Sunday, September 1, 2013

Wild Whales and Dolphins -- Cetacean Summit -- in Kona

International Cetacean Summit in Kailua Kona, March 1-5th



Join people from around the world in celebrating our connection to Whales and Dolphins!
Twenty+ speakers will introduce their work and knowledge gained from many years living among cetaceans and working with the energies of whales and dolphins.  If you want to swim with whales and dolphins around the world this is a great place to start!  Begin your travels in the best place on the globe to swim with wild dolphins all year round, in clear calm warm water! Enjoy boat trips to the dolphins with a likeminded community at the conference.


Meet guides from many cetacean hot spots who may escort you to encounter whales and more species of dolphins where they live.  Learn how guides communicate with the cetaceans, understand their languages, and observe natural behaviors.  Feel the wonderful healing vibrations from cetaceans, amplified by masters of energy work.

Roberta, your Dolphin DreamMaker
Before or after the conference, come swim with me as I escort you to encounter spinner dolphins.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Dolphins Playing with Leaves

Dolphins enjoy playing with leaves that people bring for them.



Dolphins play with various leaves throughout the world.  Seaweed, coconut fronds, lauhala, and here in Hawaii an almond trees large colorful leaves.  After sonaring the leaves closely, the dolphins pick up chosen ones with their fins,  The leaves may be draped on the dolphin's rostrum, dorsal, pectoral, or tail fins.

Dolphins may carry the leaves for miles.  Or they will shrug the leaves from one fin to another. If they drop off a leaf another dolphin may come behind and pick it up.

 
 
The dolphins also drop off leaves in front of people in the water. They wait to see what the person may do. Sometimes, if the person dives to take the leaf, the dolphin flies in first in a game of 'keep away'.
 
 
 

Dolphins will also pick up plastic bags, fishing line, rope, and other garbage that doesnt belong floating in the sea.

Humpback Whales in Hawaii 2013

Baby Humpback Whales Born in Hawaii along Kona Coast


Young whales are quite curious and spyhop to look around them.  Babies have a creamy white underside.

Winter 2013 has been a fabulous season, with daily sightings of newborns and mother humpback whales.

Everyday we have seen whales while boating right along the Kona Coast.  Young whales are gaining strength by breaching, head slapping, tail slapping, and swimming swiftly alongside mom.

Whales are identified by patterns in the color of the underside of their tail flukes.  Some are almost all black, some are almost all white, and most are some combination and pattern of black and white.

 







We can also discern individuals by the shape of their dorsal fins.



Humpback Whales frequent Hawaiian waters from November to April, but the main whale time is from January 15 to March 30th.  Come see us then!

Monday, January 14, 2013

Diver Rescues Dolphin!

Diver rescues a bottlenose dolphin from entanglement.




Video was taken of an amazing encounter in which a diver takes fishing line off from around a wild bottlenose dolphin. During a manta ray night dive, divemaster regular, Keller, unwraps a fishing line from around the pectoral fin of a bottlenose dolphin while videographer Martina records the unusual event.

If you would like to go out to see the manta rays on a night snorkel, please contact me.

Roberta Goodman
www.wilddolphinshawaii.com