Aloha, We had quite the weekend of winter weather. Between the high surf on Friday and the high winds on Saturday and Sunday, a lot of our cruises didn’t go out…but here are some highlights from a few of the trips that we did operate. On Friday’s 10:00 Whale Watch from Kawaihae, though we saw …
Aloha, We woke up to another high-surf day, and we cancelled our Anaeho’omalu Bay Cruise for safety. Luckily, most of the guests who had booked the 8:00 cruise were able to join us on our 10:00 Cruise from Kawaihae and we had some great sightings. For the first part of our cruise, we watched several …
Aloha, We had some pretty incredible experiences on the water on Wednesday. On our 8:00 Wake up with the Whales Cruise, we were surprised by a Humpback who surfaced within about 25 feet of us on our starboard bow. We were cruising at the time, and didn’t know he was there, but of course we immediately stopped …
Aloha, The whales were everywhere for our Tuesday Wake up with the Whales Cruise from Anaeho’omalu Bay. Though we really didn’t travel far, during the course of the cruise we saw spouts, peduncle arches (this term describes the posture that gave these whales their common name, “Humpback”), and flukes from more than 18 different whales…most …
Aloha, We had a great time out on the water on Monday. On our Wake up with the Whales Cruise, we saw at least 16 different Humpbacks, and all of them were in pods of two. We watched one whale slap his huge pectoral flipper on the water for close to 4 minutes, and saw …
Aloha, Our Friday the 13th Wake up with the Whales started off with the luckiest of sightings…a pod of flipping and spinning Spinner Dolphins just outside of Anaeho’omalu Bay! We also saw spouts from several lone whales who were just spending about 30 seconds at the surface before sounding…and 3 different breaches in the distance. …
Aloha, We took both Manu Iwa and Seasmoke out on our Thursday Wake up with the Whales Cruise, We decided to travel together, so guests on both boats got to see very similar activities…and there was a LOT to see. We started the cruise watching several spouts and peduncle dives from a pair of two …
Aloha, Wednesday was sure a great day for Whale Watching on the Kohala Coast! On our 8:00 Wake up with the Whales Cruise, we saw a dozen different Humpbacks, including a pod of two who breached 4 times and head lunged twice. We also got a close encounter when another pod of two decided to …
Aloha, Our Wake up with the Whales Cruise on Tuesday started off pretty quietly. For the first hour or so of the cruise, we watched 5 different whales as they surfaced, spouted, and then sounded for 12 – 15 minute dives. But patience paid off for us when we saw a lot of splashing. We …
Aloha, Guests on Monday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise saw an interesting variety of activities. In the beginning of the cruise, we saw lots of spouts, peduncle arches, and fluke dives. But then, we finally saw some splashing at the surface from about 300 yards away. Turns out it was from two Humpbacks — …