OB15 Series I

Ocean Beach
Series I

Stormy Ocean Beach didn't produce the great waves we were anticipating, but the sight of daring male surfers in black wet suits were even more satisfying in the rain and wind.  Though they, too, were disappointed with smooth waves. On Easter Sunday 2015, the Pacific was the darkest green I've ever witnessed, the great sea ominous with its silent riptides and swift surf slamming ashore.  At times the waters were as level as a plain in Kansas; still, the sinister green sea, even without its usual violent roar, kept swelling higher over the beach.  Then with a sudden break in weather, the rain dissipated; A dark blue spread along the beach and sunlight reflected abruptly over the Marin Headlands.  In the distance I spotted a sunflower in the sand.  A feeling of heaven.  Past everything else we ran to the sunflower...

A break in an overcast sky gave way to a clearer view of distant Marin Headlands from the beach.