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A nice double flukes-up dive, Ma'alaea Bay, Maui, 30 January 2011.

Close-up shot of an immature whale performing a flukes-up dive. Although this behavior, when observed in older adult whales, indicates the individual will stay submerged for more than ten minutes (the record is one hour for Humpbacks), this youngster's lack of lung capacity will prevent it from staying down for more than one or two minutes at a time.

13 February 2011

Pacific Whale Foundation's MV OCEAN VOYAGER pulls out of Ma'alaea Bay, south Maui. Molokini Island looms on the horizon.

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)

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.

MV PRINCE KUNIO outbound from Ma'alaea Harbor, south Maui.

A nice double flukes-up dive, Ma'alaea Bay, Maui, 30 January 2011.

A nice double flukes-up dive, Ma'alaea Bay, Maui, 30 January 2011.

A nice double flukes-up dive, Ma'alaea Bay, Maui, 30 January 2011.

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