Season S’not Over Yet!
Aloha, As we’re getting closer and closer to the end of our Whale Watch Season (our official last day is next Monday, March 31st), we’re happy to report that we’re still seeing Humpbacks during our cruises. Guests on Thursday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise got to see lots and lots of flukes from sounding…
Bringing Tears to our Eyes
Aloha, There’s lots to report from our last few days of Whale Watching, so here are just a few of the highlights. Guests on Saturday’s Late Morning Whale Watch Cruise saw a half dozen different whales, but we spent most of our time with a very active Mom/Calf pod. We saw at least 10 full…
Just Playing Around? Or Something Much More Serious?
Aloha, Guests on Thursday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise from Anaeho’omalu Bay saw at least a dozen different Humpbacks. Highlights included sightings of 3 different Mom/Calf pods — and two of these pods were accompanied by escorts. The most active of the three pods was the second one. Baby was kind of squirmy at…
What’s the Point?
Aloha, People ask us all the time whether we see more Humpbacks during our 8AM Cruise or during our 10:30 Cruise. To be completely honest, sighting frequency varies by the day — and if we really saw more whales consistently on one cruise or the other, we’d only offer the better of the two cruises!…
We ALL Saw It (and that rarely happens)
Aloha, Our President’s Day Whale Watch Cruises departed from Anaeho’omalu Bay. Guests on our 8AM Wake up with the Whales Cruise spotted their first whale straight off shore of the bay. By the time we got to him though, he had lifted his flukes and disappeared from sight…so Captain Maika turned to starboard and headed…
Well That was an Understatement
Aloha, According to our onboard naturalist Nolan, Monday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise was quite “eventful”, and after you read about what we saw in just 90 minutes, we think you’ll agree that his description is a bit of an understatement. Just south of Anaeho’omalu Bay, we watched a sub-adult Humpback breach half a…
We Were Investigated and We Loved It
Aloha, Saturday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise from Kawaihae Harbor was an exciting one. It began with us finding ourselves the object of interest for a lone Humpback Whale who decided to surface right next to us and check us out for more than 10 minutes. Later in the cruise the same thing happened…but…
Are You Patient Enough?
Aloha, No one is sure if it was Cato the Elder or Chaucer who first wrote that patience is a virtue, but if you’re an avid whale watcher you know this to be true. Tuesday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise was a case in point. We spent the beginning of the cruise seeing spouts…
A Welcome Surprise
Aloha, Guests on Saturday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise spent some time with 3 different pods comprised of 2 Humpbacks each. We saw our first pod just as we were leaving the harbor, directly in front of us. These 2 whales were fully grown — and surfacing, spouting and sounding. While we were watching…
Goose Bumps or Chicken Skin – Does it really matter?
Aloha, Do you have a favorite Humpback behavior? I do — for some reason watching a Humpback spy-hopping is just mesmerizing to me. Something about watching the whale moving in what seems like a slow-motion vertical elevator ride until her eyes are above the surface of the ocean just gives me goose-bumps (or as we…