With recent reports of whales showing propeller injuries, ocean users are reminded to keep a safe distance from these annual residents of Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Collisions with vessels are a risk to both the animals and humans.

A total of 191 whale sightings were seen during the 8:30 to 8:45 a.m. time period, the most of any time period throughout the day’s count.  

An "abundance of mother/calf pairs" have been observed in and around Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, prompting a reminder to ocean users to proceed with caution.

The whales are back, and lucky spectators have been catching glimpses of the majestic creatures in waters off Maui over the past few weeks.

New videos of humpback whales blowing bubbles are providing "novel insights" into how whales capture their prey.

The sanctuary works to protect humpback whales through research, education, conservation and stewardship.

Pacific Whale Foundation’s Ocean Spirit spotted its first whale of the season this morning, Oct. 9, 2019 at exactly 11 a.m. The spotting was made in the ʻAuʻau Channel between Maui and Lānaʻi by PWF Captain Chris Walsh during a private Ocean Camp charter.

Endangered Whales Threatened by Fishing Gear, Ship Strikes, Oil Spills

This is the closest (estimated within 20 minutes) that the researcher has been to a live humpback whale birth in 25 years.

Approaching humpback whales when on or in the water within 100 yards or within 1,000 feet by air is illegal.

The National Marine Fisheries Service confirmed 76 cases of large whale entanglements in fishing gear or marine debris in US waters last year.

Maui's Ed Lyman started getting calls from whale watching companies in Hawaii, asking why the whales were arriving so late.

Volunteers across Maui counted 529 humpback whales, including 335 pods and 62 calves during the Pacific Whale Foundation's Great Whale Count 2018.

New video has been released of Friday's rescue of an entangled humpback in waters off of Maui. Trained responders freed the whale from 285 feet of braided line

An entangled adult humpback whale was freed from 285 feet of line off Mākena Beach, Maui on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018.