| About whale watching |
Every year, when winter arrives, the humpback whales
come to the sea area of the Kerama Islands. They stay and eat rich
food during the summer time at northern sea of the surrounding of
Aleutian Islands, and after for breeding activities they come back
to the warm area sea of Okinawa.
Let's participate to the whale watching and why not to observe the
life of the humpback whales? Caudal fin hitting and jumping, you can
see the magnificent mystery habitat of the humpback whales, the giant
sea mammal which the body weight is 30 tons, 15 meters long. |
| How to find them at the sea |
The humpback whales can be found easily at the sea
because they blow high up almost right angle, and move up and down
the caudal fin before they submerge deep, and also they have a unique
showy shape.
They are also called as "romping whales" because, of their various
behavior and movements in between the whales family.
Jumping and the movement they make hitting the water with the caudal fin and the pectoral fin making loud noise to let the sound rich distant places away of many kilometers. Their swimming speed is slow, and easy to get closer, sometimes they come closer. |
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