Dear and I returned to our favorite Saturday walk last weekend and we were in for a fun surprise. The Tide was so high that there was no sand to be seen. The waves were so powerful we heard the large rocks and bolders moving and hitting each other when the waves receded. We had to watch our steps so that we didn’t get sprayed by the waves that hit the beach walls and rocks.
We were experiencing Santana winds again over the weekend so the wind really whipped out and caused some spray off the waves.
Then when a wave would recede and hit the next wave coming in we got a big treat with an explosion of spray!
It was difficult to snap at the right time to make sure I captured the great spray.
Yippee I got this one without getting soaked!
The birds were patiently waiting for the tide to go out so they could dig for their food in the sand…
Psalm 89: 8, 9 ~ “O Lord God Almighty, who is like you? You are mighty, O Lord, and your faithfulness surrounds you. You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.”
Photobucket is holding all my photos from 2007 to 2015 hostage and has replaced them all with ugly black and grey boxes asking for a ransom to have them re-published. Such a frustrating bother as I go through each post to delete the ugly boxes.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
These are incredible photos! Wow! By the time we saw the beach the tide had turned 🙂
Ellen – thanks for giving me my beach fix!! What fabulous waves and photos.
Wow! What wonderful pictures! Thank you for sharing them. I feel like I took a walk on the beach! laurie
These are wonderful–the power and majesty of the ocean moved by His hand.
Love it! Great pictures. I hope I am not flying into Santa Anas tomorrow! That will be a joy ride!
Absolutely fabulous shots!!!
wow..those waves were just magnificent ellen…
we are having high tides here too at the moment!
Annie
Wow, the tide is really high.
What beautiful shots, Ellen! My favorite is the close-up shot of the wave!
What great photographs! You captured some great moments of surf!
I don’t know how you do it, but your sky’s are always perfectly blue and the waves are so gorgeous! My favorite is the third one breaking over the wall.
oh so THAT’S what that was!!
still looks like snow to me. (eh, I’m a Texan…what do I know??)
Wow! You got some wonderful pictures there! You inspire me to go places to walk. Hmmmm…..where can I go around here? I can start off with downtown in our quirky town I guess. Usually when we walk it is in our mobile home park. I think we need to spread our wings and try walking in other places too.
Wonderful images, Ellen. Makes me want to join you on that walk.