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2008 Whale Photos - 2/19/08
Photos from the Hula Kai Whale Watch - Tuesday
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02/19/08 (Tuesday)
Aloha and welcome aboard!
Where do I begin…There aren't enough superlatives in the English language to even begin to convey what we saw today! Every possible surface activity you could imagine, we saw it! Today's trip started out like most do, leaving Keauhou Bay, running north to the Lek, and waiting for the whales to show themselves...somehow they must have known we had a film crew on board, because the show they put on! I guess the best thing to do is tell it like it is! Well here goes: 20 Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), 22 Breaches, 8 Spy-hops, 20 Tail-lobs, 8 Pec-slaps, 7 Lunges, 2 Cow-Calf-Escorts, 4 Close Encounters—that includes the Mother and calf swimming under the boat while I was being interviewed, and then the calf breached right next to the Hula Kai, 5 Double breaches (I've personally never seen that many whales air-borne before), and 1 Pod of Nai'a (Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins, Stenella longirostris). Even though I was there, I'm still in disbelief. However, I've got 32 witnesses that will corroborate my story. If this doesn't get you out on a whale watch this season, then nothing will! So pick up the phone and call, we're waiting for you...till then, Aloha.
Jonathan Opey
Director, Hawai'i Marine Research Center
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