Top Things to Do in Kauai: Whale Watching

A video we put together on the best video clips of the Humpback whales. And this is last season! Folks, the whales are even more playful this year if you can believe it! Watch the video below and feel the excitement in everyone’ voices!

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Dolphins Caught on Video: Riding Whales

While some new-age crystal-fanciers no doubt assumed that our cetacean friends were already good pals, this video from the American Museum of Natural History shows rare photos of a specific type of ‘playful’ behaviour – dolphins getting lifted up into the air, riding a humpback whale’s head.

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What to Do in Kauai

From Dec – May, the Humpback whales visit Kauai to mate and give birth to their young. Record numbers of whales are in Kauai this year, making it easy to have an absolutely amazing whale watching tour on any given day. Check out this whale waving its tail in the air, and actually slapping it down on the surface of the ocean. This is a common whale behavior seen in the Humpbacks.

Na Pali Riders has developed a whale watching guide to help viewers identify the many whale behaviors that will be witnessed during a whale watching tour on the raft.

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Kauai Whale Watching

The first whales were spotted today! In the distance we saw whale tails and puffs of water from blowholes.

Here’s some gorgeous photos of the dolphins and fish we saw today. Aloha!

Kauai dolphins swimming with the raft

Snorkeling Kauai's waters with tropical fish

Kauai Snorkeling :: Snorkel Tours Kauai Na Pali Coast

Did you know that the Lonely Planet rates us #1 for Kauai raft tours of Na Pali Coast? http://www.napaliriders.com

We not only tour Na Pali Coast, we provide a very educational narrative along the way by our knowledgeable captain and crew. We take amazing photos and video clips that you have the option to purchase after the tour.

Kauai Rafting Expeditions – Kauai Zodiac Tours Na Pali Coast

Our Kauai seacaves tours have been making it into some incredible areas on Na Pali Coast. The scenery feels unreal, just take a look at these photos. By the way, all tours to Na Pali Coast include exploring seacaves. We have great ability to do this in the summer months when the winter surf is gone. But we always err on the side of safety so if it looks unsafe we will not enter.

Taking a glance back at the Open Ceiling Cave

A waterfall streams down through a surface ceiling hole in the Double Door Sea Cave

On our way out of the Double Door Cave, with the waterfall coming up on the left

Kauai Raft Tours to Napali Coast

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Kauai Raft Tours Have Amazing Ocean Views

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Kauai Snorkeling Tours

So many things to do in Kauai, but don’t forget the Na Pali Coast tour by boat. You can hike it, see it from a Kauai helicopter tour, but nothing can compare to the up close by ocean aspect of it. You need to join a Kauai snorkeling tour to really see the sea caves, waterfalls, gorgeous cliffs, and awesome acrobatics of dolphins and whales.

Some Recent Hilites (aka “eye candy”)

Seeing Dolphins in the Wild is a Fantastic Thing to Do in Kauai

The Na Pali Coast translated means “Cliffs” literally, and you can see why…



Kauai Snorkeling Tours take you past spooky sea caves like this one, the Open Ceiling Cave, a favorite for boat captains. This is actually a hollowed-out lava tube, when you get inside by boat tour, you look up and the sky is shining right down on you.

Kauai Snorkeling Tours

Snorkeling Kauai off the beach is one thing. But how about being shuttled by boat to a remote side of the island, where no cars can go, and anchoring in a pristine bay where the fish and water are spectacular and the…well you get the picture.

Kauai’s Snorkel Couple of the Year

Reef Fish Swimming in the Clear Kauai Waters

Kauai Snorkeling is Amazing When the Water is Clear Like this Day!

Kauai Snorkeling :: Snorkel in Kauai on Na Pali Coast!

Oh the things we see when we’re out there on a Kauai snorkeling tour.

Puffer fish, one of the world’s most deadly… In Japan, this fish is referred to as fugu. Sushi chefs who are licensed to prepare the exotic fugu sushi must be extremely careful, cause it can cause instantaneous death to the eater. That’s right, don’t be fooled by this cute little guy. Actually, this puffer fish is half eaten in the photo, by a nearby monk seal who already ate its little butterfly fins and even its delicious eyes. I hope that monk seal doesn’t experience the infamous “fugu fate.”

A giant green sea turtle swimming up to us on this Kauai Snorkeling Tour. The Hawaiian green sea turtle (Honu) are a threatened species in Hawaii. And unlike other parts of the world, especially Southeast Asia, you cannot make turtle soup in Hawaii.

All photos by Erik Van Embden