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Calvert's Beach, June 2012

It's also known as Goat's Beach. On the way to South Arm, it faces south, with waves coming up from way down somewhere on the way to the Antarctic. Favoured by surfers, they seem to be here in all weather, at both ends of the beach. This day was early in June, not yet officially winter, but too wintry for my taste anyway. It was an overcast sky, which looks sometimes a steel blue. Both ends are cliffy, with the eastern end leading around to an inlet which is difficult to get to by land. At the sea entry, cormorants dive and the occasional intrepid surfer makes sport. I've caught one surfer in this place. The shots in this gallery often show the same spot with slightly different waves around, or from different angles. In fine weather this beach is a lot of f=un. I suppose in stormy weather one could say it is a lot of fun as well, but of a more stimulating sort.
A cold dip
A cold dip
Weed at the sea's edge
Weed at the sea's edge
Beach Foam
Beach Foam
Score!  Riding the wave
Score! Riding the wave
Surfers on their way home.
Surfers on their way home.
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Pigface
Grasses.
Grasses.
Up close and personal
Up close and personal
Rock Pool
Rock Pool
Rock pool
Rock pool
Rough seas
Rough seas
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g9/49/985549/3/156217618.iEt4QiJ6.jpg Beautiful colours
Beautiful colours
Curler at the edge of the rocks
Curler at the edge of the rocks
Top of the bluff
Top of the bluff
THe gully into which the mass of water funnels
THe gully into which the mass of water funnels
Somewhere in the middle of this...
Somewhere in the middle of this...
Board, floating
Board, floating
Swell's past; waiting for the next
Swell's past; waiting for the next
Sliding down from the ridge
Sliding down from the ridge
Late afternoon sun
Late afternoon sun
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Nothing but surf.
Nothing but surf.
g9/49/985549/3/156215158.fSiuchbw.jpg Water draining off - til the next wave.
Water draining off - til the next wave.
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Surging waves
Surging waves
Spray
Spray
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g9/49/985549/3/156213863.zCExI6K0.jpg g9/49/985549/3/156215083.F3Teo5Uq.jpg Sedimentary rocks with some quite large inclusions.
Sedimentary rocks with some quite large inclusions.
Looking west
Looking west
g9/49/985549/3/156213866.NVMUqys5.jpg Sedimentary rocks with some quite large inclusions.
Sedimentary rocks with some quite large inclusions.
Salt weathered rocks.
Salt weathered rocks.
Around the rocks
Around the rocks
g9/49/985549/3/156213766.7CyR5VhA.jpg Eastern end of the beach
Eastern end of the beach