Water-Loving Cat Lives Her Best Life With Paddle-Boarding Parents

Some cats were made for snuggling on a couch or lounging in front of a fireplace, snoozing their days away, while others prefer frolicking in the great outdoors. Noca is one such adventure-loving kitty. A sweet TikTok video — which has been watched more than 7.1 million times and garnered over 980,000 likes — shows the little tabby cat riding on a paddleboard, leaping into the water, swimming, chasing the local wildlife, and just generally making the most of being out in the sunshine with her humans. The video is captioned, "I think it's safe to say Noca is enjoying the nice weather 😆."

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I think it's safe to say Noca is enjoying the nice weather😆 #adventurecat #cat #travel #californiaadventure #paddleboarding

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"So happy that she is with right people who can safely let her experience new things 🤍," one viewer commented, while another asked, "Where did u find a waterproof cat." Some netizens debated whether Noca actually is a cat, suggesting a few likelier possibilities: an otter, "a dog in a cat body," and even champion swimmer Michael Phelps. Several people expressed envy for Noca's lifestyle. "How's it feel to live my dream?" one asked, and another wrote wistfully, "If reincarnation is real, I want [to] reincarnate as a cat with rich, adventurous, loving parents."

Several viewers of the TikTok video lamented the couch-potato natures of their own felines, leaving comments such as, "Our cat doesn't even get out of bed..." But other viewers requested tips for encouraging adventure-cat behavior. Noca's TikTok and Instagram feeds are filled with useful advice from the kitty's owners, including how to train a cat to wear a harness and walk on a leash and how to get a cat accustomed to new experiences and loud noises, all the while trusting that you, as their owner, will protect them from any real danger.

"This should be way more common with cats, taking them places especially nature environments on a leash and letting them explore as we do with dogs," wrote one viewer of the TikTok video. Another stated simply, "Adventure cats are the best."

Want to see more videos of cats having super exciting adventures, as Noca does? Check out Mugen, a Maine coon who can't wait to climb into his sleeping bag "after a long day of hiking," and Gary, a chill cat who wears ski goggles and looks stylish hitting the slopes on his dad's shoulder.