Yesterday morning (Monday) we surprised to see a big rock on the sand in front of Kaaawa Beach Park. Then I noticed a couple of people looking towards the rock from a safe distance. Then the wheels spun and I realized it wasn’t a rock after all. It was a seal resting on the beach.

We always feel fortunate when our beaches serve as convenient rest stops for these wandering seals. What a treat for us!

We were excited to find a seal sound asleep on the beach across from Kaaawa School yesterday morning.

We hadn’t seen it yet when I took the top photo, but click for a larger version of this photo, and you can see the seal in the far right ahead by the trees. It looks like a large, sand-colored object.

She (we’re referring to it as a female since most of the sightings along our coast have been females) clearly visible as we got closer.

What a treat! She was still there in the early afternoon, sound asleep in the same spot.

We had a visitor this morning, a large, sleeping, Hawaiian Monk Seal. She or he has been on the beach farther towards Kualoa for several days recently, but this may be the first time that it’s been over our way this year. The beach was cordoned off with signs advising people to “admire seals from a distance.”

We did.