Competitive Pods and Close Encounters

Aloha,
Our Wednesday Whale Watches started off a with a 8 whale sightings on our Breakfast with the Whales Cruise. We found a competitive pod of 5 sort of lazy whales. They did some half-hearted breaches, and we did hear some trumpeting (they were breathing hard). Of course, we have no idea how long they had been competing amongst each other, so they may not have been lazy – just tired. On our 10:00 am Whale Watch from Kawaihae we started the trip with a pod of two, Mom and her calf, right outside the harbor. After we watched them for awhile, we travelled down south to watch a pretty active competitive pod of 6 whales. We went out again at 12:30 and the highlight of this trip was the close encounter, with whales swimming right under our bow! Guests on board got some great photos!
Mahalo,
Claire
Captain Claire’s Humpback Whale Fact of the Day: Being mammals, Humpback Moms feed their calves milk. But Humpback milk isn’t just any old milk — it’s extremely rich with a fat content of approximately 50%! Human milk is only about 4.5% fat .Supposedly, whale milk tastes like “sweetened cod liver oil” …but I don’t know that from experience!

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