Surface — the free whale season newsletter
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You witness a breath, a tail, a breach, and then it's gone. Subscribe and I'll bring you the rest of the story, straight from Maui's waters, all season long.
— Emily 🐋
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What arrives all season
A pod at the surface · From a helicopter From the water.
Weekly stories and images from underwater, the air and the boat, December through April.
Emily McCulliss · On the water New interviews.
Conversations with the people who know these waters best.
Humpback breaching · West Maui Kinetic, yours to keep.
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Every sighting holds more than you see.
You witness a breath, a tail, a breach, and then it's gone. But there's who that whale is, what it's doing, and what's happening just below the surface. Surface brings you the rest of the story.
Two humpbacks in shafts of light · Below
Three ways of seeing
What following along supports
Research
Fluke photographs help researchers recognize individual whales season after season.
Protection
Documenting scars and entanglement supports the teams who free whales.
Meet Emily
I'm Emily McCulliss, founder and photographer of Maui Whales & Ocean Tales. For five years I've photographed Maui's humpbacks, and this winter I'd love to bring you along.
— Emily 🐋
Come along this season. It's free.
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