Can anybody inform me where the best whalewatching site in the world is?

Answer 1

The islands of Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Kahoolawe were connected as one island during the peak of the last Ice Age. As a result, the waters between those islands are just the right depth for a whale nursery. Humpback whales migrate there by the thousands late every year.

When they get to Hawaii, they mate, jump out of the water, slap their tails and fins...it's like college kids on Spring Break! They also give birth to calves during this time. November is usually when crowds of humpback arrive in Hawaii, and they start heading back north around March.

It's not too unusual to see fins, tails, and occasionally a whale breach (heave its bulk out of the ocean and launch itself into the air, landing with a huge splash) from the shores of these islands from time to time. Your chances are even better if you get out onto the water by taking a whale watching cruise.

I have scuba-diving friends who have heard their songs underwater. Another friend was paddling a one-man outrigger canoe when a whale surfaced under him and knocked his canoe over with a flick of its tail! My friend was more awestruck by the encounter than scared or injured.

I've really enjoyed the whale watching cruises I've taken in Hawaii. But last summer I went to Port Townsend on Washington State's Olympic Penninsula to take an Orca cruise up to the San Juan Islands. The picture I took of Ruffles, alpha-male of J-pod, was much better than any photo I've ever been able to take of a humpback!

Answer 2

sea world in san diego is really good.