The highest 2006 site value for a single count (from the 2010 report) is 16, at Lua Keālia Luna on Kahoʻolawe in February.
The 2006 Sanctuary Ocean Count ran on three Saturday mornings: January 28, February 25 and March 25. No source we hold gives an island figure for any single count this season. We list each site’s value per count from the sanctuary’s 2010 report.
The 2010 report’s island summary gives only a mean for the whole season: Kauaʻi 3.67, Oʻahu 2.67 and Hawaiʻi Island 2.67.
2006 averages by count site
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 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | KPNWR-Kīlauea Lighthouse | 7 | 13 | 3 |
| 4 | KPNWR-Crater Hill | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Kapaʻa Lookout | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| 6 | Ahukini State Recreation Pier | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Ninini Lighthouse | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | Māhāʻulepū-Makawehi | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | Makahūʻena Point | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | Poʻipū Beach Park | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | Kaʻiwa Point | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Port Allen Cemetery | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | Waimea Canyon Drive | 1 | 2 | – |
| 15 | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| (2) | Princeville Hotel ‡ | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| (8) | Mahaulepu Haula ‡ | 6 | 4 | – |
| No. | Site | January | February | March |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ewa Beach Park | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ko ʻOlina | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Māʻili Point | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Mākua Cave | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Kaʻena Point (West Shore) | 5 | – | 5 |
| 6 | Kaʻena Point (North Shore) | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Mokulēʻia Beach Park | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | Puaʻena Point | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Shark's Cove | 6 | 13 | 6 |
| 10 | Turtle Bay Resort | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | Lāʻie Point | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Hauʻula Beach Park | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Kualoa Ranch (Bunkers) | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Pyramid Rock | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 15 | Mōkapu Point (Monument Point Overlook) | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | Lanikai | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Waimānalo Beach Park | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Makapuʻu Lighthouse | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| 19 | Hālona Blowhole | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 20 | Lānaʻi Lookout | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 21 | Hanauma Bay | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 22 | Spitting Caves | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Diamond Head | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Magic Island | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Kakaʻako Beach Park | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| No. | Site | January | February | March |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punaluʻu Black Sand Beach Park | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Ka Lae Park | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Miloliʻi Lookout | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Hoʻokena Beach Park | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Hōnaunau Lookout | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Keauhou Scenic Lookout | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Keāhole Point (OTEC) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Hualālai (Four Seasons Resort) | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Puʻukoholā Heiau National Park | 14 | 14 | 1 |
| 10 | Mile Marker 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 |
| 11 | Lapakahi State Historical Park | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| 12 | Kapaʻa Beach Park | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | Old Coast Guard Road | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 14 | ʻUpolu Point | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | Waipiʻo Valley lookout | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Laupāhoehoe Scenic Lookout | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | Onekahakaha Beach Park (Hilo Bay) | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | Kumukahi Lighthouse | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Kehena Lookout | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Kaʻena Point (Chain of Craters Road) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| – | ʻŌʻōkala | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| – | Paukaʻa Point | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| No. | Site | January | February | March |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lua Keālia Luna | 13 | 16 | – |
‡ Report sites we could not match to a site on our sites list; the report’s own site number is in parentheses.
Sources
We link to each document rather than copy it. Where the original page is gone, the link goes to its 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 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.