I SWAM with a Sea Lion!!!

It was SOOO amazing! I was out on my bodyboard and I saw something smooth and black drive under the water. First I FREAKED out and moved all the way back up to the shore and waited to see where it would could out...sharks you know...

Well anyways, I knew it wasn't a Great White since it was black but I still held back for half an hour before going out any deeper to hit the good waves and get away from the beach breakers...So, here I am hitting an awesome wave and when I jump off my board and turn around to head back out...OH WOW! A sea lion was catching the end of my wave and coming RIGHT AT ME!!! It was crazy and scary and then funny at the same time...after the wave broke he jumped on the next one. He rode several waves and swam in and out of the people in the water. It was great to see. He got like 2 feet from this one guy who didn't even notice he was in the water. And then the guy turned around and saw him and at first backed up and then realized that he was going to follow him so he moved closer to him and stuck his hand out...the the sea lion came up in the water and like barked at him so the guy just swam away and the sea lion moved on to the next person. It was great! He hung out for like an hour and a half catching wave after wave...What a way to spend my only day off! Come to California and hang out soon!

Cheers!