Daily Sightings Log

01/18/2012 - 09:03 Ocean Voyager - Chelsea Aydelott Humpback Whale competition pod, surface active and then dive for a few minutes. 01/18/2012 - 07:05 Ocean Discovery - Lindsay Dreger Humpback Whale Tail throwing, pec slapping, one whale very white pec fin on both sides 01/17/2012 - 15:16 Ocean Discovery - Betsy Davidson Humpback Whale tail slapping and peduncle throw. when reached area to watch it, continued on in north direction quickly. 01/17/2012 - 12:41 Ocean Voyager - Jessica Rickard Humpback Whale Another comp pod, or perhaps the earlier one back in action. There was a half hour lul in activity and there are many whales in the area. Typical comp behaviors with head rises and jaw claps. A large yearling or sub adult was seen at first but not again. At one point we had 3 whales 150 yards away at our 11:00 position when suddenly another whale appeared at out 4:00 position about 90 yards away. We sat dead in the water for at least 10 minutes as the brawling carried on around us. 01/17/2012 - 11:47 Ocean Voyager - Jessica Rickard Humpback Whale Comp pod. 2 miles in front of Harbor. One animal breached twice as we approached and another did a peduncle throw. 2 fluked up within a few moments of us getting to 250 yards and the other three did not do a deep dive but disappeared for a few minutes before resurfacing close to where they were last seen. All animals dove for another few minutes. They then resurfaced 100 yards from the back of the boat with splashing and typical comp behavior. 01/17/2012 - 10:10 Ocean Odyssey - josh wittmer Humpback Whale comp group zig-zagging back and forth in front of molokini on a strong kona wind day 01/16/2012 - 16:42 Ocean Odyssey - Hollis Turner Humpback Whale calf present mother and very small calf, a male escort and challenger in the distance. 01/16/2012 - 15:37 Ocean Odyssey - Hollis Turner Humpback Whale competitive group, pec slapping, Whales rolling on back, moving quickly 01/16/2012 - 14:47 Ocean Intrigue - Jessica Rickard Humpback Whale 2 whales so close to each other that at first it was hard to tell one from the other. rolling around at the surface and occasionally showing their rostrums. Did not look like an overly competitive group. iI they were competing, it was the laziest comp I've ever seen! 01/16/2012 - 14:09 Ocean Voyager - Victoria Persson Spinner Dolphin Calves present A group of whales interacted with three adult spinner dolphins and a spinner dolphin calf. We saw repeated breachings, approximately seven in total. It may have been one or several of the whales breaching but it was hard to determine. The whales were doing pectoral fin slaps and head launches as well as a "lazy breach." 01/16/2012 - 13:55 Ocean Voyager - Victoria Persson Humpback Whale A group of whales interacted with three adult spinner dolphins and a spinner dolphin calf. We saw repeated breachings, approximately seven in total. It may have been one or several of the whales breaching but it was hard to determine. The whales were doing pectoral fin slaps and head launches as well as a "lazy breach." 01/16/2012 - 12:46 Ocean Discovery - Betsy Davidson Humpback Whale saw some splashing, so headed towards it but don't know if ended up being whales we watched. calf and mom, unknown if escort 01/16/2012 - 11:43 Ocean Discovery Betsy Davidson Humpback Whale 1/4 mile off shore just south of lahaina harbor, surprise encounter directly in front of vessel, vessel going 3 knots ahead so able to stop very quickly. continued on its path taking breaths while heading towards mooring field 01/16/2012 - 07:52 Ocean Discovery - Betsy Davidson Humpback Whale comp pod, saw head lunging repeatedly from a half mile away. heading towards us from north. continued while we sat in place and arched to come right under our boat. head lunges continue, one head lunger pushed from behind. 01/15/2012 - 15:07 Ocean Discovery - Ashleigh Gay Humpback Whale Breaching calf and mother. 01/15/2012 - 07:50 Ocean Intrigue - Megan Atcheson Bottlenose Dolphin humpback whales were within 500 yds, but the two species were not immediately interacting. 01/14/2012 - 15:44 Ocean Odyssey - Travis Farrell Humpback Whale A very active competition group composed of at least ten adult humpback whales showing aggressive head lunges and side fluke dives, indicating blocks. During our initial observation of this group, the larger composition began to disperse, lowering the number of individuals in the group to 4. 01/14/2012 - 12:51 Ocean Discovery - Lindsay Dreger Humpback Whale Spinner dolphins with a whale about 75 spinners whale staying to the back of the pod of dolphins 01/14/2012 - 12:01 Ocean Discovery - Lindsay Dreger Humpback Whale Pec slapping, tail throwing, 2 bottlenose dolphin very close to whale possibly bow riding near nose of whale 01/14/2012 - 11:35 Ocean Quest - Alyssa Firkus Humpback Whale Two Humpback whales popped up about 10 yards from the boat on our starboard side, we immediately cut engines and watched as the two whales swam in front of our bow, diving after a few blows. 01/14/2012 - 11:19 Ocean Voyager - Heidi Miller Humpback Whale Came upon a comp pod off Kaho'olawe. Made a noticeable turn towards the boat. Circled us with bubble blowing, head lunges, pecs and flukes out of the water. One whale was on top of another with his rostrum out of the water for around 30 seconds. 01/14/2012 - 09:35 Ocean Discovery - Ashleigh Gay Humpback Whale Traveling very slowly at the surface and then dove. There was some pectoral fin slapping. 01/14/2012 - 08:23 Ocean Quest - Gina Shure Humpback Whale Female and calf, mostly resting, started moving towards the boat at one point, then turned away. 01/13/2012 - 15:49 Ocean Odyssey - josh wittmer Humpback Whale Comp group, one whale exhibited motorboating several times while only two whales visible at the surface. May have been holding challenger underwater. 01/13/2012 - 14:06 Ocean Odyssey - Dai Mar Tamarack Humpback Whale comp pod. one whale tail throw and tail slap while another motorboated right into him. 01/13/2012 - 13:00 Ocean Odyssey - Dai Mar Tamarack Humpback Whale Mother and calf. Calf repetitive tail slapping. 01/13/2012 - 12:24 Ocean Quest - Alyssa Firkus Humpback Whale Very active competition pod. Female led the pack by pec slapping. 3 males trailed her breaching on one another and throwing their peduncles. 