Another day at the beach with even bigger waves. These teetered above the horizon in a way I have rarely seen at this particular beach (or in the Atlantic, in general). At any given moment, you could see four giant waves teetering towards shore, holding off before they broke into foam. The lifeguards let us swim in one small area, and a couple of them didn’t even sit in the lifeguard chair but stood on the shore, trying to monitor the situation. You really couldn’t swim out far, it was obviously too dangerous. The waves had to be 12 to 15 feet high. It’s an odd sight, and very intimidating. I got really knocked around and had no time to recover because each wave was followed by a big sucking trough that then gathered its power quickly into another teetering wave. There was no rest between waves. The horzion was lost. It was awesome.
Do you have any waves from the east shore of Lake Michigan? We spent numerous nights in the oft untold waves of the night. The Lake water is actually warm at this time if year. I’ll throw you some pictures from the early 80’s – If you can stand the fashion. Polyester as far as one can see – but it was fun.
These are beautiful, Sheila! They make me want to go to the beach!