Whale experts will be monitoring the location of a juvenile humpback after failing to free the animal from several hundred feet of heavy rope Tuesday.
Ed Lyman, marine mammal response manager for the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, said he hoped to make another attempt to free the whale today if conditions are right.

Rescuers responded after a Pacific Whale Foundation tour boat spotted the animal about three miles off Puamana.
But by the time they arrived at the scene and assessed the situation, the whale had moved into the channel between Maui and Molokaçi, and conditions were too rough to attempt a disentanglement, Lyman said.
Rescuers instead attached a transmitter to the ropes so they could track the whale’s location, he said.
"If the whale stays nearby, and the weather cooperates, we can mount another effort," he said.
Boaters who encounter the tangled whale should not get too close, Lyman said.
"Especially do not get behind that animal," he said. Some boaters who have done so in the past ended up getting their propellers caught in the rope. "They get a Nantucket sleigh ride the wrong way," he said.
Anyone who sees an entangled or distressed whale should report the sighting by calling (888) 256-9840.
The whale spotted Tuesday is a juvenile, between 2 and 5 years old, and is about 30 to 35 feet long, Lyman said.
"The entanglement is life-threatening," Lyman said. "It's in the mouth, and it's over the body. It's yellow, polypropylene line, pretty heavy gauge, and it's several hundred feet of line on the animal."
Lyman estimated the whale was tangled in 400 to 500 feet of rope in all, noting it trailed two long strands, each more than 100 to 200 feet long and ending in large, tangled knots.
The whale had several cuts on its body, and its skin was rough and a light color - "all indicators of poor health," Lyman said.
Lyman gave credit to the Pacific Whale Foundation for reporting the whale and then staying near it until rescuers arrived. The foundation reports a number of entangled and distressed whales every year, he said.
"They have a large fleet of boats, so they're great first-responders. They do a lot of reporting, and they stood by this whale for a long time," he said. "Big brownie points on that, a big help."
The U.S. Coast Guard also helped monitor the animal with its helicopter on Tuesday, and a private boater stayed nearby, he said.
Pacific Whale Foundation spokeswoman Anne Rillero said the foundation's Ocean Explorer stayed with the whale until it had to return its passengers to shore, then returned to Maçalaea while another boater stayed on the scene, and came back to help monitor the whale after it picked up its next load of passengers. Rescuers arrived at around 10 a.m., she said.
"It's a community effort. I cannot stress that enough," Lyman said. "If it isn't for these people, we don't do a thing."