01/13/2012 - 12:19 Ocean Quest - Lindsay Dreger Humpback Whale Mom calf and escort calf very light in color and dorsal still folded over a little not straight up 01/13/2012 - 09:43 Ocean Intrigue - Dav Yuan Humpback Whale surfaced 20 yards from the boat, we down swimming in our direction. They turned before going under the boat and resurfaced 150 yards away 01/12/2012 - 12:53 Ocean Odyssey - Hollis Turner Humpback Whale two adults surfaced at our 8 oclock 50 yards from the boat. breathed a couple times and fluke up dived. very large adults. 01/12/2012 - 10:48 Ocean Discovery - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale Breaching! 01/11/2012 - 15:00 Ocean Voyager - Jessica Rickard Humpback Whale Comp pod. We were told by Trilogy Elua and Wiki Wahine that there were originally 9 animals in the comp pod. Much head-rising and a very fast moving group with what looked to be a sub adult out in the front of the pack frequently surfacing. I do not believe we ever saw the female in the 10 minutes we spent watching them. 01/11/2012 - 14:39 Ocean Voyager - Jessica Rickard Spinner Dolphin Straight off Ukemehame about 4 miles out. Whales are in the area but they did not seem to be interacting with any. Very active group with much spinning and leaping. 01/11/2012 - 12:29 Ocean Discovery - christy kozama Humpback Whale interaction between false killers and a cow, calf, escort group. trumpeting from the humpbacks, lots of tail throwing from the false killers 01/11/2012 - 10:35 Ocean Discovery - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale Three groups of whales near us, 2 pairs, 1 solo. 3 different breaches between 3 groups. 01/11/2012 - 09:37 Ocean Quest - Lindsay Dreger Spinner Dolphin Calves present Active group spinning, jumping, 01/11/2012 - 08:08 Ocean Discovery - christy kozama Humpback Whale mugging! one whale just off starboard bow, rolled onto its back, pecs extended, thrusting its chin into the air. did this several times and on a few occasions we could see its eye. the other whale surfaced just beyond the curious whale and trumpeted, the curious whale followed the second whale to surface. both fluke up dived, and then the second whale (very white flukes) did a spy hop half breach at 50 yards, extending half of its body out of the water before landing on its back. started as a spy hop, ended as a breach 01/11/2012 - 07:36 Ocean Intrigue - Zack Malenfant Bottlenose Dolphin 2 bottlenose seen. swimming south towards molokini. surfing waves not bow riding. no humpbacks in immediate area 01/11/2012 - 07:06 Ocean Freedom - Annie Hillier Humpback Whale 2 adult HBWs; one leading the pair in overall southerly direction; second HBW acting very peculiar--snaking for prolonged periods while 1st whale dived; second whale trumpeting and flinging tail as well; behavior lasted for at least 30 min before we left the pair 01/10/2012 - 16:00 Ocean Freedom - christy kozama Humpback Whale while watching a mother calf resting at the surface, we heard whale song through the hull! we dropped the hydrophone and heard the loudest whale song ever! singing stopped and the escort surfaced at 200 yards. dove and singing resumed. we could hear it inside the head it was so loud! 01/10/2012 - 15:26 Ocean Odyssey - Travis Farrell Humpback Whale An active competitive group observed six miles from the harbor and 3 miles from the Kihei Boat Ramp. At least one whale slapped its pectoral fin multiple times during our observation. Head lunges were also observed. 01/10/2012 - 15:13 Ocean Discovery - Betsy Davidson Humpback Whale comp pod seen from 3 miles away. have seen 5 at surface but may be more. one individual tail slapping and peduncle throwing...biggest fluke crew has ever seen, appeared to be half the size of a raft (20 feet?). some pec slapping and trumpeting. 01/10/2012 - 14:35 Ocean Discovery - Betsy Davidson Humpback Whale mom calf escort. calf active at surface, with tail slaps and peduncle throws. mom and calf headed towards boat after about 30 min, cruised underneath portside bow, 360 turn and headed off towards glare. 01/10/2012 - 13:17 Ocean Odyssey - Hollis Turner Humpback Whale triple breaching whales, two adults and a calf. lots of chin slaps as well. generally staying in same area. 01/10/2012 - 10:00 Ocean Freedom - Gina Shure Humpback Whale comp pod with lots of pec slaps, breaches and peduncle throws. 01/10/2012 - 09:52 Ocean Odyssey - Travis Farrell Humpback Whale A mom and calf humpback whale pair located about 1.5 miles off the Pali. This group was resting at the surface and dove after a few blows. 01/10/2012 - 08:21 Ocean Discovery - Betsy Davidson Humpback Whale first saw pec slapping and headed to them. 2 whales, though thought that there would be a third based on behaviors. one pec slapping conitnually, second whale pec slapping every now and then, peduncle throw, tail slap. 14 trumpets in a row. never saw a third whale, but seem liked comp behavior. Maybe courting?? 01/10/2012 - 08:00 Ocean Freedom - Gina Shure Humpback Whale 2 whales laying on their sides, pec slapping together. 01/09/2012 - 17:00 Ocean Freedom - Betsy Davidson Humpback Whale mom calf escort. calf breaching continuously. while watching them 4 other sail boats came over to watch, so we sadly to leave to go watch other whales. came back an hour later and found same trio . calf continuing to breach and no other boats. all turned and headed to cut across bow. 01/09/2012 - 14:00 Ocean Freedom - Betsy Davidson Humpback Whale mom calf with calf continually breaching. dorsal fin folded partially over and completely white belly. didn't know escort was there until they cruised with his white pec fins directly under our boat with mom and calf about 20 yards away. after about 40 min, change in direction immediately followed by calf then escort then mom and calf breaching 01/09/2012 - 12:06 Ocean Discovery - Lindsay Dreger Humpback Whale Large comp group very active many direction changes, few whales with white pecs, bubble blasts, head lunges 01/09/2012 - 09:43 Ocean Discovery - catherine rapanotti Humpback Whale research vessel watching. calf rolling in front of mom and on rostrum, just staying at surface. after 10 min, another escort joined, some splashing and picked up speed to 5 knts, they headed into wind line so we left for another comp pod about a 1 1/2 away 01/09/2012 - 09:01 Ocean Voyager - Tyler Pascual Humpback Whale One large individual noticed about 1000 yds away from a peduncle throw. As we approached about 250 yds animal began to swim towards OV. at about 150 yds animal turned around and swam away from OV. as we were leaving the whale did a few more peduncle throws followed by about 15 tail slaps. As the surface activity increased, other whales began to become more active. A few other whales about 2 miles away began also tail slapping. As we left another group was going towards the single individual we initially stopped for. 01/09/2012 - 08:00 Ocean Freedom - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale same pair frolicking since 7am, calm surface swimming & MR turned to MA and courtship? Head rises, spyhop and 1 breach. 