Jimmy Buffet has a line in one of his songs: "the ocean was all motion..." That has certainly been true here the past couple of days. Today I went to Playa Borinquen. I was kind beach-hoppin' to see if any surfers were out. No surfers but great, huge wind blown waves. As the waves broke, the wind blew the spray back over the top. At Borinquen there is a point where I could get out and actually be in line near where the waves were breaking. It's a cool place to shoot from, especially since most of the time to get shots like this you have to be in the water, getting pounded by the very waves you're trying to photograph.
Thanks to E. for helping me choose today's picture. Usually there's one that I think is the best or most representative or most interesting. Today I couldn't decide. You can see more wave photos on the Flickr site, www.flickr.com/photos/ola-lolas. Check 'em out.
Borenquen is an interesting beach (aren't they all?). The cliff comes right out into the ocean at the point - you can see it in the background. But then the beach flattens and widens into what in summer is a very popular swimming beach. The beach continues to the south in to Playa Ruines, so named because of the ruins of a Spanish lighthouse. The lighthouse was destroyed in an earthquake in 1906.
Beyond Ruines is Wilderness Beach, a really popular surfing beach. That's where I'm headed early tomorrow morning, following a couple of surfers on their early morning trek. We'll see how the light is early in the morning. It's pretty far around the corner of the island for the sun to catch the waves that early, but we'll see. Just a part of the adventure.
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