At Least Someone Was Enthusiastic
Aloha, Whoo-boy…the surf came up BIG time for us on the west coast of the island. The biggest waves rolled through on Friday (causing us to cancel our cruises because we couldn’t get anyone from the beach to the boat safely). By Saturday, the swell had diminished a bit, but there was definitely some motion…
Spinner Dolphins and Competitive Humpbacks
Aloha, Our Monday Wake Up with the Whales Cruise began with sightings of a pod Spinner Dolphins about a mile offshore of Anaeho’omalu Bay. These little cetaceans seemed as happy to see us as we were to see them, because they made the choice to swim right over to the boat to play for awhile…
No Fooling — the Season Has Come to an End
April 1, 2024 Aloha, We operated our final Whale Watch Cruises of the season this past weekend, and we saw Humpbacks during all of them. There still seem to be several Mom/Calf pods hanging around our part of the coastline, but we’re also seeing lone adult Humpbacks and even a few competitive pods. I checked…
What Happened Next? We Wish We Knew
March 21, 2024 Aloha, We had a wild time on our Wednesday Mid-Morning Whale Watch from Kawaihae. We got to watch an extremely active competitive pod of Humpbacks for the entire cruise. When the whales are as active as they were this morning, it’s really impossible to count them (at least from the vantage point…
A Little Bit of Everything
March 12. 2024 Aloha, We got to see a little bit of everything during Monday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise. Even though the winds were still blowing, we saw evidence of somewhere between 25 and 35 different Humpbacks including 3 different Mom/Calf duos. For 25 minutes, a competitive pod of 6 Humpbacks paralleled the…
Escorted by Dolphins
March 4, 2024 Aloha, A pod of Spinner Dolphins escorted us out of Kawaihae Harbor on Saturday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise and led us right over to a Momma Humpback and her very small calf. For a while it looked like the calf was trying to interact with the dolphins (or maybe it was the…
Hours of Competition
February 13, 2024 Aloha, We operated back-to-back Guaranteed Whale Watch Cruises on Monday from Anaeho’omalu Bay. Though we saw spouts and flukes from Humpbacks in every direction (including 3 different Mom/Calf duos), the highlight of the two cruises was getting to parallel a competitive pod — and it was the same pod for both cruises….
Weekend Whale Watching Culminates with a Hypertensive Event
February 12. 2024 Aloha, So. Many. Humpbacks. It was quite the weekend for Whale Watching on the Kohala Coast. Here are a few highlights. Friday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise began with some great views of a Mom/Calf/Escort trio. After watching them for about 20 minutes, we headed over to a competitive pod who…
Lots of Cruises But Just One Report
January 7, 2024 Aloha, We operated a lot of different cruises on Tuesday and watched Humpbacks on all of them, but just one of these cruises was a dedicated Whale Watch Cruise – our Wake Up with the Whales Cruise from Anaeho’omalu Bay. If you read yesterday’s report, today’s will sound like a broken record….
Whale-Full Waters
February 6, 2024 Aloha, We operated 2 Whale Watch Cruises from Anaeho’omalu Bay on Monday. Guests on our Wake up with the Whales Cruise saw evidence of at least 2 dozen different Humpbacks less than 700 yards from us (Captain Will estimated he saw evidence of 3 dozen different Humpbacks — which just goes to…