Honolulu, Hawaii resident Nanakuli was a rescue cat. When he was barely one pound and extremely underweight, he was adopted. Unfortunately, his eye became infected, necessitating surgery to remove it.
The small cat had to regularly bathe after surgery, so his owners Alexandra Gomez and Krista Littleton were taken aback when he seemed to like the water. They started teaching him how to swim. He only started surfing when he was 6 months old.
Kuli, whose name means to look blind, but he has gone on to become an expert in riding the waves. Alexandra told the Daily Mail: “Although he started off life very weak and malnourished, he has grown very quickly into a very tolerant cat and loves the water.
Scroll down to see these photos about the one-eyed cat Kuli who loves swimming and surfing in Hawaii!
The kitty was only 6 months old when he began riding waves.
Kuli first took to the water around a year ago when his owners Alexandra Gomez and Krista Littleton took him surfing.
He is fine with water, probably because his owners used to bath him when he was recovering from eye surgery.
Before his owners put him on a boogie board so he could dig his claws into it, he was initially exposed to a longboard.
They bought a board that Kuli would be able to get out on the surf with them.
He was named Kuli because it means “to look blind”“Before he could swim confidently on his own, Kuli always wore a life jacket”
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