wildwahinepaddler

A sunny morning!  The sun is coming up earlier these days.  Very nice!

Nice!

It was a very gray morning.  It looked like it was going to rain.  I walked the beach and no way the sun was coming out!  I went swimming and the water was SO clear.  I swam with a school of about forty fish….. watched two fish harassing three crabs….. and spotted a baby turtle zipping by …..headed out to sea.  I managed to actually take a photo and those little turtles are so fast!  The sun came out briefly…. which was nice but the wind kept up.  I am hoping for some better conditions very soon!  Too choppy for Paddling…..

Wow!

What a stormy looking morning!  We are supposed to get thunderstorms today but I had hoped it would be later.  I walked the beach and it was so humid.  I was dripping with sweat and happy to go swimming sunny or not!  The water is so clear and swimming was great.  I only saw fish today, but I went out Paddling too!  The weather was iffy but I went anyway.  It was pretty nice Paddling down to the boat ramp…. but two outrigger canoes were there with some tourists snorkeling.  I was hoping to have the place to myself.  It took forever for the turtles to surface.  I think they were hiding from the people diving down at them.  The local guys on the outrigger should know better.  Anyway… I ended up with six turtles for the day and got some photos .   Then it seemed the wind might be coming in so I paddled back.  Sure enough…. by the time I got to the end of Kam 3….. it got really windy!  It was a ton of work Paddling against the wind and white caps.  It’s been awhile since I got caught in the wind like that!  It was a real chore getting my board strapped up on my racks in that wind too.  Oh well…. I am glad I got out, who knows what tomorrow might be like?  I’m still waiting for Spring conditions to really kick in….. it’s already April!

Finally a good sunset!!

Just when I thought Spring had sprung….. it got stormy and rainy!  So many days of waking up to rain and then came the swell really messing up the ocean conditions.  Five days later….. we finally catch a break from the rain!  A sunny day was such a treat!  The ocean conditions are not that good yet, though, and it was windy but at least the wind was blowing in the right direction to get rid of the nasty Vog.  This was a bad bout of Vog…. it made me actually feel sick.  Then it mixed with stormy clouds and was miserable!  At least the rain did help wash away some of the Vog too.  The upside is everywhere you look is so green!  I walked the beach and then went swimming….. just back stroking today.  Hopefully tomorrow morning will be a good swimming day and maybe Paddling too, if it’s not windy early like today….. we will see….

It’s been so stormy!  Finally some color in tonight’s sunset sky but it was just pouring rain again tonight!  Where is Spring?

This was the second day of Vog….. yuck!  We need our normal trade winds back to blow it out.  The sun struggled to stay out and eventually lost out to the Vog.  I walked the beach and went swimming.  The water is so clear!  I didn’t see any turtles until I went Paddling. I ran into my first turtle just outside of Kam 1!  The snorkel boat was at my favorite spot with all its noisy tourists….. but not as many as yesterday.  I had five turtles at the boat ramp….. one was Bumpy!  That turtle is not only a poser….. but she likes to get halfway under my board and clunk it.  She did it twice!  It stayed nice on my way back and one more turtle popped up at the point and I had it all to myself.  That made seven turtles for me today!  I hope it’s nice tomorrow too…..it’s Easter!

Nice!!