Napali Coast Tours

This beautiful dolphin photo was taken from the raft. The dolphin was playfully jumping in and out of the water, and swimming with fantastic speed.

We rarely see the endangered Hawaiian monk seal on our Napali Coast tours but this seal got pretty close to us. It was pretty tame and didn’t seem to be too scared of humans.

This young boy really captured my heart with this photo. His face says it all.

Napali Coast Dolphin Tours

The Napali Coast dolphin tours were a rare treat today for passengers. A baby dolphin was spinning in front of the boat.

More dolphins on our tour. Video shows how close our boat tour gets to the dolphins.

Today can best be described as a dolphin family reunion. Right off of Makaha Ridge we ran into a HUGE pod of Dolphins. There were at least 500+ all around us. They were obviously having some type of jumping competition. The young ones were showing off as they leaped 15-20 feet through the air. We watched for about 30 minutes and then realized that we were supposed to be checking out the Napali. We reluctantly moved on and saw the Napali all lit up with the bright summer sun. We even got into the caves. WOW what a day!

The water was a little rough as we slipped out of the Harbor. We hit the Na Pali and were greeted by our ever present dolphin companions. We enjoyed the dolphin show and then made our way up through the various sights. Kalalau Valley was lit up as the afternoon sun shone down. The caves were awesome. Just another perfect day in paradise.

June is here and the Na Pali is really showing off her incredible beauty! The waters are calm and the caves have been accessible. We ran into some dolphins right off of Makaha Ridge. We got right up close in to Honopu Arch. This is the sight of many hollywood films. Do you recognize it?

Another fantastic day on the Na Pali!
The weather continues to be absolutely perfect. The water color is creating unreal colors as the sun penetrates to the reef below. We stopped to snorkel at a reef just outside of Miloliivalley. It was awesome. We saw so many fish. It felt like we were in the worlds largest aquarium. Visibility under the water was 75+ feet.

We got into all the caves. We even did a daring drive through the double door cave.

WOW! What a day. There was so much life out there today. We ran across a pod of Bottlenose dolphins as soon as we left the harbor. These guys were just waking up and stayed with us for a little while. Next we ran into a large pod of Spinner dolphins. They put on a great show, I even managed to get a shot of one as he floated in midair. The water was perfect and the weather could not have been better.

What started out to be a unbelievably beautiful day on Kauai, was about to become even more beautiful from the experience we were about to have. The weather was perfect, the seas calm and the wind, highly favorable. The Napali Coast was as gorgeous as ever, with great lighting and an almost cloudless day. The whales are really getting active and the females are definitely ready for some action as the pectoral fin slapping and congregating males are abundant in many different areas. We watched several mating rituals and then to end what was to be a perfect trip, a male in the calm, clear, and blue waters off of barking sands breached 3 times for us.

Approaching the long stretch of beach found at Poli Hale we spotted a spout from what appeared to be an enormous whale. We went out to investigate and found it to be a mother and new born calf. The calf looked almost brand new. We figured that she must be only a few hours old as the mother seemed exhausted as if she had just endured childbirth. We got some great photos of the calf! We continued on to the South Shore and went snorkeling at Kipu Kai.

Our whale friends have arrived in big numbers. The males are beginning to battle for the females’ affection. We got to witness a little male fighting going on today.

The weather is still a little wet with showers here and there. Fortunately the Na Pali has remained pretty dry. We had a littlec rain today but it quickly went away and we were able to really enjoy the whale show!