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December 2019
The magnificent Humpback Whales are back and so is Captain Dan! After four decades of studying this remarkable species of baleen whale in Alaska and Hawaii, Captain Dan has returned to the warm waters of the Big Island and is ready for another spectacular and exiting season aboard the vessel LADY ANN. After spending several…
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February 2019
Although January began a new calendar year for us, Humpbacks have been arriving to the crystal blue waters of the Big Island of Hawaii since October. Each year is different, and the whale season aboard the Lady Ann of Captain Dan’s McSweeney’s Whale Watching Adventures has been like no other this year! This has included…
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December 03, 2018
Following an unprecedented year for the Big Island of Hawaii for geological and landscape changes, the air and pristine waters along the Kona coast has never been more blue, or more crystal clear. Scientists confirm that the VOG is gone and the whales are back! Just in recent days, Humpbacks have already been sighted along…
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November 30th, 2017
Following another exciting summer/fall season in the northern Pacific waters, where he observed and studied two very different but extraordinary species of whales, the Orca and the Humpback, Captain Dan McSweeney has returned to Hawaii for his 46th(?) winter to continue his work with the mighty Humpback whales. It should be noted that his 2017…
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January 23rd, 2017
As the new year begins, sightings of migrating Humpback whales continue to increase, as the magnificent Megaptera novaeangliae makes its 3,000 mile trip south from the frigid waters of its north Pacific feeding grounds. As the warmer and clearer waters of Hawaii beckon this threatened species to its breeding grounds along the coastal shorelines of…
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November 28th, 2016
After a summer and fall observing stunning and intelligent Orca whales, and feeding Humpbacks in Washington State and Southeast Alaska, Captain Dan McSweeney has come home to Hawaii to continue his work with the mighty Humpback whales. For several weeks now, the number of Humpbacks returning to Hawaii has steadily increased. Although January, February and…
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March 6th, 2016
The humpback whale season continues in a strong direction with wonderful and fulfilling whale encounters (visit TripAdvisor.com, Yelp.com, or Google.com for customer reviews). As the migration hits full swing in the warm water breeding grounds of Hawaii, mothers with newborn calves and singing male whales are just a few of the treasures that have been…
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January 10th, 2016
The new year has brought an increasing number of Humpback whale visitors to the warm and calm waters off the Kona/Kohola coast along the leeward side of Hawaii Island. With the experience and skill of Captain Dan’s 45 years of time around these animals, we have had a perfect sighting record and many great “up…
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December 1st, 2015
After a summer and fall of observing stunning and intelligent Orca whales in The Pacific Northwest, Captain Dan McSweeney has returned to Hawaii to continue his work with the magnificent Humpback whales. For several weeks now, the number of Humpbacks returning to the Big Island waters to join resident whales has steadily increased, and although…
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February 28th, 2015
We are at high season here at Dan McSweeney’s Whale Watching Adventures! Everywhere we go we see whales, whales and more whales. The bumper season for visiting Humpback Whales is strong with the presence of many young calves and mothers enjoying the warm and plentiful waters of the great Pacific Ocean. Where we find mothers…