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Staying at Sea Mountain, we are a 5 minute walk to the Black Sand Beach and the ocean environs there. For our first day’s walk, I didn’t even take my camera Saturday since we seldom see any turtles there ourselves, except for seeing a head or two occasionally sticking up out of the waves. But this time, they were everywhere: in the water, out of the water, and particularly interesting, close to the rocky shore feeding, then we could see their brown backs …they look like rocks too up close! .. and then their heads came up every now and then. To see that many, we walked to several coves. In one cove, DH saw 7 heads stick up at once!
Monday afternoon, the tide was out and several pools were land-locked, so the turtles were “trapped.” No problem, they were mainly resting on the bottom, but again, close by so we could see them easily.
Monday afternoon, the tide was out and several pools were land-locked, so the turtles were “trapped.” No problem, they were mainly resting on the bottom, but again, close by so we could see them easily.
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Awesome, glad you got to see them. Hope your having a relaxing time. I'm looking forward to seeing your photos from your trip. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
(I may have been thinking of the distance to Volcano town.) But I agree - the food was awesome. The baked goodies from the Punaluu Bakery were pretty excellent, too. Homemade malasadas and fresh Kona coffee? Yum!