About this tool: Hawaiian humpback whale season runs roughly November through May, peaking in February when the densest concentrations gather in the Au‘au Channel between Maui and Lāna‘i. The migration animation above shows the journey from Alaska feeding grounds to Hawaiian breeding waters — the routes are research-based reconstructions, not real-time GPS tracks. The live sightings map below shows real recent observations from the iNaturalist citizen-science platform; tap any pin to see the photo and date.