Maui Now: 529 Whales Sighted off Maui During Great Whale Count 2018 Now in its 30th year on Maui, the Great Whale Count once again demonstrated the power of citizen-science as over 100 volunteers worked with Pacific Whale Foundation researchers on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 to record whale sightings from Maui’s shore. In total, they recorded 529 humpback whales, including 335 pods (or groups of whales), and 62 calves.  The sites with the highest number of whales were McGregor Point, with 93…