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Big wave photography

Some photos of the big waves of the Tasman Sea at Auckland's west coast beaches.
Images taken in February, March and May 2010. In May I was lucky to photograph the biggest and most beautiful swell in years, with massive hollow 20 foot waves rolling into perfect offshore winds.

All images taken by Rolf Wahl Olsen with a Canon S5IS.

A compilation of some videos I took on the day with the biggest swell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rXNobO3huI
Massive 20 foot waves at Karekare Beach
Massive 20 foot waves at Karekare Beach		 20 foot swell at The Gap, Piha
20 foot swell at The Gap, Piha		 A wall of terror
A wall of terror		 Looking across Piha waters
Looking across Piha waters
Surfers at Piha
Surfers at Piha		 Fast hollow wave at Piha
Fast hollow wave at Piha		 Massive 20 foot swell rolling in at The Gap
Massive 20 foot swell rolling in at The Gap		 20 foot waves
20 foot waves
Perfect 20 foot wave
Perfect 20 foot wave		 Crashing 20 foot wave at Piha
Crashing 20 foot wave at Piha		 Big wave breaking at Piha
Big wave breaking at Piha

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Pieter Bos24-Jul-2010 10:44
Beautiful!
Kristin17-Jun-2010 20:32
Beautiful waves.
joseantonio25-May-2010 09:39
Wonderful pictures
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