01/09/2012 - 07:35 Ocean Discovery - Lindsay Dreger Humpback Whale Very active whale pec slapping, breaching, tail throwing 01/09/2012 - 07:07 Ocean Intrigue - Chelsea Aydelott Humpback Whale It looked like a sub adult and a calf. Did not seem to see a full grown adult with the calf. The larger whale with the calf was not large enough to be an adult. 01/08/2012 - 18:44 Ocean Freedom - Ashleigh Gay Humpback Whale They were in close proximity to another cow calf escort group. They traveled off in the opposite direction. 01/08/2012 - 16:16 Ocean Odyssey - Josh wittmer Humpback Whale The subadult may be a yearling judging by the size. 01/08/2012 - 16:01 Ocean Quest - Alyssa Firkus Humpback Whale Calves present Mother and calf; Engines were off, calf swam close to boat within 10 yards. Mother seemed to get between the boat and her baby jumping out of the water to steer her baby away til the calf was approx 100 yards away. 01/08/2012 - 14:40 Ocean Quest - Alyssa Firkus Humpback Whale Small yearling breaching for about 10 mins, every 15- 30 secs. Totaling over 20 breaches. 01/08/2012 - 12:22 Ocean Discovery - catherine rapanotti Humpback Whale about 2 mi off launiopoko, within 5 min of coming up to pod, they came within 30 yds of boat for 10 min, then began traveling about 4 mph S, one on side and some pect fin slapping, then only saw the two together. we dropped hydro and heard one whale extremely loud, ~1/4 mi 01/08/2012 - 11:53 Ocean Discovery - catherine rapanotti Spinner Dolphin Calves present dolphins just outside lahaina roadstead just S of moorings. watched for 5 min 01/08/2012 - 07:16 Ocean Explorer - Drew Sulock Humpback Whale appeared to be a forming comp pod, but no surface activity. occasionally we could tell that a whale was diving while turning upside down, short down times, but no active behaviors visible 01/07/2012 - 14:59 Ocean Intrigue - Jakara Hubbard Bottlenose Dolphin We were stopped to watch a HBW that dove about 200y from the boat and while it was below the surface, a small BND appeared 75y from the boat. After several minutes, the HBW surfaced about 400y from the boat and there was no direct interaction between the 2 species. 01/05/2012 - 16:21 Ocean Odyssey - Dai Mar Tamarack Bottlenose Dolphin two bottlenose dolphins bowriding and aggravating mother and calf humpback 01/05/2012 - 11:22 Ocean Odyssey - Hollis Turner Humpback Whale comp pod, very active swimming fast, inflated head lunges, tail slashes and fluke up dives close to the boat. 01/05/2012 - 11:07 Ocean Voyager - Jessica Rickard Bottlenose Dolphin Really fast sighting. They popped up 75 yards in front of the boat and then promptly disappeared. 01/05/2012 - 11:00 Ocean Freedom - catherine rapanotti pinner Dolphin Calves present spinners were traveling, headed toward puamana from mid channel, watched for 20 min. saw several smaller calves in pod 01/05/2012 - 10:52 Ocean Discovery - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Spinner Dolphin bow riding and surfing our wake. 01/05/2012 - 10:00 Ocean Freedom - catherine rapanotti Humpback Whale small yearling, thought it might have been calf at first, but watched for 50 min, and it was alone and at one point did a sloppy fluke up dive. it was rolling at surface, did two pec slaps and two tail slaps, had a 10 min down time when down, and then breached twice 01/05/2012 - 09:14 Ocean Quest - Alyssa Firkus Spinner Dolphin Group of restful Spinner dolphins spotted off of the club, a few were bow riding and spinning. 01/03/2012 - 16:41 Ocean Odyssey - Flora Drury Humpback Whale Calves present Hanging out with three humpback whales! 01/03/2012 - 15:59 Ocean Odyssey - Flora Drury Humpback Whale Small competitive group with breaching, head lunges, potential juveniles watching from a distance. Bottlenose dolphins joining in to play at the very end. Fun to watch. Trumpeting observed. 01/03/2012 - 15:48 Ocean Quest - Christy Kozama Humpback Whale surface active with head lunges and full breaches! 01/03/2012 - 15:00 Ocean Freedom - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale Comp pod, tail slapping by possible female. Hazy. 01/03/2012 - 14:14 Ocean Voyager - Victoria Persson Humpback Whale Whales all around, mostly just breathing and then fluke up dives. 01/03/2012 - 12:07 Ocean Freedom - Annie Hillier Humpback Whale 6 animal comp group; many inflated head lunges by largest and oldest-looking male--very scarred up and large--either primary or secondary escort; other escort--primary or secondary--had white pec fins; moving south mostly, occasionally cutting back towards Maui; encountered mid-chanel between Maui and Lana'i; encounter lasted one hour 01/03/2012 - 12:06 Ocean Discovery - Betsy Davidson Humpback Whale sky with few clouds but thick vog, can't see kaho'olawe, moloka'i or haleakala. saw blows from 1 mile away, as approached realized comp pod. head lunge, loud exhalations. 01/03/2012 - 09:04 Ocean Voyager - Victoria Persson Humpback Whale Calves present On our way to Molokini, about halfway out, we saw a mother and a calf as well as an adult escort. We stayed for approximately ten minutes. The calf head slapped (potentially tried to breach) at least eight times within 20 yards from the boat. The escort dove under the boat and blew bubbles under the water underneath the boat, then he came back up to the surface less than 20 yards from our boat on the starboard side, and did a fluke-up dive about 50 yards away from the boat. The mom and the calf stayed at the surface. 