tricky, 'iffy' tasman sea shadow swell not quite here yet, hopefully back up to 3 foot hawaiian by tomorrow - paddled out under a rainbow this morning to mostly flat, mostly crowded, kind of pilau waters ... not much waves, one ok set every 20 minutes, but lots of aloha @ pops, was mainly talk story: w/ one guy who had rigged up an electric motor on his board - 'like a prius' said one rell sunn type local gal - or the turtle steve saw 2 times, or the dolphins we all oohed and awed over as they schooled and jumped out about a hundred yards or so ... rell thought they showed up because they were interested in the guy's motorized board + i think she's right - they had to show off back! but we both got waves, even if some were funny inside wahine waves ... going to see guy cruz @ tapa's tonight: 7-10 no be late ! [but not until stevie cooks up a mess o chicken ... ! mmm.]