Swimming with spinners

Spinner dolphins, that is.  This morning, with very calm ocean conditions, we kayaked across Kealakekua Bay and had the great fortune to encounter a pod of spinner dolphins that were deep inside the bay.  A band of snorkelers swam along side them, and so we jumped in as well.

View from the surface of the bay

Being in the presence of wild dolphins is great.  We certainly didn't touch them, although it looked like other people were trying to.  One woman was singing or talking to them.  Most of the dolphins were travelling with 2 or 3 others.  Watching them swim back and forth was like viewing a ballet.

As we paddled back from the Captain Cook monument, we observed a flotilla of kayaks surrounding the dolphins.  No rest for the dolphins today.

Wonderful way to spend the day.