Hawaii’s humpback whale season can be right here quickly. Hundreds of whales migrate to Hawaii to present start and mate.
Although the height of the season normally begins in January, some whales arrive a bit of earlier. From latest historical past, listed below are the dates of the primary humpback whale sightings in Hawaii.
2006 – October 11
2007 – October 7
2008 – October 8
2009 – October 20
2010 – October 20
2011 — September 26
2012 — August 30
2013 — October 5
2014 — September 16
2015 — September 29
2016 – August 25
2017 — October 10
2018 — October 8
2019 — October 1
2020 — October 8
2021 — September 29
2022 – September 14
When will the primary sighting be for the brand new season? For a little bit of enjoyable, let’s have a bit of contest to see who accurately guesses the primary arrival.
14th Annual Hawaii Humpback Whale First-Sighting Contest
Right here’s how this contest will work.
- Decide the earliest date you suppose the primary whale sighting can be this coming season. Enter your prediction within the remark part, which is on the backside of this publish. (Sorry, however we are able to’t settle for guesses emailed to us or feedback on Fb. In case you are studying this text on e-mail, go to this post page to enter your remark.)
- When coming into your remark, you need to use a legitimate e-mail tackle within the e-mail area in order that we are able to contact you when/in case your prediction is right. Notice that your e-mail tackle will not be publicly seen together with your remark.
- When coming into your remark, you possibly can go away the URL/web site area empty. That’s an non-obligatory area so that you can use when you have your personal web site.
- Notice: in case you are a first-time commenter, your remark will first go into moderation. It could as much as 12 hours for us to be alerted. As soon as we’re alerted to it, we are going to approve it, then it should show.
- The closest prediction with out going over will win bragging rights and a duplicate of Fascinating Info About Hawaii by Jim Loomis.
- We’ll use Hawaii newspapers and information stations as our sources to find out the primary whale sighting of this season.
- One entry per particular person can be accepted.
- Anybody from around the globe is eligible to enter. We’ve got a two-time winner from Italy.
- Entries can be accepted by way of September 8, 2023. Within the occasion that the primary whale sighting is earlier than September 8, legitimate entries can be accepted by way of the day earlier than the reported sighting.
This yr’s prize is a e book of Fascinating Info About Hawaii by Jim Loomis. Right here’s the picture of the entrance cowl.
Alright, it’s time now to enter your guess within the remark part.
