On Easter Sunday, my wife and I met her brother and a few friends for some surfing at Diamond Head!  When we got out of the water, we saw this monk seal relaxing on the beach.

The weather was nice and the monk seal looked quite content.  He opened his eyes and looked at us a few times, then went back to sleep.

Those little yellow signs are posted by volunteers, reminding us to keep our distance and not bother the cute monk seals.  I used a zoon lens to get this closeup.

I e-mailed the picture to KGMB9.  They included it in the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. news reports.

We're starting to see more sunny days and the weather is warming up in Honolulu.  Life here is great!

Aloha, Mike Bates

Hawaii realtor