The highest island figure for 2004 is 4.90 whales per site per 15-minute period, for Kauaʻi in January. The lowest is 0.97, for Hawaiʻi Island in March. March was the lowest or tied for lowest of the three figures on Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, but not on Oʻahu.
The 2004 Sanctuary Ocean Count ran on three Saturday mornings: January 31, February 28 and March 27. We list the island means from the sanctuary’s annual report, and each site’s value per count from the sanctuary’s 2010 report.
Island figures, 2004
The annual report gives each island’s mean per site per 15-minute period with its standard error (after ±).
| Count | Kauaʻi | Oʻahu | Hawaiʻi Island | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January January 31 | 4.90 ± 0.03 | 2.07 ± 0.20 | 3.16 ± 0.34 | annual report |
| February February 28 | 4.31 ± 0.03 | 1.92 ± 0.16 | 1.89 ± 0.16 | annual report |
| March March 27 | 2.32 ± 0.02 | 2.52 ± 0.17 | 0.97 ± 0.12 | annual report |
2004 averages by count site
The highest 2004 site value for a single count (from the 2010 report) is 16, at Mahaulepu Haula on Kauaʻi in February.
The sanctuary’s 2010 report prints each site’s average whales per 15-minute period for every count from 2002 to 2010, as a whole number. We typed its tables in by hand. A dash means the report prints NA: the site was closed, its counters sent in no data sheet, or its data were unreliable. Site names follow our sites list; the report’s spellings vary.
| No. | Site | January | February | March |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lumahaʻi Lookout | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | KPNWR-Kīlauea Lighthouse | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | KPNWR-Crater Hill | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Kapaʻa Lookout | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Ahukini State Recreation Pier | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Ninini Lighthouse | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | Māhāʻulepū-Makawehi | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | Makahūʻena Point | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Poʻipū Beach Park | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Kaʻiwa Point | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | Port Allen Cemetery | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Waimea Canyon Drive | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| (2) | Princeville Hotel ‡ | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| (8) | Mahaulepu Haula ‡ | 14 | 16 | 3 |
| No. | Site | January | February | March |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ewa Beach Park | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ko ʻOlina | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Māʻili Point | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Mākua Cave | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Kaʻena Point (West Shore) § | 4 | – | 2 |
| 6 | Kaʻena Point (North Shore) | 1 | – | – |
| 7 | Mokulēʻia Beach Park § | 4 | – | 2 |
| 8 | Puaʻena Point | 1 | – | 1 |
| 9 | Shark's Cove | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Turtle Bay Resort | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Lāʻie Point | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | Hauʻula Beach Park | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Kualoa Ranch (Bunkers) | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | Pyramid Rock | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | Mōkapu Point (Monument Point Overlook) | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Lanikai | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Waimānalo Beach Park | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Makapuʻu Lighthouse | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 19 | Hālona Blowhole | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | Lānaʻi Lookout | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 21 | Hanauma Bay | 3 | – | 8 |
| 22 | Spitting Caves | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | Diamond Head | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Magic Island | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Kakaʻako Beach Park | 0 | – | 1 |
| No. | Site | January | February | March |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punaluʻu Black Sand Beach Park | 0 | – | – |
| 2 | Ka Lae Park | 2 | – | 0 |
| 3 | Miloliʻi Lookout | 1 | – | 0 |
| 4 | Hoʻokena Beach Park | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Hōnaunau Lookout | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Keauhou Scenic Lookout | 1 | – | 1 |
| 7 | Keāhole Point (OTEC) | 1 | – | 0 |
| 8 | Hualālai (Four Seasons Resort) | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Puʻukoholā Heiau National Park | 11 | – | 3 |
| 10 | Mile Marker 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | Lapakahi State Historical Park | 9 | – | 3 |
| 12 | Kapaʻa Beach Park | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Old Coast Guard Road | 8 | – | 3 |
| 14 | ʻUpolu Point | 0 | – | – |
| 15 | Waipiʻo Valley lookout | 1 | – | 1 |
| 16 | Laupāhoehoe Scenic Lookout | 0 | – | 0 |
| 17 | Onekahakaha Beach Park (Hilo Bay) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kumukahi Lighthouse | 0 | – | 0 |
| 19 | Kehena Lookout | 0 | – | 0 |
| 20 | Kaʻena Point (Chain of Craters Road) | 0 | – | 0 |
| – | ʻŌʻōkala | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| – | Paukaʻa Point | – | – | – |
| No. | Site | January | February | March |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lua Keālia Luna | – | – | – |
§ For 2002 to 2005 the report prints the same values for Mokulēʻia Beach Park and Kaʻena Point (West Shore), so one of the two is probably a copy error; we show both as printed.
‡ Report sites we could not match to a site on our sites list; the report’s own site number is in parentheses.
Kahoʻolawe by 15-minute period, 2004
The 2010 report prints NA for Kahoʻolawe in all three 2004 counts, but the 2004 annual report gives them in its own table: whales at its one site that year, which the report calls Kalialua, also printed Kealialuna, in each 15-minute period, with no adult and calf split. Bad weather canceled the February and March counts there.
| Period starts | January |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am | – |
| 8:30 am | – |
| 9:00 am | 6 |
| 9:30 am | 7 |
| 10:00 am | 9 |
| 10:30 am | 6 |
| 11:00 am | 9 |
| 11:30 am | 8 |
| 12:00 pm | 5 |
Sources
We link to each document rather than copy it. Where the original page is gone, the link goes to its Internet Archive copy.
- Maldini, D. (2004). Annual Census of Humpback Whales around Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, Kauaʻi and Kahoʻolawe, 2004. Beaufort 9 Consulting (Internet Archive copy)
- Cullum, A. M. (2010). Sanctuary Ocean Count: Analysis of Humpback Whale Census and Behavior Data 2002-2010, part 1 (Internet Archive copy)
- Cullum, A. M. (2010). Sanctuary Ocean Count: Analysis of Humpback Whale Census and Behavior Data 2002-2010, part 2 (Internet Archive copy)
- Cullum, A. M. (2010). Sanctuary Ocean Count: Analysis of Humpback Whale Census and Behavior Data 2002-2010, part 3 (Internet Archive copy)
The official record is on oceancount.org, and you register for the next count there too. The island figures and the 2010 report’s site values on this page are also in our download files; the methods page compares how each source averages and rounds its figures. This site is independent and not part of NOAA or the Sanctuary Ocean Count.