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…
On Second Thought…
March 27, 2024 Aloha, After Monday’s Whale Watch Cruises, we kind of thought our season was coming to an abrupt end. But Tuesday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise had us reconsidering. Throughout the course of the cruise we saw a half dozen different Humpbacks but we spent most of our time with a Mom…
A Mixed Bag For Sure
March 14, 2024 Aloha, We operated 2 Whale Watch Cruises back to back from Anaeho’omalu Bay on Wednesday and they were like night and day. During our Wake Up with the Whales Cruise, we spent most of our time with two different Mom/Calf duos who acted like they didn’t want to wake up at all….
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…
Just Playing??
February 22, 2024 Aloha, The ocean was as smooth as glass for our two Whale Watch Cruises from Anaeho’omalu Bay on Wednesday. When we have conditions like that we can see Humpbacks spouting from miles away. Just like on Tuesday, we lost count of the total number of Humpbacks we were seeing during our cruises,…
Too Many Times To Count
January 19, 2024 Aloha, So far this season, the ocean conditions certainly have been challenging. We weren’t able to go out at all on Wednesday, but guests joining us for Thursday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise got to see quite a lot. It took us about 20 minutes to find our first Humpbacks about a mile…
Making Sense of the Cacophony
January 8, 2024 Aloha, The seas were calm but the Humpbacks were not for Friday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise from Anaeho’omalu Bay. We spent most of the trip drifting with an interested Humpback at our stern. This whale surfaced multiple times right behind the boat, and in between his surfacings, we were able…
Calf Makes a Splash
December 28, 2023 Aloha, Guests joining us on our Wednesday Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise from Kawaihae Harbor got to meet a Humpback calf. Though we aren’t entirely sure, we’re guessing that this is the same calf we’ve seen off and on during our Kawaihae cruises for the past week or so. Every time we see…
Driven Off
December 26, 2023 Aloha, We hope you had a wonderful weekend and a Mele Kalikimaka (for those who celebrated it). We were on the water a lot since my last report, so I’ll just include a few trip highlights. Saturday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise started with sightings of a very active Mom/Baby duo just outside…