Tag Archives: Surf

The Numbers Game #34

A whirlpool in a tide pool.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 155. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

Barbecue!
Ruddy Turnstones.
Early morning emergency vehicles responding to a brush fire.
A grumpy cane toad.
Surf’s up!
A trail at Kalōpā State Recreation Area.

View from the bench on 1871 Trail

View from a bench on 1871 trail on the South Kona coast in Hawaii.

This is the view from the bench at the top of the Alakaha ramp on the 1871 Trail, which heads south from Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park. There was big surf on this day and the trail was getting regular clouds of spray from the breaking waves.

The bench though, sits above all that and also offers some shade. What’s not to like!

A bench on 1871 trail on the South Kona coast in Hawaii.

Waves

Wavelets in Pelakane Bay Hawaii
A calm morning with little wavelets and a view of Hualalai.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Water, Waterscapes and/or Water Safety.’ See more responses here. Captions on the photos.

Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Move Forward, Reconstruct, Renew, and/or are Burgeoning, because waves are always moving forward. See more responses here.

A fishing boat off the coast of Hawaii
Time for a swim. Looks like a good morning for fishing too.
A breaking wave in Hawaii
Uh oh. Here comes a bigger wave.
A boat anchor outside breaking waves in Hawaii
Best stay outside the surf line.
Waipio beach seen from the lookout
They don’t look too big from up here.
A surfer heads out at Kawaihae Hawaii
Still, the surfers will be happy.
Sunset off the beach at Mauna Kea Resort Hawaii
Ahhh. All is calm again.

Riding a wave

A Surfer catches a wave at Kawaihae, Hawaii

Two days ago, I posted some surf photos and here are more today. These are from yesterday morning, when I stopped at Kawaihae to see how the surfers were doing. The surf was down from the day before, but there were still some good sets rolling in.

A Surfer catches a wave at Kawaihae, Hawaii

There were several surfers in the water, but this was the only person I saw who caught a wave.

A Surfer catches a wave at Kawaihae, Hawaii

Surfing at Keokea

People surfing off of Keakea Beach Park Hawaii

Last week, I went out to Keokea Beach Park for the first time in quite a while. It’s a scenic little park, with a breakwater protecting a shallow area where kids can get in the water safely, a rarity on this stretch of coast.

People surfing off of Keakea Beach Park Hawaii
People surfing off of Keakea Beach Park Hawaii
People surfing off of Keakea Beach Park Hawaii

Outside the breakwater, waves rolling in from the northeast had lured some surfers into the water. It looked a little hairy, riding those waves, apparently headed for the rocks. But the surfers were angling across the waves, from right to left as I looked at them, and so were pretty safe unless they made a major mistake. Those who did end up in the water were dismounting rather than wiping out.

People surfing off of Keakea Beach Park Hawaii
People surfing off of Keakea Beach Park Hawaii

Salt burned trees

Trees on the coast of the Big Island, Hawaii, turn gold from salt spray exposure

At my local snorkeling spot, a lot of trees on the shoreline have suddenly sported fall colors. I’m sure this has nothing to do with the season. Rather, I think a series of large swells has battered the trees with more salt spray than they’re used to and this is the result. Hopefully, they will bounce back when things settle down again, although swells in Hawaii were large enough last weekend for The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational surf competition to be held for the first time since 2016.