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Hawaii Whale WatchingOur related pages about Hawaii Whale Watching:
Why does Hawaii whale watching receive the highest rating from everyone in our family during our Maui family vacation? Because of what we have seen on our various expeditions...
... a humpback whale the size of a school bus rising halfway out of the water (breaching), then falling back down onto the surface of the water with a thunderous sound and spray of water. ... a pod of active male whales - each larger than the boat we are riding in - pushing, shoving, and butting each other to try to get close to the lone female. ... watching a calf and mother both breach at the same time. ... finding a whale slowly moving under our boat, just far enough under the ocean surface to clear the bottom of our boat. (See our video of this at the bottom of this page) ... quietly sailing at sunset, observing a peaceful mother whale with her calf frolicking at her side. 
The huge size and loud sounds from the whales make the most impact the closer you are to the whales. And the way to get closer to the whales is from a boat. There are a wide variety of whale watching charters and tour boats - large and small boats, sailboats and motorized boats.
Read about our Maui whale watching day from a boat.
Humpback whales can be also viewed from a distance by doing Maui beach whale watching. Their spout (spray from their exhalations) can be easily viewed from miles away. Binoculars may be required to see the details of the whales. You miss the impact of size and sounds of the whales, but this provides a very economical way to watch whales. You can view our whale watching video of a whale that breaches, then swims under our whale watching cruise boat and surfaces on the other side with a calf, by clicking on the 'play' button in the image below.
The next video shows a different experience - we watch whales from the lanai (balcony) of our hotel room. We are not so close up, but we can see the 'big picture' - and the cost is great - free! If you want to view this video, click on the 'play' button in the image below.
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