Tag Archives: big waves

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Dale Phelps watched some big waves just north of Gualala. Dale wrote, "We took this shot off our front deck on Jan. 21. The splashes were getting so high that is was unnerving to step up to the railing for a clean shot. It was hard to tear ourselves away from watching all day.”

People were saying they hadn't ever seen waves as big as they were seeing on the 21st. It's calm now, as our sunny break continues. Next storm is due in late Wednesday.

Thanks to Dale for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

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Saturday's waves were described as "monsters," and "the biggest I've ever seen." Janet Burch went to Del Mar Point on The Sea Ranch to photograph the action.

In coves, sea foam was created by the action of the waves, coating rocks and bluff faces.

And big rolling waves threw water and foam into the air.

It was a very dramatic day on the Mendondoma Coast. Today the storms have gone, and there is nothing but beautiful sunshine. We need to dry out a bit after all the wonderful rains.

Thanks to Janet for allowing me to share her photos with you here. One more of Janet's photos will be in Thursday's edition of the Independent Coast Observer in my column.

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Rick and I took a walk with Sunny, our golden retriever, at Gualala Point Regional Park. When we got to the bluffs, we could see the magnificent waves, with big rollers coming in.

gualala-point-beach-11-17-16-by-jeanne-jacksonThe spray drifted up to the bluffs were we stood and we got a little salt-water blessing. A little further along the bluffs, I took this video of a couple of waves coming in.

We have a pretty big storm coming in late on Friday. The Pacific Ocean is showing us in advance that changes are afoot!

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Rick and Teresa Denniston took a walk at Gualala Point Regional Park. The wave were crashing quite dramatically.

Crashing waves at Gualala Point Regional Park by Rick Deniston

We are waiting for a big storm to hit. Residents have stocked up on food and firewood, just in case. Winds of 40 miles an hour are predicted and that can mean power outages. We need the rain so we say, "Bring it on, Mother Nature!"

Thanks to Rick and Teresa for allowing me to share their photo with you here.

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Craig Tooley was out with his camera and photographed some of the big waves that have been hitting the coast. The first two show the action at Hearn Gulch, which is found in Mendocino County at mile marker 10.0 just north of Iversen Road. As you can clearly see in the second photo, there is an impressive blowhole there.

A beautiful day on the Mendonoma Coast by Craig Tooley Big waves at Hearn Gulch by Craig Tooley

And Craig captured big waves and a rainbow - just lovely to see.

Big waves and rainbows by Craig Tooley

Thanks to Craig for allowing me to share his photos with you here. To see much more of Craig's nature photography, here is the link to his website: www.ruffimage.com

To learn more about Hearn Gulch, here is the link to the Redwood Coast Land Conservancy: http://www.rc-lc.org/ These fine folks have worked to bring us public access to Hearn Gulch, Cooks Beach and the Gualala Bluff Trail, and I, for one, am very grateful!