Andy and I had some free time on this lovely afternoon on the island, so we headed to the east end, where the pier… [Read More]
January 9, 2019 San Nicolas Island Sunset Surf
Another decent-sized westerly surf event was impacting the island, but it was not as impressive as the previous one. These are from the Thousand… [Read More]
January 6, 2019 Hollywood and El Matador Beach
Marcia was interested in seeing the Hollywood sign, so we circled through the Hollywood Hills looking for a decent place to stop to photograph… [Read More]
December 17, 2018 Large Surf and Swells from San Nicolas Island
The coast of Southern California faces mostly towards the south and southwest, so the large ocean swells of winter from the west and northwest,… [Read More]
November 4, 2017 San Nicolas Island East End Beaches
Today’s picture-taking adventure takes us to the east end of San Nicolas Island. As usual, I had to make my way there via the… [Read More]
October 11, 2017 San Nicolas Island West End Coastline
Today was a pleasant day for a drive. But I don’t have a vehicle to use on the island. Fortunately, I do have a… [Read More]
September 10, 2017 San Nicolas Island North Coast shoreline
Weather on this Sunday was exceptional for a bike ride from Nicktown to the north coast of San Nicolas Island. Winds were light and… [Read More]
September 2, 2017 Moonlight on Malibu
Southern California was enduring an impressive heat wave on this Labor Day weekend. At my place in Westlake Village, the high temperature reached 108F… [Read More]
August 27, 2017 Shipwreck Cove, San Nicolas Island
Sunday the 27th was bright and shiny without too much wind, so I headed down the hill on the bike to the north shore of… [Read More]
March 2017 Yellow Flower Bonanza on San Nicolas Island
There is a unique and goofy-looking plant on San Nicolas Island, called a “giant coreopsis.” Your teacher in biology or ecology class would probably… [Read More]
March 12, 2017 Corral Harbor of San Nicolas Island
On my jaunt to the coast to photograph the flowers on San Nicolas Island, the fog made for some interesting landscape photography at Corral… [Read More]
January 27, 2017 Rock Crusher Surf San Nicolas Island
A fairly large swell was impacting the California coast on this day, and I had the day off while stuck on San Nicolas Island…. [Read More]
January 15, 2016 Salton Sea Seabird Scenery
I had a Friday off to goof around near the Salton Sea. I had explored the west side of the “sea” about a year… [Read More]
January 8, 2016 El Matador Beach Sunset
On this Friday I had just completed a few errands when I arrived home around 4:15 p.m. I didn’t have anything planned except for a… [Read More]
December 8, 2015 Offshore Missile Launch from Malibu
I work as a weather observer at local Navy airports, so I had some inside information on an offshore missile launch this morning. It… [Read More]