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It was another beautiful day today, but the ocean was not nearly as calm as yesterday.  There was a bit of a swell or surge as the tide was still pretty high…….but the red flags didn’t get posted until I got back.  I got out okay and headed down to the boat ramp.  Hardly anyone was out today….. and for a Saturday that is odd!  I was a bit wary of the wind because the wind prediction was for 20 mph winds today.  I don’t like getting caught in the wind!  I paddled down to the boat ramp and it was quite nice there and immediately I had two turtles surface!  I cruised up between them and sat in contentment.  Then two more turtles popped up and I was surrounded by four turtles!  A guy paddled by and there we were……just me and four turtles just hanging out!  I counted twelve turtles in all for today but there were most likely more but I didn’t want to tempt fate with the wind.  I paddled back, and ran into a paddling friend, so we paddled north together.  It was pretty nice but there was a slight wind at our back, so when we turned around, the wind was blowing against us. I saw something splash out farther on the ocean……then a little farther south, it splashed again!  We paddled out to take a look but it disappeared, whatever it was.  My swim was great and the water is still so warm!  The visibility is a bit kicked up , though, due to this little swell.  I wish the visibility would improve down at the reef!  It sure was a beautiful day, it was even totally clear way up on the Haleakala too!