This week on one of our trips, we encountered one of the rarest species in the world... a pod of Longman's beaked whales!

A tsunami warning, pilot whales, and dolphins.. oh my! Mother Nature was on our side this week on our dolphin/whale watching tours.

We saw Hawaiian spinner dolphins and short-finned pilot whales on our year-round dolphin/whale watching tours.

Our favorite encounter took place near the fish pens where bottlenose dolphins and Hawaiian monk seals were interacting!

We watched two of Kona's year-round whale species on our tours this week! It's always whale watching season on the Big Island.

SO much wildlife on our trips including exotic species like false killer whales, rough-toothed dolphins, and Pantropical spotted dolphins.

Oceanic white tip sharks, short-finned pilot whales, and two species of Kona's year-round dolphins on our tours

In addition to pilot whales and dolphins, we encountered the largest of the toothed-whale species... Sperm whales!

Kona has an amazing diversity of year-round whales and dolphins, and this week we also saw a whale shark on one of our tours!

Breaching sperm whales, short-finned pilot whales, two species of dolphins, reef manta rays, and three types of sharks

Quality time with local favorites, this week we spent abundant time with Short-finned pilot whales and Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins

Short-finned pilot whales, Cuvier's beaked whales, and a multi-species interaction between whales and bottlenose dolphins.

Schooner, the remarkable whale with a partial tail sighted by our sister company Island Adventures in Washington State!

Kona has an amazing diversity of marine life, and this week the ocean treated us to a whale shark and pelagic manta rays.

Our year-round whales this week included pods of short-finned pilot whales and a rare encounter with pygmy killer whales!

We enjoyed lots of dolphins and two of Kona's year-round whale species on our our dolphin and whale watching trips.

With a few crew off-island, we ran one trip this week and had some fantastic encounters with two species of whales, dolphins, and monk seals!

Our year-round dolphins & whale watching tours are back! This week we saw pilot whales, humpbacks, dolphins, hammerhead sharks, and more!

The final week of our official humpback season was packed with mom and calf pairs, active whales, and lots of dolphins.

Humpback whales and our second fin whale sighting in two weeks! We were stoked to spend time with this rare species!