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2007 Whale Photos - 3/02/07
Photos from the Hula Kai Whale Watch - Friday
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03/02/07 (Friday)
Aloha and welcome aboard,
Well we saw the mother humpback that's been hanging around the Kona Coast for 2 days now...and just like yesterday her calf was breaching right along with her. We watched for sometime before heading on to the 'Lek'. Once up north we saw many whales (Megaptera Novaeangliae), some were close and others were out on the horizon. We found a heat-run and decided to follow them. What an awesome display of control and stamina as we watched the female lead 4 males on a huge trek from shallow water then back into the deep, and then they all disappeared as if they were never there. We observed several large breaches in the distance, so off we went in search of more sightings. It didn't take long before we were right in the midst of more breaching, tail-lobs, and pec-slaps. There was more activity to the north so we decided to forgo deploying the hydro-phone and go look for more cetaceans. We found in all 2 more heat-runs, and a huge whale that did a series of lunges. By now it was getting to be time to head for home and just when we were starting to leave the 'Lek', Nai'a showed up. There were Spinner Dolphins (Stenella
Longirostris) all around the boat. So as we began to accelerate they positioned themselves in our bow wake and stern wake to catch a free ride and give us a show. They stayed with us for sometime before breaking off to head out into deeper water for the evening hunt. Did we ever have fun and if you had been there you could have seen all this for yourself. Don't wait too long, seats are going fast, and remember spring break is coming and that means more people are coming to see the humpbacks before they head back to Alaska. Well that's all for now we'll see ya next time till then Aloha,
Jonathan | email Jonathan |
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