Aloha, Our last day of 2020 started out very calmly with multiple sightings of single whales spouting and sounding during both of our Morning Whale Watch Cruises. Things were a bit different for our final cruise of 2020 though. We encountered a pod of 3 adult Humpbacks early on in our Pau Hana Sunset Cruise. …
Aloha, As we headed out of the bay on Wednesday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise we took a turn to the north. We saw a few spouts here and there, but as we approached the Mauna Lani Resort, the wind filled in. So, after charging through the wind for a few minutes, Captain Will …
Aloha, If you got a chance to read yesterday’s Whale Report, you may remember that we encountered a group of 4 adult whales who (oddly) seemed to be enjoying each other’s company and not competing at all. Well, on Tuesday we witnessed almost the exact opposite behavior — the behavior we expect to see when …
Aloha, Guests on our Monday Morning Wake Up with the Whales Cruise got to see 5 different Humpbacks. One of them was spouting out in the distance, but the other 4 were within a couple hundred yards of us for most of the cruise. One of the whales in the closest pod of two decided …
Aloha, Hope your holiday weekend was as fun as ours! Guests celebrating Kalikimaka morning with us spent some quality time with a pair of very calm Humpbacks. Since the whales were so quiet, we were able to turn off our engines and drift, and a couple of times were surprised when this duo surfaced just …
Aloha, Guests on Thursday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise saw 8 different Humpbacks. One of these whales breached twice…and we also saw about 5 half-breaches from another, all about 250 yards from us. When we deployed our hydrophone we heard lots of singing, and luckily for us, it was while our hydrophone was in the water …
Aloha, We hadn’t even left the bay on Wednesday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise when we spotted our first Humpbacks, so of course we headed their way. After stopping 100 yards from them, we watched this pair of whales surface, spout, and slip under the surface. In fact we watched them do this a …
Aloha, We’re not sure who was celebrating our first cruise since we shut down last March the most…our crew, our guests, or the whales! On our Monday Wake up with the Whales Cruise we had quite the experience. We saw a total of 4 different whales but spent most of our time with a very …
Aloha, Many of you have been asking us whether the Humpback whales have been affected by the absence of whale watchers off the Kohala Coast since the COVID-19 containment measures have gone into effect. Of course, because we haven’t been allowed to operate commercially since March 21st, we don’t have a lot of data …
Aloha, By now you’ve undoubtedly heard that the Governor of Hawaii is imposing a 14 day quarantine on anyone entering the state beginning on March 26th. And this past Saturday, the DLNR (Department of Land and Natural Resources) suspended all commercial boating operator permits for vessels in state waters. With no end date in sight …