Passed-Over South Bay

A friendly longboard local--Patrick--gave me subject matter to shoot at a normally ignored sandbar in the South Bay.

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Orange Juice Shorepound

12.7.2011
South Bay of Los Angeles secret spot shorepound, California

This is the way I like to start my day--with a cup of oceanic OJ!

 

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"Tsunami Warning" for Sandpipers

After going to local beachbreak and jetty spots--and turning up unremarkable subject matter everywhere I went--I headed up to the PV Peninsula to do the PV secret-spot shuffle.  Unfortunately, I ended up chasing phantom waves.  The wind was either making waves that broke erratically at the premiere breaks, or the angle of the swell missed the protected coves.


At best, the Peninsula's fickle waves are an irksome, taunting riddle.  However, it sure is a beautiful place [click photo to enlarge]--

 These surfers dodged multiple sets that could have produced great rides, so I eventually left for greener pastures--or so I thought...

 ...upon arriving at San Pedro's Cabrillo Beach, I witnessed a Sandpiper outrunning what, from his perspective, likely looked like a tsunami...

...but despite the "massive" set that almost slammed the bird, this feral cat kept his cool.

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Sorry if you missed it...

...you should have woken up earlier.  Kim Magin, about to indulge in tube time, Hermosa Beach, early in the morning of November 29th, 2011.

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Enjoy--click to see what getting up at 5AM, arriving at the beach at 5:45AM and shooting the whole morning yields.