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Michael Garrison  > Animal Life of Hawaii > Humpback Whales of Maui
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.
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Lots of blows, head lunges, and fluke-slaps going on amongst the members of this VERY surface-active competition pod offshore from Molokini Crater. 28 February 2013
One member of a surface-active competition pod slams its head down onto that of another combatant in a very active competition pod offshore from Molokini Crater. 28 February 2013
A surface-active competition pod swims past, oblivious to my boat. Molokini Crater is visible on the hazy horizon. 28 February 2013
The action heats up in a surface-active competition pod offshore from Molokini Crater. 28 February 2013
The action heats up in a surface-active competition pod offshore from Molokini Crater. 28 February 2013
Some of the tired but very persistent members of a competition pod offshore from Molokini Crater. 28 February 2013
Two males in a competition pad literally go head-to-head as they jockey for a position closest to the lone female in the pod, so hoping to be in a position to mate with her, should she prove to be receptive. 25 January 2013
A particularly rowdy competition pod, 17 January 2011, Ma'alaea Bay, Maui.
The action heats up in a surface-active competition pod offshore from Molokini Crater (visible on the horizon). 28 February 2013
A particularly rowdy competition pod, 17 January 2011, Ma'alaea Bay, Maui.
A particularly rowdy competition pod, 17 January 2011, Ma'alaea Bay, Maui.
A particularly rowdy competition pod, 17 January 2011, Ma'alaea Bay, Maui.
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