Happy to hear that you like your new Hawaiian T-shirt from Crazy Shirt and even bought several Hawaiian shirts for family and friends as an aloha gift from Hawaii. Believe me they will the shirts. Maybe you even bought a shirt with a Hawaiian humpback whale - or should I better say Alaskan humpback whale - on it, which is a favorite theme for T-shirt makes in Hawaii. Especially the kids love those.
What better experience is there to see the gentle ocean giants, not just on a Tshirt, but in true nature on a Hawaii vacation! It's amazing how many Humpback whales we spot recently and it's already middle of March, time to go home to their Alaskan cold waters. I have a feeling they are gathering for getting ready for their big journey home.
If you have never seen the Imax movie 'Whales', which includes the many dangerous encounters Humpback whales with their new babies are facing on this long trip from Hawaii to Alaska, do it next time you are near an Imax movie. It's a whale experience I will never forget.
Yes, the Humpback whales are everywhere around the Hawaiian islands at the moment. Beach visitors don't just pack towels, beach chairs and sun screen these days but a pair of binoculars belongs to beach equipment in Hawaii for many people as well. It's a funny thing to watch: as soon as one lifts his binoculars, everybody follows with pointing and screaming. Beach visitors get totally excited when seeing a pod of whales or 'just' a whale mama with her newborn calf.
The Humpback whales seem to enjoy the warm Hawaiian ocean waters just as we humans do. It's so much fun to watch the Humpback whales to splash their fluke, blow theirs spouts or even do a breach, the ultimate joy for us people, and I guess for the whales too. If we only could manage to get a photos of the whales! We bought a new fancier digital camera in order to catch more Hawaii photos for our Best Hawaii Vacation blog visitors, according to the motto 'A photo speaks a thousand words'.
But I tell you it's so hard to take a photo of a Humpback whale because you never have the camera ready when they suddenly start performing their 'magic tricks'. I admire everybody who has taken a decent Humpback whale photo from shore. I guess from a whale watch boat is somewhat easier but I have to admit I don't go on boats as I get terrible seasick. Well, if your belong to the lucky Hawaii vosotors or residents who have a great Humpback whale photo. please, share with our Hawaii blog visitors.
Mahalo for your photo and comment. Aloha Pua Hawaii Vacations
p.s.
I can't believe my luck when I searched youtube for Humpback whale videos 2009 and found the one above from Paul Hugel Humpback Whales from The Frogman 2 charter boat in Maalaea Maui. Hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. Mahalo Paul!
I was also totally captivated by the this story 'Whale watchers witness possible birth in Kohala' which was published yesterday in West Hawaii Today. Several Big Island residents claim they have witnessed a humpback whale give birth Tuesday morning! A Humpback whale story worthwhile reading!
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We went on a great whale watch on Maui this past January. We were on a new boat called the Hula Girl and highly recommend it. The neat thing about it was that not only was this ship brand new and incredible but they had a chef on board, cooking all the food fresh. The pupus were great and all prices where very reasonable. If you prefered not to eat you just paid for the whale watch. We had a pod of whales coming right close to the boat which caused a lot of excitement. Whale watching is one of my favourite passtimes all winter, mostly from land, where I have had some of my most memorable whale watching moments. I hope these gentle giants will always come back to Maui and the rest of Hawaii. We are truly blessed!!!!!
Aloha Julie from Maui,
Mahalo for sharing your Maui Whale Watch boat trip with our Best Hawaii Vacation blog visitors, who are interested in all the best Maui things to do.
I had to check out the 'Hula Girl' Whale Watch boat online and was really impressed by the reasonable rates and the food option. This is how we want to treat our Hawaii visitors. Great whale photos from the island of Maui too.
So guys the whale watch fun only continues till April 1st. Time to book a last encounter with the whales in Hawaii before the last Humpback whales leave for Alaska!
Hey,
Thanks for the whale video--there were some really cool breaches. I agree with you that its really hard to get a good picture. You never know where the whales are going to come out and they always seem to start doing tricks right after you put away your camera. I got some decent shots of a whale that I posted on my blog (http://myblogtothetop.blogspot.com/). Unfortunately I was only fast enough to get the tail end!
Of course, I had to check out your humpback whale photos. Two very impressive photos of the whales tailes after breaching and ready to dive again. That's better than no photo. Great shots!
Today we watched 3 whales for about 1/2 hour breach and hit their tails...the sound was very loud...what an amazing experience.
Their majestical bodies coming straight up in the air...
A great time to be on the Big Island.
Hale O Malia
Yes, Hale o Malia, watching the humpback whales when on a Hawaii vacation is one of those unforgettable moments in Paradise.
Thanks for your feedback about the 2010 Humpback whale season on the Big Island. At the moment, the whales are still in Hawaii! Visitors can watch whales all the way into March before they head up north again with their babies.
We're from Maui and I just wanted to share with you our excitement over the return of the humpback whales to the Hawaiian waters. It's something that we look forward to every year. Here is a recent article about the whales that I think you might like.
http://www.squidoo.com/maui-whale-watching
People here in Maui love the whales. We love them and protect them.
Much mahalo Roger for visiting our Hawaii blog and leaving that link to your article about the Humpback whales in Maui.
Well, we wrote our Hawaii whale posts in 2009 but as you said the fun part is the whales are coming back to Hawaii each year and now, December 2010, they have come back to the Hawaiian Islands again.
But this is just the beginning of the whale season and each whale is welcomed by Hawaii visitors with nice cheers. Encountering the whales in Hawaii, whether it's Maui or the Big Island, makes a visitor's day.
I really enjoyed your article about the whales in Maui. I am sure all our Maui visitors will do so too. If you have more Hawaii stories to tell, please, come back to 'Best Hawaii Vacation' blog and share them with us.
A hui hou. Aloha, Pua
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