#Whale watching
‘Welcome Back Whales Day’ set for Saturday at Maui Ocean Center
The “Welcome Back Whales Day” event at Maui Ocean Center’s Harbor Plaza overlooking Māʻalaea Bay will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
PacWhale Eco-Adventures adds new Ocean Legacy to fleet
PacWhale Eco-Adventures, a for-profit social enterprise owned by and benefiting the nonprofit Pacific Whale Foundation, welcomes the new Ocean Legacy to its fleet of vessels.
Maui Ocean Center Unveils New Māʻalaea Whale Lookout
The facility’s maintenance team built the observation platform behind the Maui Ocean Center Tide Pool exhibit to provide the public and small groups with an ocean view of Māʻalaea Harbor.
Maui’s First Humpback Whale Sighting Reported off Molokini
Maui’s first humpback whale sighting was reported this weekend, just after 7 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, about two nautical miles north of Molokini Crater.
VIDEO: Whale Near Niʿihau is First Sighting of Season in Hawaiʻi
The first humpback whale of the season was spotted by researchers aboard the NOAA ship Hiʻialakai off of Niʻihau last week, marking an early start to the whale season in Hawaiʻi. The sighting was reported on Tuesday, Sept. 29, as the crew traveled home from a mission at the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
