Waves bashing about the wrap-around vessel upper deck, sea water slashing and the air rang with laughter. Certainly, the heart-stopping sight of a humpback going berserk dreams are made of. Forget lions and tigers; here, it’s all about flukes and fins!
From a once-quiet whaling village Lahaina now provides some of the most outstanding spectacles to be found in our oceans. The warmth of shallow waters calls these marine giants just like a neon “Vacancy” sign It’s January, the peak season for whale-watching. Whale lovers call this the Super Bowl of whale-watch seasons. The whales get quite an audience!Before we set out the guide explains once again what you really ought to know – more bonuses.
You climb aboard a boat, the salty air fluffing your hair into a frenzy. The guide told how one day he saw two whales dancing in perfect unison, creating waves like Olympic competitors. A ripple of laughter passes through the crowd. Who could guess whales are such comedians?As the vessel crosses through waves of blue children’s hands hide their eyes behind, a sudden shout goes up and pointing fingers jab at the horizon. “There she blows!” Then, as if the word is a signal everybody starts taking pictures at once, a frenzy of quick-fire clicks like a typewriter doing shorthand. Picture poking your head out of your aquatic pad only to be caught on camera by tourists. whale life, uh?
When a humpback breaches, it is a stillpoint in time. The huge body curls gracefully, water drops for a moment shining like jewels. At last comes the splash! thunderous applause of nature. A chorus of gasps and cheers together. Whales sure know how to effortlessly steal the limelight, don’t they?
That’s not the end of the fun in your whale-watching jaunt because maybe a school of dolphins will come and race you in saltwater tag, turning what day was otherwise ordinary into one for the record books The dolphins may make a mess of things yet thoroughly outweigh what otherwise was destined to be a rather run-of-the-mill day.
Catching sight of large whales breach in Lahaina is more than just a matter of getting doused by the spray or being treated to a tail slap. It is also a moment of silent reverence, an abiding reminder that man pales in scale to allin front and behind him. Anyway, wonder and adventure… and off we go!
Catching sight of large whales breach in Lahaina is more than just a matter of getting doused by the spray or being treated to a tail slap. It is also a moment of silent reverence, an abiding reminder that man pales in scale to allin front and behind him. Anyway, wonder and adventure… and off we go!