Whale Watching

Whale watching is fun and adventurous and something that everyone likes doing. Some of the best whale watching is over on the West Coast off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. But there is also whale watching options on the East Coast. Boston offers the chance to see these mighty marine mammals as they …

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DLNR News Release: NEW RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOAT SPEEDS AROUND HUMPBACK WHALES Posted on Feb 14, 2022 in Latest Department News, Newsroom (Off the west coast of Maui) – Exclamations of glee and ear-to-ear grins are the order of the day, as passengers on a commercial whale watching tour are treated to tail slaps, breaches, and …

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Terrified tourists were catapulted into the air when their guide boat smashed into a giant humpback whale and was thrown into the air off the coast of Mexico. Five tourists were hurt in the bizarre collision, with three kept in hospital and one reportedly seriously injured. Their boat is said to have hit the whale …

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Boston’s buttoned-up South Station doesn’t typically conjure images of fold-up beach chairs, straw hats and rolling Yeti coolers. But on weekend mornings during the summer, that’s what you’ll see. Instead of frenzied passengers running to catch a train to another East Coast city, today’s throng of delighted vacationers awaited the CapeFlyer, a weekend passenger train …

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Australia is a country full of natural wonders, and one of them is the world’s largest sand island, Fraser Island. Australia is a very diverse continent with plenty to see and do. It would take a very long time to see and experience even half of what Australia has to offer. Fraser Island is a …

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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, California residents traveled an average of 29 minutes a day between work and home, according to US Census records, and 12% spent an hour or more on the road. But that’s peanuts compared to the world’s longest commute — underway now along the California coast — 10,000 miles and six months …

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Ryan Jones (The Conversation)–Every year, an estimated 13 million people go whale-watching around the world, marveling at the sight of the largest animals ever to inhabit Earth. It’s a dramatic reversal from a century ago, when few people ever saw a living whale. The creatures are still recovering from massive industrial-scale hunting that nearly wiped …

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It’s that magical time of the year again when the North Pacific Humpback whales return once more to the shallow waters of the Hawaiian Islands to mate, raise their young and wow whale watchers. These beloved gentle giants, known in ʻōlelo Hawaii (Hawaiian language) as koholā, have migrated to Hawaiʻi in the winter months through …

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