WHALE TALES – A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE

The Whale Tales program will be broadcast live over two days and will feature nearly 10 hours of whales and expert talks, plus virtual whale watches and a virtual snorkel trip. More than 50 leading SCIENTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, MUSICIANS, and VIDEOGRAPHERS will share 25 TED-style sessions and 32 check-ins from around the world over two days. Share with your family and friends on your laptop, mobile device, or big screen.

Event registration includes all presentations, the on-demand library, the education expo, and virtual whale watches. Whale Tales has something for everyone, including a section just for kids! Plus, you will have access to the archive of this one-of-a-kind event until March 15, 2021.

The tax-deductible minimum donation to access this event is $60.

Student, educator, and kamaʻāina discounts available.

Register to Attend

PROGRAM

ON DEMAND SESSIONS

These sessions are available for access outside of the daily live streams and are included with your event registration.

• Robin Baird, PhD, Cascadia Research
  Dwarf Sperm Whales in Hawaiian Waters: Using Drones, Photo-ID, and Citizen Science to Study a Difficult-to-study Species
• Lars Bejder, PhD University of Hawaii at Manoa – Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
  The Energetic Cost of Humpback Whale Migration
• Rachel Cartwright, PhD, The Keiki Kohola Project
  Weathering the Lean Years – How Maui’s Moms and Calves Fared Through Recent Climate-based Disruptions in the North Pacific.
• Hannah Cubaynes, PhD, British Antarctic Survey
  Whales from Space
• Ralph Lee Hopkins, Ralph Lee Hopkins Photography and Lindblad Expeditions
  Whale Tales 2021 – A Look Back At Five Years Of Photo Expeditions
• Anke Kügler, Marine Biology Graduate Program, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
  What male humpback whale song chorusing can reveal about their ecology
• Marc Lammers, PhD, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
  The Occurrence of Humpback Whales in the NWHI Revealed Through a Marine Drone
• Ed Lyman, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
  The Science Behind Large Whale Entanglement Response
• Joseph Mobley, PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  2019-20 Humpback Whale Aerial Survey Project
• Ralph Pace, Ralph Pace Photography and Whale Trust
  Whales of Monterey
• Debbie Patton, Captain Steve’s Rafting
  Humpback Birth Video, Update
• Brian Skerry, Brian Skerry Photography and National Geographic
  Secrets of the Whales
• Kate Stafford, PhD, University of Washington
  Listening to a Changing Arctic

VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES

These virtual experiences will be available to access throughout the weekend and are included with your event registration.

• Virtual Whale Watch, Ultimate Whale Watch
• Getting Mugged! A Whale Watch Experience, Captain Steve’s Rafting
• Virtual Snorkel, MOCMI

Global Check-In Speakers

Kid’s Corner

• Magen Shifiliti, Eat Less Plastic
  Eat Less Plastic
• Patty Miller, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
  Humpback Whales 101 – Whale To Scale
• Shelby Brown, Whale Trust
  How Do We Tell Whales Apart?
• Kim Nesbitt, Linblad Expeditions
  Welcome to Alaska
• Haley Robb, Whale Trust
  Humpback Whale Song
• Jayme Cellitioci, Ocean Innovators
  Wonder is My Compass
• George Kahumoku Jr.
  Ocean Ambassador Abby Rogers Interviews Uncle George

These companies donate whale watches annually to support whale research in Hawaii through Whale Tales. We encourage you to choose from these companies when booking your whale watches and ocean adventures in Maui Nui.