Humpback Whale Heat Run

Female whale slapping her pectoral fins signaling she may be ready to mate.

Around 700 Humpback whales migrate from the Antarctic to Tonga each year to mate and bear offspring. At the height of the mating season we can hear whale song clearly right

Whale Swim Bust!

We just picked up anchor and we're leaving Numoka Iki for a small island called Tokulu.  I doubt we will have internet for a while out there. The cell service here isn't so hot for uploading photos.

Rich on the look out for whales!

We hired Whale Discoveries to take us out for a whale swim.  Unfortunately none of the whales were interested in staying around with us.  It was an overcast day and we noticed that the whales weren't out playing when the sun isn't out.  I was happy that we did find whales at four different times.  I had my full wetsuit on the entire time and I was freezing.  The wind was blowing and without the sun to warm us up it was miserable.