Another day...

So I finally remembered to bring my camera on board and actually had time to take pictures since i didnt have a job while we worked with one group of whales. So first are a couple scenic pictures of Maui from the water. Sometimes we end up pretty close to shore with the whales. With this group the visibility in the water was so good that you could see the bottom through 90ft of water. The last photo is of a mom and a yearling (a 1yr old who just hasn't left mom yet but will soon). We also observed a singing whale today. When you're close by the song is loud enough you can hear it on the boat, and if you put your ear against the hull, the sound conducts through the hull and you can hear the song incredibly clearly. Unfortunately, the group i was able to photograph wasn't really surface active (no breaching or head lunging or any other kind of splashing around), but just being this close to the whales is still pretty awesome.