Big Island resort opens Humpback Whale Center

Islanders enjoy whale watching

It’s a nice winter day in Hawai‘i, and you are on the beach checking out the horizon. Without warning, a huge humpback whale launches itself out of the water, arches its back with outstretched fins, and creates an enormous and loud white splash as it crashes back into the ocean, leaving behind a lingering salty mist. All of this happens in a matter of seconds, and you didn’t have a camera to capture that breathtaking moment.