Today was “manta ray day” at Kamaole Beach Park I!  Three large manta rays were out in front of the lifeguard tower, but when I paddled down towards Cove Park,  I was suddenly surrounded by about ten manta rays!  The large group was just hanging out there and the stand up paddlers and kayakers were in heaven.  First I paddled around with one of the manta rays, then I came across another one and paddled around with that one for a while.  I think I paddled with at least five of them!  A couple of them came right next to my board, flapping their fin against it and they were so close I was tempted to reach out and touch them!  It was amazing.  And just when I  thought the day couldn’t get much better than that,  I came across a turtle on my swim and swam along with it for about ten minutes.  What a great day out on the ocean!