Our crew and guests had some exciting action off the Kona Coast this week! Breaching babies, hammerhead sharks, dolphins, and more!

2022 was an amazing year on the Big Island, packed with lots of whales & wildlife, exciting trips, rare sightings, volcano eruptions, and more!

As more pregnant humpback whales return to the island waters, more and more new little bundles of blubber are appearing along Kona’s coast!

Hootie the Humpback Whale returns to Hawaii!

Big Island whale-watching tours with Hawaiian Adventures Kona have been fantastic with lots of sightings up and down the coastline.

Kona humpback season has officially begun and we are starting to see more and more humpbacks arrive off the coast.

Against all odds, humpback whale Moon completes migration to Kona

We had some pretty great weather conditions during our trips, making for some awesome encounters in the water with Kona’s mantas!

We kicked off the month of December with morning mantas and Hawaiian spinner dolphins on our 7 AM trip on Dec 1st!

Mauna Loa awakens after 38 years of silence!

Kona Private charters were a favorite this week, as many of our guests chose to celebrate the holidays with their closest family and friends.

The Kona coast provided a host of wildlife encounters from manta rays and pilot whales to Hawaiian spinner dolphins.

The first humpback has arrived in Kona!

Our top 5 restaurant recommendations in Kona!

It was an incredible winter whale season for us here at Hawaiian Adventures, with sightings of at least ten different cetacean species including humpback whales, pilot whales, melon-headed whales, false killer whales, sperm whales, dwarf sperm whales, Blainville’s beaked whale, pantropical spotted dolphins, Hawaiian spinner dolphins and bottlenose dolphins!

Winter whale season is in full swing here in Kona, and what a season it has been! They say a photo is worth a thousand words, so let’s let some pictures do the talking:

This year has been quite the journey for us here at Hawaiian Adventures. We started 2021 out in the boat yard, working hard to transform the fishing vessel once known as the “Sea Wife II” into our dream adventure boat. She went through a full makeover, with the installation of new engines, new electronics, boat-wide speakers, new built-in seating and cubbies, custom-designed swim ladder and railings, a shiny new paint job and more. A lot of love, labor and one new name later and “Those Guys” was ready for some Hawaiian adventures!

Breaching babies, nursing mothers, fired-up males competing for the chance to mingle with some ladies…You haven’t fully experienced humpbacks in the wild until you’ve spent time with them in the breeding grounds. It’s an entirely different level of whale activity!

There is a reason manta night snorkels are one of Hawaii’s biggest draws. There are very few places around the world where you can reliably view these gentle giants in the wild and witness the graceful dance of a feeding ray.  But not all manta night tours are the same, and we firmly believe ours stand apart from the rest. Here’s what to expect…

Let us paint you a picture… You wake up to bird song, a symphony of species rustling in the treetops waking with the first hint of dawn. You look outside to catch the brilliant golden hour light, the sky painted a million shades of vibrant, warm colors. Today is the day. You’ve booked a Signature Snorkel with Hawaiian Adventures, and you know that adventure awaits you. Yes, it’s early, but you’ve traveled from the mainland and have jet lag on your side. Plus, you know that this early start means that you will be one of the first boats on the water with the wildlife this morning, a worthwhile tradeoff.