, so I wouldn’t be able to send my daily update. Well, it turns out that the whales don’t care whether we call a trip a “Whale Watch” or we call it an “Exclusive Cruise” — they still made …

Aloha, Wednesday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise was quite relaxing — for us and for the Humpbacks. During the course of the cruise we got to see 4 different Humpbacks. Each was doing his or her own thing by him or herself. We got great views of each of these whales as they surfaced …

Aloha, Guests on Tuesday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise spent most of the trip with 2 very active Humpbacks. We first found them offshore of the Hilton Waikoloa Resort (which meant we hadn’t traveled far at all), when one of them lifted his long pectoral flipper up into the air, kind of waving us over to …

Aloha, Our first Whale Watch Cruise of 2023 was at least 4 times better than our last one of 2022 (which, as you may recall if you read our last report, was virtually “whale-less”). On Monday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise we were delighted to see our favorite duo — Momma and her calf …