Photos in this gallery are grouped by the different types of whale behavior. All of the images are from whale-watching cruises with the Pacific Whale Foundation that sailed out of Ma'alaea Harbor on the Island of Maui. Each year I go on about 40 cruises on the waters of Ma'alaea Bay and the Kealaikahiki Channel between Maui and the Island of Kaho'olawe.
A Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pops up aft of my boat, rewarding all of those aboard the MV OCEAN INTRIGUE with one of those shots you wait five years to take. Ma'alaea Bay, south Maui. (13 February 2011)
A Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pops up aft of my boat, rewarding all of those aboard the MV OCEAN INTRIGUE with one of those shots you wait five years to take. Ma'alaea Bay, south Maui. (13 February 2011)
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