01/03/2012 - 07:31 Ocean Discovery - Betsy Davidson Humpback Whale Calves present saw smaller adult about 300 yards away we didn't know about, first sighting it rolled with side fluke out of water, white pec fins, came over within about 120 yards and saw calf. kept approaching stern within 20 yards and we saw escort. continued on off stern 01/03/2012 - 07:24 Ocean Discovery - Betsy Davidson Humpback Whale seemed to be diving pair, few breaths and down time, some said they saw a calf but was not confirmed, we tracked them for about 30min, 01/02/2012 - 15:31 Ocean Odyssey - Hollis Turner Humpback Whale four blows and fluke up dives, fast swimming group, likely comp pod 01/02/2012 - 14:30 Ocean Discovery - christy kozama Humpback Whale Calves present same surprise group, now determined to be a cow, calf, escort. the third adult has left the group and we saw a calf surface. adult breached 01/02/2012 - 14:24 Ocean Discovery - christy kozama Humpback Whale surprise encounter with a pair of whales that surfaced and dove off our starboard bow at 80 yards. a third whale was seen about 100 yards from the surprise couple 01/02/2012 - 13:31 Ocean Odyssey - Drew Sulock Humpback Whale Calves present we were drawn to this group by the surface activity of the calf. It was interchanging tail slapping and peduncle throws for about 5 minutes. the adults were resting 01/02/2012 - 12:28 Ocean Quest - Gina Shure Spinner Dolphin spinners and whales heading east from lana'i towards maui. 01/02/2012 - 11:43 Ocean Voyager - Tyler Pascual Humpback Whale Approached from about a mile away facing Manele Bay Lanai. Animals were moving in a clear direction towards Lahaina. After we approached to about 250 yds, animals quickly switched directions 180 degrees and returned towards SW. After another 5 minutes the animals turned again and headed towards Lahaina. Surface activity was mild with a few head lunges behind the lead animal. Most individuals were mostly milling with a few fluke up dives and round outs. One individual looked to be smaller than the rest but the size was not confirmed. A hui hou. 01/02/2012 - 10:09 Ocean Odyssey - Dai Mar Tamarack Humpback Whale double breaches, a couple of pec slaps, a tail slap, and a peduncle throw right ontop of another whale. boooyah. 01/02/2012 - 09:51 Ocean Discovery - christy kozama Humpback Whale beautiful peaceful encounter with mom and calf. possibly nursing with logging behavior. perfect day, no wind, no clouds 01/02/2012 - 08:00 Ocean Freedom - catherine rapanotti Humpback Whale 5 min down times, came within 50 yds of boat, watched for 25 min 01/02/2012 - 07:00 Ocean Freedom - catherine rapanotti Humpback Whale 1/3 mi out of lahaina harbor, dropped hydro and could hear whale singing exclusively, even heard it at the surface 01/01/2012 - 14:54 Ocean Quest - Annie Hillier Humpback Whale two adult HBWs, one staying at surface, rolling and showing corners of it's tail; one peduncle throw; whale at surface seems very playful; mugged Kaulana, other vessel watching whale; not seeming to pay any attention to vessel but rolled to within 20ft of Kaulana; after ten min swam within 15 ft of OQ, spiraling as it made shallow dives and splashed at surface; second whale resurfaced 20 min later, in front of quest; whale at surface believed to be male, after it revealed it's ventral side and no hemispherical lobe observed 01/01/2012 - 12:39 Ocean Discovery - Ashleigh Gay Humpback Whale We were sitting dead in the water listening to the hydrophone and we heard whale song. I noticed a bright white circle 5 ft. off of our bow maybe 50-75ft down. The batteries died and the whale song stopped coming through the speakers and then the white blob got closer and closer and turned into a whale!!! I wonder if he/she could here the whale song being broadcast through the speakers? 01/01/2012 - 12:14 Ocean Explorer - Dav Yuan Humpback Whale interesting behavior: waving fluke back and forth at the surface. many head lunges. 01/01/2012 - 11:55 Ocean Discovery - Ashleigh Gay Humpback Whale Calves present Mom and and calf very close together, baby breaches every so often! 01/01/2012 - 11:52 Ocean Voyager - gabe wilson Humpback Whale Calves present Baby breaching multiple times 01/01/2012 - 11:38 Ocean Odyssey - Josh wittmer Bottlenose Dolphin & Humpback Whales Calves present Swimming with a mother, calf and two escort humpback whales. Consistently surfaced just ahead of the calf. 01/01/2012 - 11:32 Ocean Odyssey - Josh wittmer Bottlenose Dolphins & Humpback Whales Calves present Bottlenose dolphins sighted surfacing just ahead of the calf several times. Escorts exhibiting competitive behavior. 01/01/2012 - 10:47 Ocean Discovery - Serena Neff Humpback Whale Calves present BABY! Partially folded dorsal fin. Ocean Discovery WW 9-11am, 01/01/2012, Lahaina. 01/01/2012 - 10:03 Ocean Explorer - Travis Farrell Humpback Whale Calves present A mom-calf plus two male escort humpback whales observed with bottlenose dolphins. The male whales displayed aggressive behavior, showing head lunges and trumpeting was heard. This group of whales also had short down times, only remaining beneath the surface for 6-7 min. 01/01/2012 - 09:55 Ocean Explorer - Travis Farrell Bottlenose Dolphins & Humpback Whales Calves present Two bottlenose dolphins interacting with a mom-calf and two escort humpback whales. The dolphins swam within the group of whales and stayed with the whales throughout our entire observation. 01/01/2012 - 08:48 Ocean Quest - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale Calves present 5 HBWs in competition, about 3/4 mi off SE coast of Lana'i; calf in front of the group, with mom, swimming very quickly; heading north and into shallower water; head slap observed from primary escort most likely 12/31/2011 - 12:00 Ocean Freedom - catherine rapanotti Humpback Whale watched for 50 min, started with three animals, peduncle throws, pec slapping, and a breach, then 2 more animals joined after 15 min 12/31/2011 - 11:00 Ocean Freedom - catherine rapanotti Humpback Whale Calves present watched for 10 min, calf breaching mult times 12/31/2011 - 09:47 Ocean Discovery - Serena Neff Humpback Whale Yearling? Ocean Discovery, WW 9-11am, 12/31/2011, Lahaina harbor. 1 other whale in the area (400 meters away from this whale), also milling active. 12/30/2011 - 15:23 Ocean Voyager - Mark Corcoran Bottlenose Dolphins & Humpback Whales Calves present Appears to be same mom/calf from 8:30 this morning. Very close to Maalaea entrance. 4 BND surfacing very close to mom HBW who was logging at surface with baby HBW surfacing several times a minute all around her 12/30/2011 - 15:17 Ocean Voyager - Mark Corcoran Humpback Whale Calves present Appears to be same mom/calf from 8:30 this morning. Very close to Maalaea entrance. 