Finally today it was decent conditions for paddling and I was so glad to be out there after a two day break.  Things started out quite mellow with no wind . Down at the boat ramp something blue swam up and then darted under my board, only to disappear into the cloudy water.  It was a manta ray swimming on it’s back!  On the way back, the conditions on the ocean got interesting.  There was a rolling swell coming from the south east, which would have  had me gliding back smoothly, but suddenly a wind started blowing from the north that created some chop wind waves!  The two conditions were butting up against each other creating some rough paddling, so today I really had to work to get back.  I never complain about getting some extra workout, though,  it’s all good!