Aloha, We woke up to some wintery weather on Monday. With the high surf closing out the bay, and the winds already blowing from the west, we cancelled all of our cruises. Did this huge swell impact the Humpbacks at all? Well, if you read yesterday’s Whale Report, you’ll see that as the swell began …
Aloha, We went out on a lot of cruises since the last report, so here are just a few highlights: On Friday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise, Humpbacks were spouting all over the place. We saw a whale breach at our 12:00 about 150 yards away, and while we were headed to him, a …
Aloha, After leaving the harbor on Thursday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise, we took a turn to port. We weren’t even all the way off shore of the Mauna Kea Beach Resort when we were approached by a 30-35 foot lone Humpback. This whale must have found us as fascinating as we found him, as he …
Aloha, Wednesday was a spectacular day on the water. Guests on our Wake Up with the Whales Cruise didn’t go more than about 2 minutes at any one time during the entire cruise without seeing seeing a Humpback on the surface somewhere within about a mile and a half of us. We must have seen …
Aloha, The seas were flat, and the winds and whales were very calm during all 3 of Tuesday’s Whale Watch Cruises. We saw spouts before we even got out of the bay on our Wake Up with the Whales Cruise, so as soon as we got out of the channel, we headed towards those whales. …
Aloha, Have you ever watched popcorn popping? That’s what it felt like watching the whales surfacing at the beginning of Monday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise. Guests joining us saw whales popping up in every direction we looked. We saw lots and lots of spouts, and then lots and lots of flukes as these …
Aloha, Hope you had a fun weekend…we sure did! Guests on Friday’s Wake Up with the Whales Cruise saw 10 different whales — all of them were by themselves, and all of them were just spouting and sounding. Our closest encounter happened with a whale we didn’t even know was there. We were sitting and …
Aloha, If you had joined us for Thursday’s Mid-Morning Whale Watch Cruise, you would have gotten to know a Humpback really, really well. Within 10 minutes of leaving the harbor, we were approached by a lone 30 – 35 foot whale. This guy must have liked what he saw, because he spent an hour and …
Aloha, There were Humpbacks everywhere we looked during our Wednesday Wake Up with the Whales Cruise. Over the course of the trip, we saw at least 20 – 25 different whales (it’s hard to keep count when there are so many spouts). Our closest encounters came from a competitive pod of 3 who were chasing …
Aloha, It felt like a celebration of Moms and their offspring all day on Tuesday. Guests joining us on our Wake Up with the Whales Cruise got to see 5 different Mom/Calf pods…and 3 of these pairs were also accompanied by escorts. Besides the frequent surfacings and spoutings of the calves, we got to watch one …