Go Go to Hawaii’s 11th annual contest to foretell the season’s first humpback whale sighting

So far as we all know, the 1000’s of humpback whales who go to Hawaii every winter are not topic to the 14-day quarantine. 😉 So, we anticipate humpback whale season to proceed as regular.

Although the start of Hawaii’s humpback whale season doesn’t typically begin till December/January, some whales nonetheless don’t have calendars 😉 and they also arrive earlier. In truth, it’s potential that some whales are on their solution to Hawaii proper now. Due to this fact, it’s time to kick off our 11th annual contest to foretell the primary humpback whale sighting of the 2020/2021 season!

Right here’s how this enjoyable and straightforward little contest works:

• Choose the earliest date you suppose the primary whale sighting will probably be this 12 months.  Enter your prediction within the remark part, which is at the bottom of this blog post. (Sorry, however we are able to’t settle for guesses emailed to us or feedback on Fb. In case you are studying this text on electronic mail, go to this post page to enter your remark.)
  • When getting into your remark, you need to use a legitimate electronic mail handle within the electronic mail subject in order that we are able to contact you when/in case your prediction is appropriate. Notice that your electronic mail handle will not be seen with the remark.
  • When getting into your remark, you’ll be able to depart the URL/web site subject empty. That’s an optionally available subject so that you can use when you’ve got your individual web site.
  • Notice: in case you are a first-time commenter, your remark will first go into moderation. It could as much as 12 hours for us to be alerted. As soon as we’re alerted to it, we are going to approve it, then it should show.

• The closest prediction with out going over will win bragging rights and the small prize.
• Within the occasion of a tie, we are going to randomly choose a winner from the tied predictions.
• We’ll use Hawaii newspapers and information stations as our sources to find out the primary whale sighting of this season.
• One entry per individual will probably be accepted.
• Anybody from world wide is eligible to enter. We’ve a two-time winner from Italy.
• Entries will probably be accepted by means of September 15, 2020.  Within the occasion that the primary whale sighting is earlier than September 15, legitimate entries will probably be accepted by means of the day earlier than the reported sighting.

To your reference, right here’s a listing of the first-recorded sightings lately.

2006 – October 11
2007 – October 7
2008 – October 8
2009 – October 20
2010 – October 20
2011 — September 26
2012 — August  30
2013 — October 5
2014 — September 16
2015 — September 29
2016 – August 25
2017 — October 10
2018 — October 8
2019 — October 1

This 12 months’s enjoyable little prize has a pineapple theme. There’s a magnetic 2021 calendar with a notepad, eyeglass case and baggage tag.

So, when do you suppose the primary humpback whale sighting will probably be this 12 months?