Sanctuary Ocean Count 2007 results by site

The highest 2007 site value for a single count is 22.67, at Lua Keālia Luna on Kahoʻolawe in January.

The 2007 Sanctuary Ocean Count ran on three Saturday mornings: January 27, February 24 and March 31.

The results sheets from this season print no island averages. The 2010 report’s island summary gives only a mean for the whole season: Kauaʻi 4.00, Oʻahu 3.33 and Hawaiʻi Island 3.67.

2007 averages by count site

We computed each figure from the results sheet’s site table: whales seen, adults plus calves, averaged over the 15-minute periods that site reported. A dash means the site reported no period that morning. Site names follow our sites list; the sheets’ spellings vary. The sheets print these tables as images, and we typed them in by hand.

Kauaʻi, 2007: average whales (adults plus calves) per 15-minute period at each site, computed from the results sheet's site table
No.	Site	January	February	March
1	Lumahaʻi Lookout	2	3.56	3.89
2	Cliffs at Princeville	6.89	6.56	3.67
3	KPNWR-Kīlauea Lighthouse	5.33	6.22	3.89
4	KPNWR-Crater Hill	3	4.44	4.11
5	Kapaʻa Lookout	3.62	2.89	3.11
6	Ahukini State Recreation Pier	3.22	0.44	0
7	Ninini Lighthouse	4.56	1.33	1.22
8	Māhāʻulepū-Makauwahi Trail	7.67	6	5.56
9	Māhāʻulepū-Makawehi	7.67	6.67	6
10	Makahūʻena Point	9.89	3.78	5.11
11	Poʻipū Beach Park	4.67	3	1.11
12	Kaʻiwa Point	4.67	1.22	2.33
13	Port Allen Cemetery	5.67	3.67	1.11
14	Waimea Canyon Drive	4.67	5.67	2.11
15	Pacific Missile Range Facility	7.44	6.78	4.11

Oʻahu, 2007: average whales (adults plus calves) per 15-minute period at each site, computed from the results sheet's site table
No.	Site	January	February	March
1	Ewa Beach Park	0.67	0.11	0
2	Ko ʻOlina	0.89	0.44	2
3	Māʻili Point	6.33	3.22	3.78
4	Mākua Cave	3.22	2	1.11
5	Kaʻena Point (West Shore)	1	1.89	1.22
6	Kaʻena Point (North Shore)	2.67	1.22	2.67
7	Mokulēʻia Beach Park	2.44	7.22	2.78
8	Puaʻena Point	–	4.44	2.11
9	Shark's Cove	5.78	8.89	3.89
10	Turtle Bay Resort	3.67	3.89	2.89
11	Lāʻie Point	7.89	3.78	5.78
12	Hauʻula Beach Park	0.67	0.11	0.89
13	Kualoa Ranch (Bunkers)	3.33	2.89	3.44
14	Pyramid Rock	–	–	–
15	Mōkapu Point (Monument Point Overlook)	–	–	–
16	Lanikai	2	0.11	2.56
17	Waimānalo Beach Park	0.11	0.11	1.22
18	Makapuʻu Lighthouse	4.33	4.33	11.11
19	Hālona Blowhole	5.67	2.44	5.67
20	Lānaʻi Lookout	8	4.33	8.89
21	Hanauma Bay	8.22	3.11	7.33
22	Spitting Caves	5.11	4.33	4.44
23	Diamond Head	6.33	6.44	3.56
24	Magic Island	2.89	0.11	1.44
25	Kakaʻako Beach Park	1.11	0.89	1

Hawaiʻi Island, 2007: average whales (adults plus calves) per 15-minute period at each site, computed from the results sheet's site table
No.	Site	January	February	March
1	Punaluʻu Black Sand Beach Park	0.89	1.89	0
2	Ka Lae Park	6	3.89	2
3	Miloliʻi Lookout	–	–	–
4	Hoʻokena Beach Park	0	1	0
5	Hōnaunau Lookout	1.33	1.11	0
6	Keauhou Scenic Lookout	4.56	2.56	0
7	Keāhole Point (OTEC)	7.56	5.56	–
8	Hualālai (Four Seasons Resort)	3.44	5.89	3.67
9	Puʻukoholā Heiau National Park	7.89	7.89	4.33
10	Mile Marker 7	9.44	9.11	3
11	Lapakahi State Historical Park	12.22	19.89	3
12	Kapaʻa Beach Park	9.44	7.56	2
13	Old Coast Guard Road	13.17	6.11	4
14	ʻUpolu Point	16.78	6	5.56
15	Waipiʻo Valley lookout	2.33	0.67	–
16	Laupāhoehoe Scenic Lookout	0.44	0.33	0
17	Onekahakaha Beach Park (Hilo Bay)	4.75	3.22	1
18	Kumukahi Lighthouse	0.33	0	0
19	Kehena Lookout	0	0	–
20	Kaʻena Point (Chain of Craters Road)	–	–	–
–	ʻŌʻōkala	1.56	1	0.11
–	Paukaʻa Point	–	–	–

Kahoʻolawe, 2007: average whales (adults plus calves) per 15-minute period at each site, computed from the results sheet's site table
No.	Site	January	February	March
1	Lua Keālia Luna	22.67	8.89	10.22

Sources

We link to each document rather than copy it. Where the original page is gone, the link goes to its Internet Archive copy.

Results sheet, January 27 (Internet Archive copy)
Results sheet, February 24 (Internet Archive copy)
Results sheet with site table (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 site-table cells behind this page’s site averages 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.