4 BND surfacing very close to mom HBW who was logging at surface with baby HBW surfacing several times a minute all around her 12/30/2011 - 14:53 Ocean Discovery - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale 2 groups of 2 pairs meeting close together. Side swimming and some pec slapping in first group with 2nd trailing behind. 12/30/2011 - 13:21 Ocean Discovery - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale Fluke up dives, and a final tail throw and flipper slap! 12/30/2011 - 12:49 Ocean Quest - Lindsay Dreger Humpback Whale Great comp pod. Changed direction several times and got mugged by all 5 whales.! One whale had white pec fins. 12/30/2011 - 12:16 Ocean Discovery - Annie Hillier Humpback Whale two adult whales, one with white pec fins. encountered in same area as previous sightings of the day. potentially observed this pair in comp pod earlier--similar flukes and pec fins. slowly swimming with short down times--3 min. 12/30/2011 - 12:15 Ocean Intrigue - Megan Atcheson Bottlenose Dolphins & Humpback Whales This is the same inter-species interaction from earlier trips today. They are located about 1 mile outside the harbor and don't appear to have moved far. This time they are very calm, milling at the surface There are two dolphins that appear to be resting with the whales. variable winds. 12/30/2011 - 09:49 Ocean Discovery - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale Comp pod coming our way, then turning around. Mugging! 12/30/2011 - 09:25 Ocean Intrigue - Zack Malenfant Bottlenose Dolphins & Humpback Whales Calves present Humpback mom and calf, about 10 or so bottlenose dolphins all around humpbacks. cow HBW was pec slapping and calf was tail slapping. all slowly travelling south east towards wailea from harbor maybe 5 mph. 12/30/2011 - 08:50 Ocean Voyager - gabe wilson Bottlenose Dolphins & Humpback Whales Calves present Mom/calf at surface and bottlenose dolphins kinda swimming around them 12/27/2011 - 13:11 Ocean Discovery - Christy Kozama Humpback Whale mother, yearling, escort. yearling breached at 200 yards off the bow. 12/27/2011 - 12:39 Ocean Voyager - Jessica Rickard Humpback Whale Very sleepy group in a medium sized school milling about through the Lahaina moorings. School was broken into several small groups. Maybe 2-3 individuals occasionally tail-slapping or leaping (not really spinning) all others very lethargic. A raft was also watching them at the same time as we were. 12/27/2011 - 08:48 Ocean Quest - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale Very small fluke, probably a yearling with mom. 12/27/2011 - 07:21 Ocean Discovery - Christy Kozama Humpback Whale whale in the distance was pec slapping, looks like it was accompanied by at least one other whale. one of the members of the comp pod we are watching swam in the direction of the pec slapping whale as we watched 12/27/2011 - 06:58 Ocean Discovery - Christy Kozama Humpback Whale comp pod, with lots of surface activity! inflated head rises, pec slapping, head lunges, full breach from a sub adult. started with 4 whales and as we watched, another adult joined. 12/26/2011 - 15:23 Ocean Discovery - Ashleigh Gay Humpback Whale This seemed to be a yearling or a small sub adult. 12/26/2011 - 15:04 Ocean Discovery - Ashleigh Gay Humpback Whale We believe that these two whales met up. One was off our port and one was off our starboard. Then they met up and they displayed very loud trumpeting. 12/26/2011 - 13:04 Ocean Voyager - Victoria Persson Humpback Whale We heard from another boat that there were whales in the area and went over to take a look. The whales were milling and not active, when we left we saw one of the whales do a fluke-up dive. 12/26/2011 - 13:00 Ocean Freedom - Catherine Rapanotti Humpback Whale Calves present down time 3 min for calf, mother surfaced every ten minutes, but was just below surface whole time, she had white pects, calf was very small and had folded over dorsal, watched for 20 min. 12/26/2011 - 12:00 Ocean Freedom - Catherine Rapanotti Humpback Whale one surfaced at 100 yds, one peduncle throw and tail slapped three times, watched for 20 minutes 12/26/2011 - 10:00 Ocean Freedom - Catherine Rapanotti Humpback Whale Calves present traveling at surface at 3 knts, calf breached once, mom was swimming sideways, calf surfaced at 60 yds, then mother and escort surfaced as well and the three swam away 12/26/2011 - 09:30 Ocean Voyager - Victoria Persson Humpback Whale We saw an exhalation on our way to Molokini. We passed between Kihei and the whale and saw it make a peduncle throw. More whales may have been present although not sighted. 12/26/2011 - 07:40 Ocean Discovery - Ashleigh Gay Humpback Whale The two whales that we were watching first, called a lot of attention to themselves. One began pec slapping and then not to long after that another pair of whales came over. 12/26/2011 - 06:59 Ocean Discovery - Ashleigh Gay Humpback Whale Interesting behavior is being observed. These two whales are very close together. A lot of flukes are showing and they are spy hopping, but not fully getting their heads out of the water, but their rostrums are clearing the surface of the water. They are so close together!! Very intimate. 12/25/2011 - 05:00 Ocean Freedom - Catherine Rapanotti Humpback Whale we had been scanning for whales the past 20 min, then we stopped to take pictures of sunset and had been sitting for 5 min and whale surfaced at 100 yds and continued to get closer to boat and dove at 60 yds 12/25/2011 - 04:00 Ocean Freedom - Catherine Rapanotti Humpback Whale watched for 20 min, pec slapped before we got to it, thenwould dive for 5 min, and would occasionally roll at surface 12/24/2011 - 15:27 Ocean Discovery - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale Comp pod forming! Joiners! Head lunges, direction changes. 12/24/2011 - 14:46 Ocean Discovery - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale 2 Humpbacks slowly logging and fluke up diving, 2nd group coming in and now following 1st pair. Slow swimming. 