Aloha, Our Friday the 13th Wake up with the Whales started off with the luckiest of sightings…a pod of flipping and spinning Spinner Dolphins just outside of Anaeho’omalu Bay! We also saw spouts from several lone whales who were just spending about 30 seconds at the surface before sounding…and 3 different breaches in the distance. …
Aloha, We took both Manu Iwa and Seasmoke out on our Thursday Wake up with the Whales Cruise, We decided to travel together, so guests on both boats got to see very similar activities…and there was a LOT to see. We started the cruise watching several spouts and peduncle dives from a pair of two …
Aloha, Wednesday was sure a great day for Whale Watching on the Kohala Coast! On our 8:00 Wake up with the Whales Cruise, we saw a dozen different Humpbacks, including a pod of two who breached 4 times and head lunged twice. We also got a close encounter when another pod of two decided to …
Aloha, Our Wake up with the Whales Cruise on Tuesday started off pretty quietly. For the first hour or so of the cruise, we watched 5 different whales as they surfaced, spouted, and then sounded for 12 – 15 minute dives. But patience paid off for us when we saw a lot of splashing. We …
Aloha, Guests on Monday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise saw an interesting variety of activities. In the beginning of the cruise, we saw lots of spouts, peduncle arches, and fluke dives. But then, we finally saw some splashing at the surface from about 300 yards away. Turns out it was from two Humpbacks — …
Aloha, Lots to report from the weekend – so here are the highlights from just a few of our cruises. Friday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise: Leaving the bay, we saw a juvenile Humpback breach, followed by 3 more 3/4 breaches. After this incredible start to the trip, we headed out to see two …
Aloha, We had smooth seas for our Thursday morning Wake up with the Whales Cruise and we took guests out on both Seasmoke and Manu Iwa. Guests joining us on Seasmoke saw more than 10 different Humpbacks. Most of them were just surfacing, spouting, and diving (giving us some great fluke shots), but we also saw …
Aloha, On our Wednesday Wake up with the Whales Cruise, we saw lots and lots of spouts. There were Humpbacks in all directions, and they all seemed to be in the “surfacing-spouting a few times-and diving” mode. We got some great views of many of their flukes too. After we dropped off the guests from …
Aloha, Guests on our 8:00 Wake up with the Whales Cruise on Tuesday saw so much, it’s kind of hard to break it down to just a single paragraph. Before we had even left the bay we could see spouts, and as we headed towards these whales, a pod of Spinner Dolphins came to escort …
I have sailed on SeaSmoke a lot, many crossings of the Alenuihaha channel and countless whale watch and snorkel cruises. However my favorite SeaSmoke adventure took place on July 11 1991 when SeaSmoke was a young twenty-four year old. This particular cruise did not go very far. We were not looking for whales or fishes …