Rogue swells!

Posted on April 12, 2011 by wildwahinepaddler

The morning was just beautiful.  A bit of a swell is still with us and visibility in the water is not good, but 0ut on the water it was very smooth with hardly a breeze blowing.  It seemed like perfect paddling conditions.  But when I was passing Kam II, out of nowhere I paddled over quite a large swell!  Then another, and another!  Then it disappeared as quickly as it appeared.  I looked around for any other paddlers, but the only ones I could see were not near where I was.  I continued on to Kam III where I saw a turtle briefly, then encountered another set of swells, luckily not as big as the last ones.  It was so odd, and no wind was blowing.  When I got back I heard there was another earthquake in Japan yesterday.  I wonder if the strange currents and pitching swells were related to that?  It was kind of freaky!

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About wildwahinepaddler

I have been happily living on Maui for the past twenty-four years. I have been stand up paddling for over five years. I am married to Bob; have three grown children, five grandchildren,( two grandsons and three grand daughters.) I live in Kihei, on the South shore of Maui, right up the street from Kamaole Beach Park I. I paddle from Kam I almost every morning. I love living the island life and I love sharing my paddling adventures! Come join me! Maui No Ka Oi!
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2 Responses to Rogue swells!

  1. cordia's avatar cordia says:
    April 12, 2011 at 8:42 am

    hi thank you for the blog! can we get a group to go paddling together? would love to meet some fellow paddling ladies here. 🙂

    • wildwahinepaddler's avatar wildwahinepaddler says:
      April 12, 2011 at 10:32 am

      aloha

      thank you for visiting my blog! I am giving a neat wild wahine paddler bumper sticker to everyone who subscribes and joins the fun. If you would like one, please email me your mailing address so I can send you one. My car proudly wears one! And they are getting quite popular. One lady paddler who subscribed even purchased 8 of them to give to friends! I would love to get a group together to paddle. Where do you usually paddle? Do you live in Kihei? talk to you soon…. mary

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