12/24/2011 - 12:55 Ocean Odyssey - Josh Wittmer Humpback Whale May heve been a part of a competitive group reported by Ocean Intrigue which seemed to have split into smaller groups just before we approached. One individual fluking up as they travel northwest, the other one just rounding out. 12/23/2011 - 12:44 Ocean Discovery - Annie Hillier Humpback Whale competition pod, seen traveling south; 4 whales very closely packed, 2 slightly trailing; traveling in distinct direction; some thrashing viewed at surface; 2-3 min down times 12/23/2011 - 12:09 Ocean Discovery - Annie Hillier Humpback Whale 2 adult-sized humpback whales; observed diving 100 yards away; then swam under boat, surfaced in front of bow and swam 50 yards before diving again; re-surfaced off starboard side--2 min down time; down times variable but relatively short--2 to 5 min; 2 other boats watching this pair 12/23/2011 - 12:00 Ocean Freedom - Betsy Davidson Humpback Whale comp pod, pushing eachother, sideways shark swim with tail partly out of water, started with 3 ended with 2 leavers and 4 competing. 12/23/2011 - 10:28 Ocean Discovery - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale Mugging under the boat! 12/23/2011 - 10:16 Ocean Discovery Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale Breaching whale, as tug & barge passing through area. 12/23/2011 - 09:15 Ocean Voyager - Gabe Wilson Humpback Whale Calves present Really windy out here about 3 miles offshore of Kihei. Calf was playing around. but once we came closer it stopped 12/23/2011 - 09:00 Ocean Freedom - Betsy Davidson Humpback Whale yearling breaching, peduncle throw. towards wind line (north), conditions became too intense so turned away after 20 minutes 12/23/2011 - 09:00 Ocean Quest - Christy Kozama Spinner Dolphin Calves present tight group of spinners, tucked way inside armchair area on Lanai. slowly swimming along the coast, towards the east 12/22/2011 - 14:06 Ocean Voyager - Jessica Rickard Spinner Dolphin Very active little grouping right outside Manele Harbor. Many jumps and spins. School was pretty much just milling about in the bay in sub groupings of 20 or so. 12/22/2011 - 12:09 Ocean Voyager - Jessica Rickard Spotted Dolphin Calves present Right off Lighthouse, Lanai. Dodgy group with frequent direction changes. Only a dozen of so were close to the boat at a time but many more were in the waters surrounding OV up to 500+ feet from the boat. Many were leaping high like spotted seem to do. One calf spotted. 12/22/2011 - 09:36 Ocean Discovery - Lindsay Dreger Humpback Whale Five whales initially another comp group swam close and two of the original whale broke from our group and joined the passing group. We observed the remaining 3. Head lunges very active! 12/22/2011 - 01:00 Ocean Freedom - Catherine Rapanotti Humpback Whale watched for 45 min, started with od there at about 3 mi s of kamaikiu and followed for `5 mi due south traveling 5 mph consistently.initially there was the subadult, then one adult, then after about 20 min we saw the third surface, the sub and second adult would surface every 4 min and was within 2 ft of whale and showing some aggressive behavior 12/21/2011 - 13:36 Ocean Voyager - Mark Corcoran Spinner Dolphin Calves present 1/2 mile off Olowalu. Heading SE. Active school, multiple jumps and spins 12/21/2011 - 13:00 Ocean Freedom - Christy Kozama Humpback Whale mom and yearling. yearling breached 12/21/2011 - 09:16 Ocean Voyager - Gabe Wilson Humpback Whale Wow, a nice show. Comp pod moving north towards the Pali. Multiple breaching, pec slaps and swimming fast. 12/21/2011 - 09:00 Ocean Voyager - Tyler Pascual Humpback Whale Initially spotted surface activity with short periods between blows less than 2 minutes. As we approached the 500yd boundary one individual began to pec slap. At 300 yd boundary the individual went fluke up. Quick encounter but weather was not conducive to watching for long 12/21/2011 - 07:16 Ocean Discovery - Annie Hillier Humpback Whale subadult, inverted tail slapping; mugged boat, but showed little interest until breached 40ft off starboard side; dark flukes--little pattern; observed sharking away from boat 12/20/2011 - 14:49 Ocean Discovery - Christy kKzama Humpback Whale two adult humpbacks dove at 150 yards off our port bow after they were approached by false killer whales. they were heard trumpeting just before they dove. 12/20/2011 - 10:54 Ocean Voyager - Jessica Rickard Humpback Whale 2 pretty large blows but not sure how large the whales are. East of Molokini between Molo and Pu'uoli. Saw a few blows then a round out dive from both so we decided to continue on our route. 12/19/2011 - 15:05 Ocean Discovery - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale Mugging by a juvenile off our stern and off our starboard side within 50 feet of boat. 12/19/2011 - 12:58 Ocean Odyssey - Flora Drury Humpback Whale Competition pod with peduncle throws and head lunges 12/19/2011 - 12:53 Ocean Discovery - Lindsay Dreger Humpback Whale Half a mile off the club. 4-5 Bottlenose dolphins interacting with 2 whales! 12/19/2011 - 11:00 Ocean Freedom - catherine rapanotti Humpback Whale watched 30 min mid channel between lahaina and lanai, 5 min down time, did several peduncle throws 12/19/2011 - 10:00 Ocean Freedom - catherine rapanotti Humpback Whale watched for 20 min mid channel between lanai and kaanapali before it continued north into wind, 3-5 min down times, 5 headslaps 12/19/2011 - 08:16 Ocean Discovery - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale MR at first, 3-4 breaths at surface, followed by fluke up dives. Then suddenly 5 head slaps and a breach! Awesome! Then back to surface breaths and fluke up dives. 12/19/2011 - 07:48 Ocean Discovery - Lindsay Dreger Humpback Whale Very active breaching tail slapping pec slapping observation lasted about 30 minutes 12/19/2011 - 07:20 Ocean Odyssey - josh wittmer Humpback Whale Peduncle throwing and pec slapping subadult 5 miles out of Maalaea Harbor towards Molokini 12/19/2011 - 01:00 Ocean Freedom - catherine rapanotti Humpback Whale saw splashes from a distance, 3 whales surfaced together and down 15 min, watched for 25 min, they changed direction and swam toward boat, one surfaced off otherside, at about 20 yds 12/18/2011 - 18:00 Ocean Freedom - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale Encounter began at 17:39 and ended at 17:45. Active juvenile, seeming to react possibly communicate with subadult in previous OF encounter. Reaction tail slaps, and flipper slaps. Then complete change of behaviour, to MR with a few breaths at surface followed by fluke up dives. 