Aloha, The winds have subsided and now the surf is up on the Kohala Coast, but the Humpbacks were certainly cooperative for Wednesday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise. We actually took out two boats from Anaeho’omalu for this cruise. Guests on Manu Iwa saw at least 8 different whales. Highlights included some competition between …
Aloha, Guests on Tuesday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise got to see one of our favorite pods…Mom, Baby, and Escort (for a definition of who the “escort” is, please see below). These three were gently swimming along the surface. Getting to see baby’s spout compared to his Mom’s (and the escort’s) really made us …
Aloha, The strong southwesterly winds caused us to cancel all of our Cruises on Monday. So instead of a recap of our sightings, I thought I’d share a great series of photos capturing a breach, courtesy of our own Captain Gary. For those of you unable to see the photos, here’s an interesting interpretation on …
Aloha…hope your weekend was as interesting as ours. Guests on Friday’s 10:00 Whale Watch from Kawaihae, got to see so many different Humpbacks it was hard to keep count. Highlights included a pair of fully grown humpbacks who came up to us for a close encounter as we were leaving the harbor, a humpback who …
Aloha, Thursday was a day of action for the visiting Kohala Coast Humpbacks. On our 8:00 Wake up with the Whales Cruise, we saw lots of whales in all directions, but the one that caught our attention beached 5 times (once REALLY close to us). We also saw over 30 tail lobs (we usually lose …
Aloha, The wind was still blowing for our 8:00 Whale Watch on Wednesday, but we did see lots of spouts and tails. We got a couple of close encounters too. But on our Snorkel and Whale Watch Adventure, we had quite the…well…quite the adventure! Remember when you were a kid and played “tag”…and there was …
Aloha, The winds had quieted down…but just a notch…from what we had on Monday, so were able to take our guests out on a Wake up with the Whales Cruise from Anaeho’omalu on Tuesday. We actually saw spouts from 10 to maybe 15 different whales. Of course the spouts dissipated quickly in the wind, and …
Aloha, The winds were blowing hard at Anaeho’omalu on Monday, so we had to cancel our cruises from the bay…but luckily there was a lee in Kawaihae and we were able to operate from there. It seems like lately, every trip we run, we exclaim that the whales we are looking at are “some of …
Aloha, We took out quite a few Whale Watch Cruises since my last update, so here are just a few highlights: On Friday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise, we deployed the hydrophone and heard this…absolutely incredible. On Friday’s 10:00 Cruise we started with a couple of close-by spouts…and then as we were cruising south, …