Aloha, The Humpbacks were out in full force for our Kalikimaka Morning Wake up with the Whales Cruise. Throughout the course of the cruise, we saw spouts, dorsal fins and flukes from 10 different Humpbacks. The ocean was completely calm, so we took advantage of the conditions and just floated, getting good sightings in pretty …
Aloha, Guest joining us on Monday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch got an early Christmas gift! We spent most of our cruise with our favorite Humpback duo…Momma and her calf. The little calf was very little, so he must have been born very recently. And like all little ones, he was curious about his environment…especially that big floating …
Aloha, We operated a whole bunch of cruises this past weekend — here are some of the highlights: The seas were completely calm and flat for Friday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise, and we got to see 5 different Humpbacks. Since we weren’t battling the weather, we put the boat in idle and just …
Aloha, Guests on Thursday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise got to see seven different Humpbacks on multiple occasions. We began our cruise watching a pod of 3 whales — though we never really saw all 3 at the surface at one time. These whales were only underwater for a couple of minutes at a time — …
Aloha, In our Whale Reports from year’s past, we know that we’ve mentioned that one of the easiest ways we have to recognize individual Humpbacks is by the unique white markings they have on the ventral sides of their flukes…but after Tuesday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise we’re starting to wonder if the Humpbacks …
Aloha, Guests on Monday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise had multiple sightings of 5 different Humpbacks, including one who breached about 300 yards from us. We also were obviously an object of interest for a big adult Humpback (about 45′ long), who swam right under the surface of the water along our rails, and …
Aloha, We had a weekend of Whale Season firsts! On Friday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise we got to watch a pod of two whales spout, surface, and slip under the water several times before we lost them. On our way back to the bay towards the end of the cruise, we saw those …
Aloha, We wish you could have been with us aboard Thursday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise. Shortly after leaving the bay, we saw spouts to our north, so we headed up towards the Mauna Lani Resort. Once we got there, our spouter surfaced and we realized he was a lone juvenile whale. Of course …
Aloha, We’ve operated a few cruises since our last report, and though our sighting success has been a bit of a mixed bag, we did have a lot of fun. On Monday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch we cruised around for over an hour before we finally saw a spout. We headed to the area where we …
Aloha, What a weekend for wind…and if you were anywhere on the Kohala coast this past weekend, we know you’ll agree that those trade winds just didn’t let up. Unfortunately those strong winds cause us to travel much, much more slowly when at sea…so we can’t cover as much ground during our Whale Watch Cruises. …