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.
Hard-breathing member of a competition pod surfaces briefly. Note barnacle scars (white "rings") on the Humpback's rostrum (upper jaw). 11 December 2010, Ma'alaea Bay, Maui.
Hard-breathing member of a competition pod surfaces briefly. Note barnacle scars (white "rings") on the Humpback's rostrum (upper jaw). 11 December 2010, Ma'alaea Bay, Maui.
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