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Photos from the Hula Kai Whale Watch - Wednesday
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1/02//07 (Wednesday)
Aloha and welcome aboard!
What a difference a day makes...Yesterday was good, but today was soooo much better. We were an hour into the trip before we encountered our first whales. At first it looked like it was going to be another one of those fluke and spout kind of trips, but we didn't have to wait long before we were treated to a series of spectacular breaches. Shortly after the breaching subsided, the lunging started. In all, we had 6 breaches and 5 lunges. The waves were huge, so we weren't able to deploy the hydro-phone today. After spending most of our available viewing time on the 'lek', we had to begin heading home. As I was commenting on the fact that we had not seen dolphins yet...we were engulfed by a pod of Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris). They stopped and rode our stern wake for awhile, but you could tell they were on a mission, because as quickly as they appeared they vanished as if they were never there. Be sure to log on tomorrow to read about the ongoing adventures on board the Hula Kai. Till then Aloha.
Jonathan Opey
Director, Hawai'i Marine Research Center
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