Jack'sDivingLocker
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Just heard from one of our boats. They saw their first humpback of the season. Fun stuff! (Though I know they have been spotted once or twice already by others in the area.)
Kona Humpback today!
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Always nice to hear they are back in town again 
btw - Good to have you here representing Jack's Diving Locker on Scubaboard(I assume by the name)
Aloha, Tim
btw - Good to have you here representing Jack's Diving Locker on Scubaboard(I assume by the name)
Aloha, Tim
Do they ever come around Oahu or is it just the big island?
They come around Oahu as well. You can hear them more often than actually see them. A very eery feeling.
Humpbacks visit all the Main Hawaiian Islands. According to studies I've read; most arrive either Big Island or Maui, Maui County seems to be their favorite hang out, when it gets crowded in Maui waters the other Islands start seeing more of them.
Maui Nui (Maui County) is like a crib for the calves, with nearby Penguin Bank a possible vacation feeding ground for adults. One study theorized that the active volcano on the Big Island (Kilauea) may be a magnetic beacon for the whales to find their way from Alaska, and then they hang a left for Maui.
Yesterday a whale came close to Wailea Beach. I noticed a Coast Guard inflatable patrolling and then saw a lifeguard wave-runner towing a stand up board. Someone may have gone too close and had it confiscated (it was a blue foam rental kind).
Maui Nui (Maui County) is like a crib for the calves, with nearby Penguin Bank a possible vacation feeding ground for adults. One study theorized that the active volcano on the Big Island (Kilauea) may be a magnetic beacon for the whales to find their way from Alaska, and then they hang a left for Maui.
Yesterday a whale came close to Wailea Beach. I noticed a Coast Guard inflatable patrolling and then saw a lifeguard wave-runner towing a stand up board. Someone may have gone too close and had it confiscated (it was a blue foam rental kind).
BigBubbaJ
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I was on the big dive boat that day. Yep! Thanks for taking the time to look for them with us!
Cheers,
Justin
Cheers,
Justin
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Jack'sDivingLocker
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I was on the big dive boat that day. Yep! Thanks for taking the time to look for them with us!
Cheers,
Justin
That's great! Hope you had a fun day.
DiveMaven
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Thats one of my favorite things about coming to Hawaii in the winter. There's nothing more amazing than feeling whale song vibrate through your body.
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