Sunday, December 01, 2019

Tofino

It's a bit of a drive from Victoria to Tofino (5 hrs) but it's quite a different feel on the exposed west coast of Vancouver Island, with the waves rolling in from the open Pacific, and big forest.

I took a ton of wave photos, trying to capture some of the feel of them. These weren't very big waves, but still impressive.

waves

waves

waves

sea foam

There weren't many birds around. Apart from the gulls, these Black Oystercatchers were one of the few we saw.

Black Oystercatchers

Since I was a kid and we came to the coast for summer holidays I've loved searching for life in the tide pools. I'm not sure if it was the time of year, or location, or the state of the world, but I didn't find a lot this time. There were a few anemones and a lone starfish, barnacles and mussels, sea weed, and not much else.

anemones and muscles

starfish and anemones

sea anemone

No shortage of barnacles:

gooseneck barnacles

I always enjoy the abstract aspects of the beach that the sand and water produce. This was spray from the waves in front of seaweed on the rocks:

wave spray

seaweed

patterns in the sand

patterns in the sand

patterns in the sand

beach reflections

beach reflections

trees reflected on the beach

beach sunset

beach sunset

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