12/18/2011 - 17:00 Ocean Freedom - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale Very active at the surface, peduncle throws and tail slaps, rolling on side and raising flipper out of water, inverted tail slaps. As this individual was active at the surface there seemed to be a reaction with another individual also tail slapping and flipper slapping. 12/18/2011 - 15:23 Ocean Quest - Jesse Davis Humpback Whale Very active. Staying in same place. Breaching, head lunging, peck slapping, Belly up. 12/18/2011 - 14:00 Ocean Freedom - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale Comp pod! At least 3 individuals traveling northeast, head lifts, inflated head lunge, followed by fluke up dives. Encounter began at 14:40. 12/18/2011 - 13:18 Ocean Odyssey - Ben Eisenstein Humpback Whale we saw this sub adult perform approximately 9 tail slaps then do a fluke up dive 12/18/2011 - 12:00 Ocean Freedom - Catherine Rapanotti Humpback Whale watched these, two, one did two peduncle throws, then they were traaveling 4 knts and crossed within 30 ft, sub adult crossed at bow just under surface at 10 ft, slowly turned and looked at boat as it crossed bow, then did a breach and then left 12/18/2011 - 10:03 Ocean Discovery - Serena Neff Humpback Whale Possible diving pair, one adult and one smaller adult, or one adult and one juvenile. 10-15 minute down time; surfaced off our stern and came towards our starboard. One had white pectoral fins. 12/18/2011 - 08:17 Ocean Quest - Gina Shure Humpback Whale Comp group with breaching, head lunges, peduncle throws. Spinners were present. 12/18/2011 - 08:00 Ocean Odyssey - Ben Eisenstein Humpback Whale Saw a quick blow from a subadult, with some spinners nearby 12/17/2011 - 14:57 Ocean Discovery - Christy Kozama Humpback Whale Awesome encounter with a subadult that is being very surface active! peduncle throwing, tail slapping, spending a lot of time at the surface. this is the most activity we've seen all day! there is another whale in the area, but we have seen very few surfacings. we are 2 miles from launiupoko, with a 30 minute encounter with a very active sub adult 12/17/2011 - 14:31 Ocean Discovery - Christy Kozama Spinner Dolphin Great encounter with spinner dolphins! we were about a half hour into our whale watch when we saw splashing up ahead. as we approached, we saw spinners spinning and leaping into the air! great, quick encounter with bow riding and a tiny calf attempting to spin. so cute! smallest spinner i've seen! 12/17/2011 - 10:11 Ocean Discovery - Christy Kozama Bottlenose Dolphin 2 adult bottlenose in the area with a sub adult humpback. maybe interacting with the whale, seem to be jumping around its head and swimming just in front of it when it surfaces. nice whalewatch, this encounter lasted 45 minutes with many surfacings from the whale and several sightings of the dolphins as well. we are 2 miles from Launiupoko 12/17/2011 - 09:50 Ocean Discovery - Christy Kozama Humpback Whale Mugging by sub adult! we were stopped watching the whale as 2 dolphins jumped and seemed to interact with the whale. as we waited for the whale to surface, we saw the whale at 100 yards off our mid ship. it then surfaced right off our starboard side, then dove across our bow, resurfacing at 50 yards off our port side. 12/17/2011 - 09:15 Ocean Odyssey - Dai Mar Tamarack Humpback Whale Competition pod with breaching and other big splashing with a pod of spinner dolphins thrown in the mix. we saw a whale breach immediately followed by a big spin from a spinner dolphin almost in response. Pectoral fin slaps and all! 12/17/2011 - 03:00 Ocean Freedom - Catherine Rapanotti Spinner Dolphin We were watching a sub adult humpback about 2 mi off laniopoko that was just logging and rolling at surface, then we saw the dolphins surface right in front of it. they stayed with whale for 30 +min over 1 mi, traveling 3k knts, with mult direction changes. 12/16/2011 - 11:22 Ocean Odyssey - Dai Mar Tamarack Humpback Whale Incredible breaching from afar brought us in. continued breaches greeted us as we neared the whale. another is in the area but just breathing. 12/16/2011 - 09:50 Ocean Discovery - Annie Hillier Humpback Whale Competition pod of 9 animals, moving very quickly to NW; lots of head lunges viewed; down time up to 5 min; mugged once for less than a minute; encounter lasted 40 min 12/15/2011 - 13:00 Ocean Odyssey - Travis Farrell Humpback Whale A mom-calf-escort group located 4 miles outside of the harbor and 3.5 miles off the coast of S. Kihei. The calf in the group had red markings near the dorsal fin indicating some sort of trauma. Multiple boats have seen this same calf over the course of the week. The calf didn't seem to behave abnormally. In fact, we witnessed a breach and surface activity from the calf. 12/15/2011 - 12:37 Ocean Quest - Christy Kozama Bottlenose Dolphin 3 adult bottlenose seen halfway across channel as we returned from our snorkel. they were seen in the same area as a sub adult humpback. possibly interacting, but not actually seen interacting with the whale. they showed some interest in our vessel and did a bit of bow riding while we approached the whale. as we waited for the whale to surface, the dolphins milled about our vessel 12/15/2011 - 12:32 Ocean Quest - Christy Kozama Humpback Whale Sub adult seen in the same area as 3 bottlenose. nice encounter half way across channel as we are returning to lahaina after our snorkel trip. long down times, not much surface activity from the whale, but bow riding from the bottlenose 12/14/2011 - 13:00 Ocean Explorer - Heidi Miller Humpback Whale We got to hang out with a mom and calf swimming slowly alongside us. We were able to shutdown our engines and here the mom's exhalations. The calf stayed right next to mom's dorsal fin. A great early encounter. 12/01/2011 - 14:02 Ocean Odyssey - Flora Drury Spinner Dolphin (40 adults) Up to five spinners were playing with a plastic bag, passing back and forth. 12/01/2011 - 13:08 Ocean Odyssey - Flora Drury Bottlenose Dolphin (5 adults) Humpback Whale (2 adults) Whales and dophins swimming together. 12/01/2011 - 13:02 Ocean Odyssey - Flora Drury Humpback Whale (2 adults) 12/01/2011 - 10:35 Ocean Odyssey - Dai Mar Tamarack Spinner Dolphin (33 adults) Calves present A couple babies and some tail slapping. very syncronized breathing with some bow riding as well. Slow moving, resting behavoir fo' sho'. 