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2008 Whale Photos - 2/15/08

Photos from the Hula Kai Whale Watch - Friday

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Photos by CJ Kale Photography | visit website |

02/15/08 (Friday)
Aloha  and welcome aboard!
And yet another week came to an end with an exceptional whale watch.  This time of year the Lek is literally alive with the promise of a future generation of Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).  This afternoon the calves stole the show!  Our visitors were amazed, awed, and delighted by the display of rolling, lunging, breaching, and spy hoping...all done without a care in the world, under the watchful gaze of an adoring mother.  This afternoon’s stats are as follows:  25 Humpbacks, 20 Breaches, 10 Spy-hops, 11 Tail-lobs, 15 Pec-slaps, 3 Heat-runs, 8 Lunges, 3 Cow-calf-escorts, and 2 Close encounters.  As you can see, we had an incredible experience, the numbers are still really good, and we feel that some of the best shows are still to come.  Come join us for an afternoon of discovery and enchantment.  Till then..Aloha.
Jonathan Opey
Director, Hawai'i Marine Research Center 
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