Will I still see whales in May

[queenL]

We are traveling to Hawaii May 19th and really have our hearts set on a whale watch tour. It appears that it is slightly past their season. What are the odds I wil still spot a whale?

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[JudyOh]

When we sailed on the Independence 8 years ago, we sailed on April 3 and when in Maui went on a whale watch and saw 1 mother and 1 baby whale. They told us it was very unlikely that we would see any, but it was a beautiful day to be out on the boat. I would think May would definetely be too late.

[bambam]

When we were in Maui in February, our shore excursion stopped at the Pacific Whale Foundation facility, and I was really impressed with the work they are doing. If you go to their website [url="http://www.pacificwhale.org/,"]http://www.pacificwhale.org/,[/url] they have a link to a "daily whale sighting." As you get closer to your trip, this is as good an indicator you'll find, to answer your question.

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[spleen93]

You're just going to have to see ... May is very iffy.

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[bobnsandi]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by queenL:
We are traveling to Hawaii May 19th and really have our hearts set on a whale watch tour. It appears that it is slightly past their season. What are the odds I wil still spot a whale?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

We're still seeing whales from our lanai, but there are definitely fewer. This season the first whales were a bit earlier than normal, but wouldn't want to speculate as to whether they'll stay later. Good luck!

[itsanita]

Did a whale watching trip 6 days ago in Maui. We counted 12 different whales. We were thrilled. They said the whales seem to be leaving later than usual this year. You might get lucky!