Soon after booking our vacation to Maui we found out that February is a prime time for whale watching in the area; we promptly secured a tour. Today was a beautiful sunny day, with really calm waters...we headed out first thing for a 2 hour sightseeing adventure.
At first it seemed like we would only be viewing whales in the distance...but after about 45 minutes we were surprised with some close, and rather rare, encounters with the big sea creatures. We got several amazing glimpses of whales, some within under 100 meters of our boat!! We were also delighted to come across a large group of spinner dolphins who put on quite the show.
Although several of us got a bit sea sick - myself included - it was well worth it for this rare experience. At one point I dashed to the front of the boat to catch a whale surfacing within meters...blowing out a big burst of water as he swam by. It was breathtaking.
One of our better videos....a group of whales near the boat:
A quick shot of a spinner dolphin doing what they do best:
We watched the spinner dolphins for a long time...and just when it was time to leave this one little guy didn't want us to go:
