Aloha, Our weekend started out with quite the show. On Friday’s 10:00 Whale Watch from Kawaihae, we found a pod of probably 200 very playful Spinner Dolphins just out of the harbor (or should we say, they found us). As we watched them play with the boat, we also saw spouts and splashes from lots …
Aloha, We had some great sightings on our Friday Wake up with the Whales Cruise, Not only did we have 4 whales swim literally 30 feet beneath our boat (visibility was great, so we could see all of them very clearly), but we also got to hear some very loud singing when we deployed the …
Aloha, We had a fun day on the water on Wednesday. We took both Seasmoke and Manu Iwa out for the Breakfast with the Whales Cruise. Our captains kept the boats fairly close to each other so guests on both boats shared similar experiences and sightings. We each got to watch a Mother and her …
Aloha, On our Tuesday Wake Up with the Whales Cruise on Seasmoke we found ourselves in our favorite dilemma. With two Humpbacks spouting on our port side and another two Humpbacks spouting on our starboard side, which way do we look? We also had an opportunity to deploy our hydrophone during this cruise, and while …
Aloha, Monday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise on Seasmoke started out kind of mellow. We weren’t seeing a whole lot, so we stopped the boat and dropped the hydrophone. While we were listening to the whales singing from farther away, a juvenile Humpback popped up really close to us. We watched him till he …
Aloha, Hope your weekend was as fun as ours! On Friday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise, we saw 15 different Humpbacks — most in pods of 2. We were able to deploy our hydrophone twice during the cruise and heard from some singers that were fairly far away. The second time we were stopped …
Aloha, Guests on both Manu Iwa’s and Seasmoke’s Thursday Wake up with the Whales Cruise saw spouts from more than 25 different whales…and since we left the bay heading different directions, I’m pretty sure they weren’t the same 25 Humpbacks! Highlights from Manu Iwa’s cruise included watching one adult Humpback who was motionless with just …
Aloha, We had lots of sightings from our Whale Watches on Wednesday. Highlights included a big adult Humpback surprising us by surfacing 30 yards off our starboard rails on Seasmoke’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise. Before this Humpback sounded, he waved his pectoral fin at us several times. On Manu Iwa’s Wake up with …
Aloha, We operated two different Wake up with the Whales Cruises on Tuesday — one on Manu Iwa, and one on Seasmoke, but guests on both boats were riveted to the activity provided by a pod of 4 whales (we’re pretty sure it was one female and 3 males). Though we saw spouts, dorsal fins, …
Aloha, Guests on Monday’s Wake up with the Whales Cruise got to see a lot of action from about 16 different Humpbacks. We found no calves during this cruise, but we did see a wide variety of surface activities. We watched one whale slap his left pectoral fin on the water 8 times before switching to his …