Aloha,

Guests aboard all our Whale Watch Cruises reported lots of whale activity all day on Wednesday. Because we operated a special schedule yesterday, I don’t have my regular trip report, but suffice it to say, from sunrise (well, actually from 8:00 am — we didn’t start that early) till sunset, we were privileged to share the ocean with the Humpbacks. Throughout the day, guests saw dozens of  Humpbacks multiple times. We witnessed the whole retinue of Humpback surface activity, including breaches, head lunges, peduncle throws, and tail lobs. When hydrophones were deployed on all boats, we could hear lots of singing and lots of “chatter”. Of course we also saw lots of those beautiful V-shaped Humpback spouts up and down the coast.

Join Ocean Sports on any of our daily Whale Watch Cruises, Snorkel Sails or Sunset Sails and see the action for yourself! Call us at 886-6666 ext. 103 or visit www.hawaiioceansports.com for details and reservations.

Humpback Whale Fact of the Day: Though we’ve mentioned before that only male Humpback Whales “sing”, all Humpbacks make noises and apparently use these sounds to communicate with each other. Researchers have witnessed cooperative feeding behaviors among the Humpbacks apparently “triggered” by sound, and have also witnessed Humpback Cows (moms) apparently ignoring some sounds made by their calves (researchers called these sounds “goo-goo, ga-ga” noises), but responding immediately when the calves made particular squealing noises. So it appears that Mom recognizes her baby’s voice!

Mahalo,

Captain Claire