Report from South Kona

Lots of Whales sounding down on the moon like sea , late in the night . Slapping and blowing , noise of water and air blasting out , a fountain on the ocean . They will be leaving soon with their new calves and traveling back to the plankton rich waters of the north . I left the camera out running on night and may have got some of the sounds . They are hard to predict , sounding loud , then nothing for long minutes . Back ground noise of the rustling of the plants may have made it hard to record .

Plenty of rain on and off the last few days . Thunder from up the slopes , lightning flashing here and there on and off . Large drops of rain soaking down and just down the same street dry and not a drop . Big thunder storms drifting around white and fluffy on top black and reaching for the ground with rain drops on the bottom .

Surf has been on a little roller coaster ride , increasing in the middle of the week and suddenly dropping down to nothing and then the next day rising for a bit . Over all I haven’t been able to surf much . Getting back to the afternoon surfing again after having a weird couple of weeks , got out of the swing and groove .

Vapors and Smiles , Steve