Ukubonwa komnenga wokuqala ka-Maui kwabikwa namhlanje malunga neekhilomitha ezimbini zolwandle kude nonxweme lwaseMala Wharf malunga ne-12: 45pm (ngoLwesibini, ngo-Oktobha 14, 2014). Lo mnenga ubonwe ngabasebenzi bePacific Whale Foundation's Ocean Quest: UKapteni Ben Eisenstein noCarols Cardenas kunye neMarine Naturalists uMark Danielson noChristy Kozama, abathe bafowunela ukuza kunika ingxelo ngokubonwa kwaye banikezela ngomfanekiso kweli phepha (ebonisa uMarko kunye nomnenga. ekunene embindini kumgama).
I-Ocean Quest yayikwiLanai Snorkel kunye neDolphin Watch ngaphandle kweZibuko laseLahaina ngelo xesha. UKapteni uCarlos wabona ukuchaphaza okukhulu emanzini waza wenza indlela eya kuwo. Esinye inqanawa kulo mmandla, iQueen's Treasure, yaqinisekisa ukuba ngumnenga we-humpback kwaye yaxela ukuba ibone ukophulwa kunye nokuntywila. I-Ocean Quest ibone "i-round-out" okanye i-peduncle arch kumgama. “Umnenga we-humpback ubonakala ngathi ngunyaka okanye umdala,” utshilo uKapteni uCarlos.
“Iminenga efudukayo ayifiki yonke ngexesha elinye,” utshilo uGreg Kaufman, uMseki kunye noMlawuli oyiSigqeba wePacific Whale Foundation (PWF). "Baqala ukubonakala kunxweme lwaseMaui ekwindla, kwaye amanani abo enyuka ngoNovemba nangoDisemba."
Uninzi lokuqala lokubonwa kwexesha eMaui lwenzeka ngo-Okthobha. Kunyaka ophelileyo, i-humpback whale yokuqala yabonwa ngo-Oktobha 5 yi-Ocean Voyager ye-PWF ngexesha le-Molokini snorkel cruise. Nantsi imihla yokubonwa kwangaphambili kwangaphambili:
Oktobha 5, 2013
Oktobha 15, 2012
Oktobha 6, 2011
Iminenga ye-humpback ifudukela e-Hawai'i isuka kwindawo yokutyisa yasehlotyeni esuka eMntla California ukuya kuLwandle lwaseBering. Ziza kumanzi afudumeleyo, angekho nzulu ngokwentelekiso ukuze zilingane, zizale, zize zinyamekele amantshontsho azo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Captains Ben Eisenstein and Carols Cardenas and Marine Naturalists Mark Danielson and Christy Kozama, who called in to report the sighting and also provided the photo on this page (showing Mark with the whale just right of center in the distance).
- Another vessel in the area, Queen’s Treasure, confirmed it to be a humpback whale and reported seeing a breach and fluke up dive.
- Last year, the first humpback whale was spotted on October 5 by PWF’s Ocean Voyager during a Molokini snorkel cruise.
