After watching the whales from the balcony of our apartment it was decided that we should do a whale watching trip to get a little closer. As you can imagine there is quite a variety of options. We chose a shorter trip (2hrs) which provided dinner and free booze and sunset.
The kids were really great on the boat. The first time we have been cold in ages.
Not long into the trip and we came across a pod of about 200 spinner dolphins. It was awesome, they were rounding up their dinner and going nuts jumping and spinning out of the water.
As they do the dolphins also played in the bow waves of the boat so it time to move forward for a better view.
Without a DSLR it is a little bit of hit and miss but we got a few good shots.
It's blowing 20-25 knots and we come across about six guys in open-ocean kayaks. At least they were smart enough to go with the wind. A bloody tough sport this one. There wasn't a fishing rod holder on one of them - why would you have a boat of any kind without a fishing rod holder - I just don't get it.
The whales weren't playing the game so the skipper took us in a little closer to the mainland. This is one of the lagoons where they have filmed several movies in Kauai. Thorn Birds, Jurassic Park, Pacific to name a few.
Not a very of the ocean from this golf course. Not much protection from the wind here and you definately don't want to go to far right/left on this course.
Daddy and Jaxon went to line up for dinner. Indi couldn't see us and got a little concerned that we had gone to play with the dolphins without here.
Cocktails and Kids - does it get any better?
On the journey home there was an opportunity for some 'Titanic' photo shots. The skipper bravely took on the task of looking after Jaxon and Indi so we could take advantage.
A very brave skipper indeed.
Not a bad 'at-sea-sunset' to end the day. In the end we saw one whale that put it's tail up and dove deep as seen as we got close. So not the most successful whale watching tour but fun all the same.
The kids were really great on the boat. The first time we have been cold in ages.
Not long into the trip and we came across a pod of about 200 spinner dolphins. It was awesome, they were rounding up their dinner and going nuts jumping and spinning out of the water.
As they do the dolphins also played in the bow waves of the boat so it time to move forward for a better view.
Without a DSLR it is a little bit of hit and miss but we got a few good shots.
It's blowing 20-25 knots and we come across about six guys in open-ocean kayaks. At least they were smart enough to go with the wind. A bloody tough sport this one. There wasn't a fishing rod holder on one of them - why would you have a boat of any kind without a fishing rod holder - I just don't get it.
The whales weren't playing the game so the skipper took us in a little closer to the mainland. This is one of the lagoons where they have filmed several movies in Kauai. Thorn Birds, Jurassic Park, Pacific to name a few.
Not a very of the ocean from this golf course. Not much protection from the wind here and you definately don't want to go to far right/left on this course.
Daddy and Jaxon went to line up for dinner. Indi couldn't see us and got a little concerned that we had gone to play with the dolphins without here. 
Cocktails and Kids - does it get any better?
On the journey home there was an opportunity for some 'Titanic' photo shots. The skipper bravely took on the task of looking after Jaxon and Indi so we could take advantage.
A very brave skipper indeed.
Not a bad 'at-sea-sunset' to end the day. In the end we saw one whale that put it's tail up and dove deep as seen as we got close. So not the most successful whale watching tour but fun all the same.
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