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Another animal we encounter are the humpback whales. They are awesome! Every year they migrate from the cold Alaskan waters to Hawaii. They come here to mate and have their calves. During the mating seasons the males will "show off" to impress and win over the females. This gives us opportunities to see the many activities during this mating phase. The 40+ ton males will breach (almost completely jump out of the water and spin), slap the water with their flukes (tails), head butt each other and slap the water with their pectoral fins several times (as many as 50 -60 repeated slaps on the water). When several males are involved they will carry on in this manner while the female will watch from a distance. The most impressive gets the female!

When the mother gives birth she is usually accompanied by an escort and they will help the calf along while it learns to breathe, swim and eat. The calves will generally start experimenting their skills of breaching shortly after birth and that gives us a lot of above the surface whale watching.

The experience of watching 40+ foot and 40+ ton whales from a 24 foot Zodiac raft is something you will never forget! We do follow the laws of stopping 100+ yards away from these magnificant animals, but it is not uncommon for them to be curious about us and come right under the boat! Do not worry they are non-aggressive to us and our rafts do not intimidate them or scare them away. It is an adrenaline rush when we have those close encounters!

The zodiacs are the perfect craft for observing these animals.

Due to the sometimes bouncy nature of our ride, people with bad backs, older people who are frail, and children under 4 years old are not to take our tour. Also, we do not allow pregnant women on our tours.

We are located at the Honokohau Marina in Kona.

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