Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, breaching, Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii (Pacific)

Pacific humpback whale adult female, Megaptera novaeangliae, with wounds/scar on flukes, Maui, Hawaii.

Pacific humpback whale adult, Megaptera novaeangliae, fluke-up dive in the Au Au Channel near Maui, Hawaii

Adult Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up dive in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, USA.

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail lobbing / tail throw. Hawaii, USA.

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up dive in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Two adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up diving side-by-side in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail lobbing / tail throw. Hawaii, USA

Close up of fluke-up dive from adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) cooperatively bubble-net feeding in Freshwater Bay on Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. This event lasted over three hours with as many as 16 whales and a

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf playing and rubbing with kelp wrapped around its flukes. Admiralty Island, Chatham Strait, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. (rr)

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) underwater in the AuAu Channel between the islands of Maui and Lanai, Hawaii, USA. Each year humpback whales return to these waters in the winter and spring to mate and give birth to their calves. In the summer and

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the AuAu Channel between the islands of Maui and Lanai, Hawaii, USA. Each year humpback whales return to these waters in the winter and spring to mate and give birth to their calves. In the summer and fall they s

Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, fluke, Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii (Pacific)