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A whale was captured on video back in February with just her tail hanging out of the ocean, while her calf swam around her. READ MORE: Dog desperately tries to befriend little baby bunny
Prime time for whale watching is between January and March. ʻIlio-holo-i-ka-uaua ( Hawaiian monk seal , Monachus schauinslandi ) can occasionally be seen hauling out on rocks below the cliffs. Most of these endangered seals live in the remote northwestern area of the Hawaiian Islands and are a rare sight on Hawaiʻi's main islands.
The depth of the channel reaches 108 feet (33 m), and its width is 8.8 miles (14.2 km). ʻAuʻau channel is a whale-watching center in the Hawaiian Islands. Humpback whales migrate approximately 3,500 miles (5,600 km) from Alaskan waters each autumn and spend the northern hemisphere winter months in the protected waters of the channel.
The sanctuary encompasses 1,400 square miles (3,600 km 2) in the islands' waters.It was designated by United States Congress on November 4, 1992, as a National Marine Sanctuary to protect the endangered North Pacific humpback whale and its habitat [2] The sanctuary promotes management, research, education and long-term monitoring.
A whale-watch tour—a staple of winter vacationers to Maui—may be the hot ticket this year as much of the island's commercial tour fleet was wiped out in the wildfire that ripped through ...
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