On Friday’s 10:00 Whale Watch, guests saw 12 different Humpbacks. Almost all of them were in pods of two, and based on the sizes of the spouts, all of them were adults (or at least close to adulthood). It’s kind of amazing to us that we can tell anything about a population by the size of their breath (if you’re as amazed as we are, check out today’s Fact of the Day)…One whale chose to approach us to get a look as he swam by. We also saw splashes from some breaching and peduncle throws in the distance. On Saturday’s 10:00 Whale Watch, we found one Humpback offshore of Puako. This whale was on 13 minute dives, surfacing to take 3 or 4 breaths before slipping below the surface again. We got to see the white markings on his flukes a few times. We also saw another spout in the distance, but ran out of time and weren’t able to run out her way to say “aloha”.And on Sunday, the winds came up, so though we could see the whales out there, it was much more difficult to get to them.

Mahalo,

Claire

Captain Claire’s Humpback Fact of the Day: Did you know that you can identify the species of whale by the size and shape of it’s spout? Humpbacks create that distinctive 10-15 foot tall pear shaped plume…sperm whales create an angular blow, grey whales create a bushy v shaped blow, and blue whales — the biggest species of whales– typically create a 30 foot tall cone shaped blow.