Where Are The Whales?

The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary needs your help locating the humpback whales.

When you go to the beach or out on a boat keep a look out for the whales. When you see one, remember where you saw it and what it was doing. Then fill out the form below with your findings.

The information you provide will be utilized to generate a “whale” map, which will be available to view on our website https://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/

Name (Optional)

Date you saw the whale(s)? * +

What island did you see the whale(s) from? *

Where did you see the whale(s)? (Location at a specific beach, on a boat off of..., etc.) *

How many whales did you see? *

What did you see? Did you see any of the following humpback whale surface behaviors?

Please select all the behaviors that you saw the humpback whale(s) doing, if any! *

Any other observations? *

Mahalo for contributing to our Sanctuary Whale Watchers!