No Whales For You! - We came up empty on Humpback whale snorkeling
Channel: Discovery Divers Tokyo
Date: 2021-03-16

No Whales For You! - We came up empty on Humpback whale snorkeling
My first time heading down to Okinawa to try my chances at snorkeling with humpback whales. In this area, the mothers birth in the warm waters around Okinawa, then around Feb to March, they begin the migration up to the arctic waters of Russia and Alaska to fatten up during the summer season. There will also be some mating action with males before departing.

I was able to see some surface action on the weekend that I went, but the weekend before was much luckier. We had no in-water interactions on our weekend. The boat will put snorkelers in the water and curious whales will pass close by. Newborns can be curious I'm told and approach snorkelers. The whales left Okinawa to migrate earlier than usual. Next year, we will try again in February.  

Thanks to out to:

Doug at Reef Encounters (Dive shop, year-round Okinawa diving, and scuba instruction)
https://www.reefencounters.org/

Werther Bentine-Torres (Ben from Hin Scuba) (Pictures and Breaching video)
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100014786682974

Martin Voeller/Poseidon Photos (photo)
https://www.poseidonphotos.com/?fbclid=IwAR2HqdB7G9etqZQzG0s4EW9IAnkIuARLfgfpZfiWuygCNIyvpRrMSACGmxw

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Safe diving!

Jim

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