Whale Watching

The winter months bring whales from the North Pacific waters to Hawaii. 

There are an estimated 10,000 or more humpback whales 

who summer, breed, and raise their young in Hawaiian waters.

Gabby took these pics of some of the whales.

These are pictures from a whale watching tour we took while Gabby and Brian were visiting.

We boarded The Star Of Honolulu at the Aloha Tower.

Guaranteed whale spotting or you get another trip free :) 

Hawai‘i is the only state in the United States where humpback whales mate, 

calve, and nurse their young. 

Humpbacks may find Hawai‘i suitable because of the warm waters, 

the underwater visibility, the variety of ocean depths, and the lack of natural predators. 

Mothers can be seen breaching alongside their calves and 

males can be seen competing with one another for females in fierce head-to-head battles. -NOAA

We took the cheap early bird tour, without breakfast :)

Most of my pictures are scenes from the ship, but we did see several whales. 

A mother, her calf, and their escort gave us a show for a while!

It was an amazing sight since I've never seen a whale before.

Honolulu

Diamond Head Crater

In January Ken and I climbed up Makapu'u Lighthouse Trail 

with Maggie and Bill to try to spot some whales. 

We saw a few spouts of water but the whales were just too far away to get a look at.

The scenery was amazing though!

It was so wonderful to rekindle an old friendship with Maggie!