12/01/2011 - 10:00 Ocean Explorer - Heidi Miller Spinner Dolphin (35 adults) Calves present Resting pod of spinner dolphins joined us for some bowriding. Several calves swimming right alongside the boat. 12/01/2011 - 09:57 Ocean Discovery - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Humpback Whale (2 adolescents) Fluke up dive off 3:00 coming our way. Next surfacing moving away from us southbound 350 yards away. One whale with white patches at corners of fluke, 2nd fluke up dive smaller with all black, 3rd white elongated patches on fluke. 12/01/2011 - 09:36 Ocean Quest - Serena Neff Spotted Dolphin (150 adults) Calves present One calf jumping "like a salmon" three times in a row. Spread out over 600 yards around the boat. 12/01/2011 - 08:45 Ocean Voyager - Jessica Rickard Humpback Whale (2 adolescents) Two whales, one a large calf/sub adult. This whale breached 3 times in a row after doing a bit of rolling around extending its pec fin out of the water. The other whale only blew a few times then disappeared. Unsure of the size. Sighting was right outside the harbor and lasted 10 minutes before we continued on to molokini. 12/01/2011 - 08:00 Ocean Discovery - Betsy Davidson Humpback Whale (4 adults) Between lanai and lahaina, 3 miles off lanai and 5 miles off lahaina comp pod, few tail flicks, watched for a whlie about 200 yards from boat a lot of the time, as went to leave came up right near boat 80 yards. 11/30/2011 - 14:37 Ocean Voyager - Chelsea Aydelott Spinner Dolphin (100 adults) 11/30/2011 - 13:44 Ocean Odyssey - Travis Farrell Humpback Whale (1 adolescent) A single subadult humpback logging at the surface. During our entire observation (10 minutes) the whale remained at the surface. This observation occurred about 2 miles off of Sugar Beach and 1.5 outside of the harbor. 11/30/2011 - 13:15 Ocean Discovery - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Spinner Dolphin (100 adult) 11/30/2011 - 13:11 Ocean Quest - Alyssa Firkus Humpback Whale (1 adult) Smaller juvenile diving after a few blows. No surface behaviors. 11/30/2011 - 12:52 Ocean Odyssey - Travis Farrell Humpback Whale (7 adults) A group of seven humpback whales located .75 miles out of the harbor. We viewed this competitive behavior while we were leaving the harbor but once we arrived to observe these whales it appeared that this whales began to compete by holding their breath. Very exciting to see such a large group early in the season. 11/30/2011 - 12:41 Ocean Quest - Serena Neff Spinner Dolphin (200 adults) Calves present Spinning. Many calves, 2-5. Bow-riding. 11/30/2011 - 11:40 Ocean Odyssey - Flora Drury Humpback Whale (2 adults) One whale was missing part of fluke- saw same whale on monday (11/28) 11/30/2011 - 09:36 Ocean Odyssey - Travis Farrell Spinner Dolphin (50 adults) Calves present An active school of Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins located just half a mile off the north Makena shoreline. Multiple spins observed out of the water. The group numbered fifty and we were able to identify 3 calves. 11/30/2011 - 08:00 Ocean Explorer - Gina Shure Humpback Whale (6 adults) Companion group. Lots of head lunges. 11/29/2011 - 15:40 Ocean Discovery - Alyssa Firkus Bottlenose Dolphin (1 adult) Dolphin seemed to be foraging, staying in the same location diving swimming fast.
11/14/11 10:44am Water Depth: 463 feet Location: Pailolo Channel between Maui and Moloka'i Ocean Discovery was in the northern end of her range today where our naturalist Ashleigh reports a pod of two humpback whales. Observers were alerted to the pod by a brief burst of surface activity, likely pec. fin slaps, followed by milling and slow swimming behaviors.
11/11/11 3:51pm Water Depth: 121 feet Location: Within sight of Lahaina town, west Maui Marine naturalist Betsy Davidson reports a single humpback whale from the deck of Ocean Discovery today. The adult whale was milling/resting- a behavior description used to indicate no determined direction of travel and little or no surface activity. It is not unusual for early season humpback sightings to be characterized by lower energy behaviors.
11/10/11 10:15 am Water depth: 425 feet Location: South Maui, near Kama'ole Beach A large pod of spinner dolphins, estimated at 100-150 animals, was seen by Ocean Discovery, Ocean Intrigue and Ocean Quest today. This sighting just off the Kihei coastline is somewhat unusual, as large groups of spinner dolphins are more frequently seen outside Honolua Bay on the northwest side or in the Auau Channel between Maui and Lana'i.
11/8/11 Location: Ma'alaea harbor to west Maui Watch the video A breathtaking day for the first whale search of the season aboard Ocean Explorer. Catch a glimpse of Haleakala and the slopes of Kahalawai above Ma'alaea Harbor on route to the calm waters off Lahaina. The view of Olowalu and Ukumehame valleys define the classic west Maui view. The highlight of the trip is a close encounter with Pantropical spotted dolphins-look closely for the characteristic white spot on the end of the rostrum.
10/26/2011 - 12:55 Ocean Explorer - Dav Yuan Latitude 20 41.272 Longitude 156 28.779 Humpback Whale woohoo! first whale of the season for OE
10/26/2011 - 09:43 Ocean Discovery - Jaclyn Van Bourgondien Latitude 20 43.970 Longitude 156 59.490 Spotted Dolphin porpoising in our wake, bowriding, but turning away and heading wetbound with swells and shearwaters! large group!
10/25/2011 - 15:00 Ocean Quest - Mark Corcoran Latitude 20 45.727 Longitude 156 36.935 Humpback Whale Active subadult 2 miles west off of tunnel. Saw blow from a distance, as we approached a large school (20) of BND surfaced around the whale. Whale breached fully, followed by 4 half breachs. Dolphins were active, bowriding and jumping around the whale and vessel. Also saw bubble blowing underwater from HBW. Amazing encounter!
10/24/2011 - 10:00 Ocean Quest - Jessica Rickard Latitude 20 44.771 Longitude 156 52.075 Bottlenose Dolphin at x marks the spot. 4 adults that bow rode for a moment then went to ride on a raft that was present too. Headed west and were seen just off fish rock during our snorkel. Much touching and rubbing and just a playful group.
10/24/2011 - 10:00 Ocean Discovery - Gina Shure Latitude 20 44.960 Longitude 156 54.940 Bottlenose Dolphin
10/24/2011 - 09:00 Ocean Freedom - Catherine Rapanotti Latitude 20 45.057 Longitude 156 51.805 Bottlenose Dolphin Dolphins in very close to lanai about 100' offshore, they weren t coming over to boat, and were just milling about , possible foraging, they would surface then do a deep dive for 1 -2 minutes