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Mahalo for your concern for the whale's wellbeing. We agree that is the most important thing always. We were close, yes. But we were over 100 yards away and she approached us. The law in the islands is that you cannot motor within the 100 yard vicinity of a whale. We could not engage our engines and drive away to distance ourselves because that would endanger her, The roving engine, if not maiming the female, would certainly have agitated her. She came to us, closer and closer, and we followed her lead.

@@divemaui8998 that’s so good to hear. And I applaud you all for this footage. And thanks for the reply. I will be in a Hawaii in a few months. Maybe I’ll have a dive with you guys🤗

We always remain 100 yards from whales and if they approach we turn off our engines. In this instance the female approached our boat and we could not start the engines to move away. Indeed turning on the engines and motoring away from a whale when they are that close would endanger the animal. Protecting these whales is our utmost priority and we would never motor when they are too close or go closer than 100 yards. Sometimes, however, the whales do come to us and that is what happened here.

Mugged by a pregnant whale 🐋😍 what a blessing

The footage you are seeing is taken from a phone on a boat. It is illegal to go in the water with these whales. We respect them greatly and would not break the law or get too close. We were on the water and the whale approached us so we had to turn off the engines. The naturalist put her phone in the water to see the whale and we noticed a fluke coming out. This is not high quality, but it is the first time we have ever seen even the beginning of a humpback being born.

Thank you for understanding how special this is. The footage is not "eventful" and "bad" because we did not get in the water. This whale approached us and we simply put a phone in the water and saw what was happening. Birth is not meant to be entertainment. It is however beautiful and the first time we have seen even the beginning of the birth of a humpback whale. They are elusive and majestic animals.

@@divemaui8998 exactly 😊

90% of whale's lives are underwater. On a whale watch you are lucky to see portions of the other 10%. It is illegal to swim with whales on Maui and we also abide by the law that you must stay 100 yards away from whales when on a boat. This female approached our boat and we had to turn off the engines. This is what we saw when she came close to us by putting a camera in the water and standing on the deck of the boat. It is actually quite remarkable as a humpback's birth has never been documented. We called NOAA when we saw this happening and NOAA respectfully followed the female until she swam into water that was too rough. It is the closest we have to footage of a humpback whale being born and was very exciting for the researchers on Maui.

@@divemaui8998 thanks for clarifying that. I thought you were under water with the whale hence my response. Thank you for sharing it.👍

Not much worth seeing????!!!???? That was amazing!!! When you find other footage of a humpback birth, please let the world know, since this insanely rare footage of such seemed to be a snooze fest for ya.

When we saw the whale being born we called NOAA because the birth of a humpback has never been documented. Then whale swam away and we did not pursue her so as to give her space. We were only as close as we were because we stopped 100 yards away and the female chose to swim towards our boat. Once she was closer than 100 yards we turned off our engines and waited for her to move away.

OMG OMG that was weird