Hawaiian Islands
Humpback Whale
National Marine Sanctuary
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Hear the haunting song of humpback whales and join a sea turtle for a day at the spa.

Northeast and Great Lakes Region

Mallows Bay-Potomac River Monitor Stellwagen Bank Thunder Bay

West Coast Region

Channel Islands Cordell Bank Greater Farallones Monterey Bay Olympic Coast

Pacific Islands Region

American Samoa Hawaii Humpback Whale Papahānaumokuākea

Southeast Region

Florida Keys Flower Garden Banks Gray's Reef
waves crash against rocks on a rocky coast

Climate Change in your Sanctuaries
a humpback whale mother and calf swim next to eachother

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
a whale breaches near a noaa response raft

Whale Disentanglement
The head of a humpback whale

Humpback Whales
a sea turtle

Hawaiian Reef Creatures
People work on a small hut near the ocean

Nature and Culture in Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
A green sea turtle surrounded by fish

Honu (green sea turtle)
A shark with a white tip on its dorsal fin

Whitetip Reef Shark
aerial view of molkini crater

Diving Molokini Crater
hawaiian monk seal resting on a beach

Hawaiian Monk Seals
whale breaching near a boat

Freeing a Humpback Whale
overhead view of humpback whales swimming underwater

Humpback Whales
turtle and a shark facing off under a reef

Turtle Versus Shark
whale tangled in fishing equipment

What does it take to disentangle a whale?
man playing a guitar

Surfing in Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
uncle sol

Sol Kaho'ohalahala
kimokeo kapahulehua on a canoe with paddle in hand

Kimokeo Kapahulehua
a small waterfall forming a rocky stream

Hanohano Na'ehu
two sea turtles surrounded by fish

Hawaiian Adventure