Wednesday morning we took a sea tour of the waters off South-West Kauai. Unfortunately, surf was too rough for snorkeling, but we did get to see more of the sheer cliffs that join up with the Na Pali coast (we sailed almost as far as Kalalau beach, coming from the opposite direction than how we hiked).

The most amazing thing on the tour, by far, was all the marine wildlife we got to see. This included humpback whales:





and dolphins (both bottlenose and spinner):



The spinner dolphins were the more playful. A large pod of them swam alongside the boat for over half and hour, at times seeming to make a game of showing off how much more agile they are:



Another game they play involves jumping clear out of the water, doing multiple rolls in the air (hence the name spinner), and splashing back down. One of the dolphins wanted to show off extra hard for Monika and pulled this maneuver right below the spot she was looking over the railing. Good thing the nice sunny day made for easy clothes drying.